Mon, Mar 07, 2016
When the price of the DJI Phantom 3 aircraft was cut last month, the Internet was buzzing with speculation about a new quadcopter from DJI. It turns out the buzz was justified.
On March 1st, they unveiled the DJI Phantom 4, which the company says can autonomously avoid obstacles in flight. According to the company, the Phantom 4 has optical sensors that send information to the central processor in the aircraft so that if it gets too close to an obstacle, it stops. If it sees a way to go over or around the object, it will. The return of supersonic passenger air travel is one step closer to reality with NASA's award of a contract for the preliminary design of a “low boom” flight demonstration aircraft. This is the first in a series of ‘X-planes’ in NASA's New Aviation Horizons initiative, introduced in the agency’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget. More airline service is being planned for Cuba as Haiti-based Sunrise Airways has expanded its service with the launch of its first-ever flights to Camaguey. The new route is the first to feature the carrier’s new 46-seat ATR 42-320 aircraft, which was added to the Sunrise fleet last month. All this -- and
MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 03.04.16 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Friday, March 4th, 2016... 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:
- DJI Introduces The Phantom 4 Quadcopter
- NASA Begins Work To Build A Quieter Supersonic Passenger Jet
- Sunrise Airways Expands Service To Cuba
- First Italian AF HH-101A 'Caesar' Enters Service
- Barnstorming: (Jim’s Excuse For A No-Show Is A Snow Storm)
- Newspaper Calls For Aid For Aviation Museum
- County Of Los Angeles Fire Department Receives Sikorsky Rescue Award
- Ninety-Nines To Award 2016 Karen Johnson Solo Scholarship
- Rockwell Collins Latest Helicopter Avionics Enter Service In North America
- Wire Strike Protection System Available Soon For R66
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 next week for the next edition of "Airborne Unlimited" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, tomorrow!
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