Wed, Jun 01, 2016
For those who are involved in the homebuilt airplane movement, this announcement from Lancair closes a chapter with a popular kit-built airplane.
Lancair has announced that it will no longer be offering "Legacy" kits after 15 years of production. In a post on the company's website, Lancair said that the final kit will be a retractable Lancair Legacy "Reno Race Version." According to Lancair, Closing down the Legacy production line was a "tough but necessary decision." Enstrom helicopter has now continue flight testing of their TH-180 helicopter that is intended for the training market. The testing is being resumed with the second prototype aircraft. In February of this year, the first prototype TH-180 suffered significant damage when a mechanical problem forced the aircraft down with no injuries to the pilot or persons on the ground. The first flight of the second prototype took to the air under control of Enstrom test pilot and Senior Technical Fellow, William Taylor. While the Lynx suborbital spaceplane was at one time the top priority for XCOR, they have now suspended work on the Lynx spacecraft and idled many of its employees who were
working on the spaceplane project. Although much of the spacecraft had been assembled, only one wing has been fabricated, and the company reportedly does not have the necessary capital to manufacture the second wing. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 06.01.16 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Wednesday, June 1st, 2016... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross and Christopher Odom, 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:
- Lancair Announces The End Of The 'Legacy'
- Second Enstrom TH-180 Prototype Flying
- XCOR Idles Workers From Lynx Program
- Valdez STOL - Breeden Wins Again
- Classic Aero-TV: AMA President Bob Brown - Defending The Front Lines Of Model Aviation
- California Lawmakers Revive Statewide UAV Ban Legislation
- Discovery Air Defense Fighter Pilots Achieve Career Milestones
- Aircrew EASA Action Plan Conference Set For June
- French Air Traffic Controllers Set To Strike Over The Weekend
- British Counter-UAV Technology Selected By FAA For US Airport Trials
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