The 2017 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships concluded last week and Rob Holland, from Nashua, New Hampshire was once again named the US National Aerobatic Champion.
This year marks Rob’s seventh win, tying Leo Loudenslager for the most consecutive national champion titles. Rob also received the Mike Murphy Cup, which is awarded to the winner of the powered Unlimited category. Nearly 100 pilots competed in this year’s competition, in both powered aircraft and gliders, vying for the title of U.S. National Aerobatic Champion. Seventeen of those pilots in the Advanced category flew for a chance to compete with the U.S. Advanced Aerobatic Team in Romania next year. World View has successfully executed its first multi-day development flight of the high-altitude Stratollite vehicle. After five days in the stratosphere, this milestone clearly demonstrates the viability of the world’s first-ever, long-duration, navigable stratospheric payload vehicle for commercial applications with global impact. After a hiatus of 25 years, Vice President Mike Pence conducted the first meeting of the revived National Space Council last Thursday, saying that America will
once again lead in space. Pence said that the intelligence community reports that Russia and China are pursuing a full range of anti-satellite technology designed to threaten our military’s effectiveness. The U.S., he said, will refocus America’s space program toward human exploration and discovery. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 10.09.17 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Monday, October 9th, 2017... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalist Tom Patton, this episode covers:
- Rob Holland Named 2017 U.S. National Aerobatic Champion
- World View Reports Mission Completion
- Vice President Pence: America Will Lead In Space Again
- Gulfstream Launches Aircraft Ownership Service (AOS)
- AVW: Rhino2 - Dick DeGraw's Latest Jump Gyro
- Honeywell Engine Receives Certification For Citation Latitude
- Cornwall Air Ambulance Service Orders AW169 Aircraft
- Jetcraft’s Third Annual Business Aviation Market Forecast Predicts Fleet Growth
- James Webb Space Telescope To Be Launched Spring 2019
- Duncan Aviation Installs Its First Gogo AVANCE L5 System
Palm Beach Helicopters Receives Single-Seat Motion Based Helicopter Simulator
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