The 2021 DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase, delayed multiple times by COVID concerns, finally took place this past weekend at the Deland Municipal Airport.
Sporadic weather caused issues throughout portions of each day, but the flying community nevertheless showed up in reasonable numbers following all the trauma of 2020. TL Ultralight, of Czech fame, has worked with their American cousins, TL Aircraft, to release their newest sport plane for discerning, hungry customers stateside. The carbon and kevlar shell provides maximum crew protection in case of rough off-airport landings should the worst occur, which, given the ballistic parachute recovery system, should be a rare occurrence.Retractable landing gear with a steerable nose wheel make for easy taxi handling, with 24 cubic feet of luggage compartments hungry enough for a trip's worth of luggage. NASA has pushed its intended moon landing date further out, now targeting a manned mission for 2025 at the earliest. Even the new date sounds optimistic, given recent realities in NASA Programs. Previously, in 2019, the Trump administration set what they believed was an attainable goal for the Artemis Program
to establish human presence on the Moon by 2024. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 11.15.21 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Monday, November 15th, 2021... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Kimberly Kay. Kimberly is supported by ANN Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, as well as ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell. This episode covers:
- Deland Showcase Finally Takes Place
- TL Aircraft Announces Sparker SportPlane
- Manned Moon Landing Delayed to (At Least) 2025
- Classic Air Medical Buys 5 Bell 407GXi
- Air And Marine Operations P-3 Crew And Partners Seize 730 Pounds Of Cocaine
- Honeywell Launches New Inertial Nav Systems
- EpiShuttle Approved for Challenger Installation
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