Also: Regional Airlines, Aero-Calendar, Compass Airlines, Terrafugia sUAS Exemption, Piper SAIB, H225 Russian Cert

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ANN regrets to confirm that RedBull Champion Race Pilot, skydiver and airline Captain, Mike Mangold, has perished in an accident at Apple Valley Airport, in Southern California.

A local witness claims that he saw Mangold's L-39 jet with, “...flames were coming out of the end and suddenly it banked to the left and crashed.” Mangold hailed from Victorville, California, and worked as an American Airlines 757/767 Captain. Robinson’s R66 Turbine helicopter has passed the FAA's and Transport Canada's tests to allow flight in snow conditions. The stringent test requires extended flight in weather conditions that are difficult to find, and they took place in Spray Lakes, Canada. The test was conducted during a heavy snow storm with low visibility at freezing temperatures, conditions that have been shown to produce worst-case snow accumulation at the helicopter turbine engine intakes. The Evergreen Aviation Museum collection in Oregon recently sold their P-38 Lightning and B-17G Flying Fortress to help the museum during a restructuring and reorganization. With generous donor support, the aircraft will now be operated by the Collings Foundation. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!

Airborne 12.08.15 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Tuesday, December 8th, 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:

• Former RedBull Race Champion, Mike Mangold, Lost In L-39 Accident
• Robinson R66 Passes Long-Awaited Snow Test
• B-17 Flying Fortress To Join Collings Foundation
• Regional Airlines Look For Lower Experience Threshold For Pilots
• Aero-Calendar 12.08.15
• First Gold Medal At The FAI World Air Games
• Compass Airlines Raises First Year Pilot Pay To $35.81 Per Flight Hour
• FAA Grants Terrafugia sUAS Exemption For Sub-Scale TF-X Flight Testing
• FAA Updates SAIB For Corrosion Inspection On Some Piper Airplanes
• H225 Receives Russian Certification

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