Also: 1000 333 Exemptions, True Blue Power/SkiGull, easyJet, The API Program, FAA Fines 3, Airbus' Hypersonic Plans, Chinese Circum-Global Flt

As Bell Helicopter gets back into the business of producing a light single-engine helicopter, their Bell 505 JetRanger X is approaching the end of high-and-hot flight testing in Arizona and Colorado, according to the company.

It’s reported that, according to Bell 505 program manager David Smith, the aircraft has accumulated over 275 flight hours since its first flight in November of last year. The giant Stratolaunch aircraft, the brainchild of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and several partners, including SpaceX’s Elon Musk could fly as early as next year according to the company. It’s reported that the company is hoping to build a viable satellite launch business using the gargantuan six-engine airplane. The wingspan of the Stratolaunch airplane will be 385 feet, which is about 123 feet more than an Airbus A380. It will require a runway of 12,000 for takeoff. In the most recent case of neighbor vs. neighbor involving a UAV, William Meridith of Bullitt County, Kentucky has been arrested for blasting his neighbor's quadcopter out of the sky with a shotgun. According to television station WDRB in Louisville, Kentucky, Meridith said that the aircraft was hovering low over his property where his kids were outside, so he got his shotgun and opened fire. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!

Airborne 08.06.15 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode Thursday, August 6th, 2015... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Brianne Cross, 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:

• Bell 505 Flight Testing Proceeding Apace
• Stratolaunch Could Fly Next Year
• Kentucky Man Arrested For Shooting Down Quadcopter
• It’s (A) Grand! FAA Passes 1,000 Section 333 Exemptions
• Aero-Community Update: The API -- What’s This ALL About?
• Burt Rutan Selects True Blue Power For New SkiGull Design
• Summer Strike Averted At easyJet
• FAA Proposes Civil Penalties Against Three Companies
• Airbus Files Patent For Hypersonic Jet
• China Eyes First Circumnavigation In A Piston Aircraft

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