Airborne 03.20.15: Solar Impulse 2, SC-Built 787-9, GlobalJet Busted | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-06.23.25

Airborne-NextGen-06.24.25

AirborneUnlimited-06.25.25

Airborne-AffordableFlyers-06.26.25

AirborneUnlimited-06.27.25

Fri, Mar 20, 2015

Airborne 03.20.15: Solar Impulse 2, SC-Built 787-9, GlobalJet Busted

Also: 330 ETOPS for 747-8i, Airborne Partnership Update, AAL Goofs, A Sign From NASA's Past, Ethiopian Pilot Guilty, FAA Forecast

It appears the sun continues to shine on the solar and battery-powered, Solar Impulse 2, as it continues its around the world flight. Solar Impulse 2 has crossed into India, making a stop in Ahmedabad in Western India before continuing on to Varanasi on Wednesday.

In making the crossing from Muscat in Oman to Ahmedabad, the airplane with Bertrand Piccard at the controls set a distance world record for straight distance, pre-declared waypoints by travelling 912 miles. Boeing’s facility in the Palmetto State showed its pride as they delivered the first 787-9 Dreamliner assembled at its North Charleston production facility to United Airlines. The delivery comes shortly following the facility receiving its production certificate for this model of the Dreamliner earlier this month. This particular aircraft also happens to be the 250th Dreamliner to be delivered. GlobalJet NA, LLC of Scottsdale, AZ has had its certificate revoked for allegedly conducting unauthorized operations for compensation or hire in violation of the Federal Aviation Regulations. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!

Airborne 03.20.15 is chock full of info in this Daily news episode for Friday, March 20th, 2015... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:

  • Solar Impulse 2 Continuing Its Around-The-World Journey 
  • Boeing Delivers First SC-Built 787-9 Dreamliner
  • FAA Revokes GlobalJet’s Air Carrier Certificate
  • Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Receives FAA Approval For 330-Minute ETOPS
  • Barnstorming: Surprising Lessons From The Airborne Partnership Initiative
  • American Airlines Succumbs To Social Media Pressure On Refund 
  • A Sign From NASA's Past Goes To National Air And Space Museum 
  • Ethiopian Pilot Who Hijacked His Own Plane Found Guilty 
  • FAA Forecast Sees Continued, Steady Growth In Air Travel

Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again for the next edition of "Airborne" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, tomorrow!

© 2015, Aero-News Network, Inc., ALL Rights Reserved.

FMI: www.airbornetv.net, www.aero-news.net, www.aero-tv.net, www.youtube.com/aerotvnetwork, http://twitter.com/AeroNews

 


Advertisement

More News

NTSB Prelim: Piper PA-23

Pilot Also Reported That Due To A Fuel Leak, The Auxiliary Fuel Tanks Were Not Used On June 4, 2025, at 13:41 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-23, N2109P, was substantially damage>[...]

Classic Aero-TV: One Man’s Vietnam

From 2023 (YouTube Edition): Reflections on War’s Collective Lessons and Cyclical Nature The exigencies of war ought be colorblind. Inane social-constructs the likes of racis>[...]

NTSB Final Report: Capella Aircraft Corp FW1C50

Pilot Reported That He Was Unfamiliar With The Single Seat Amateur-Built Airplane And His Intent Was To Perform High-Speed Taxi Testing Analysis: The pilot reported that he was unf>[...]

Classic Aero-TV: Timber Tiger Touts Curtiss Jenny Replicas

From 2023 (YouTube Edition): First Kits to Ship October 2023 Having formerly resurrected the storied shape of the Ryan ST—in effigy, anyway—Montrose, Colorado-based Tim>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (07.04.25): Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) [ICAO]

Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) [ICAO] Area navigation based on performance requirements for aircraft operating along an ATS route, on an instrument approach procedure or in a d>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC