Tue, May 11, 2021
Dassault Aviation has announced an all-new Falcon jet.
Featuring a range of 7,500 nautical miles, the Falcon 10X will fly nonstop from New York to Shanghai, Los Angeles to Sydney, Hong Kong to New York or Paris to Santiago. Top speed will be Mach 0.925. “Today we are introducing a new benchmark in business aviation,” said Dassault Chairman and CEO Eric Trappier. “The Falcon 10X will offer an unrivalled passenger experience over both short- and long-duration flights, along with breakthrough safety features from Dassault’s frontline fighter technology...” With hundreds of thousands logging in all over the globe to watch, the 'much upgraded' Starship SN15 aced a test flight that had destroyed four prototypes before it. On Wednesday, May 5, Starship serial number 15 (SN15) successfully completed SpaceX’s fifth high-altitude flight test of a Starship prototype from Starbase in Texas. On July 20th, Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle will fly its first astronaut crew to space. They are offering one seat on this first
flight to the winning bidder of an online auction. Blue Origin has been flight testing New Shepard and its redundant safety systems since 2012. The program has had 15 successful consecutive missions including three successful escape tests, showing the crew escape system can activate safely in any phase of flight. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 05.07.21 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Friday, May 7th, 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:
- Dassault Aviation Launches Falcon 10X
- Wow, Just Wow... Starship SN15 Launches, Lands... Does Not Blow Up
- Blue Origin Ready To Fly Astronauts
- Bell 505 Cargo Hook Receives EASA Certification
- Gogo Offering BizAv Unlimited Streaming and Data Wi-Fi
- FAA On The Warpath... Proposes More Penalties Against Four Passengers
- Boeing Expands Capacity for 737-800BCF
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 tomorrow, for the next edition of "Airborne Unlimited" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, tomorrow!
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