Tue, Oct 27, 2015
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NASA’s Space Launch System program has completed its Critical Design Review, and major subsystems such as Orion’s launch abort system and the Space Launch System RS-25 engines have recently completed successful testing.
These accomplishments bring America one step closer to deep space. Four major industry players are building the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft for NASA’s crewed exploration missions that will travel beyond the moon and into deep space. The FAA has proposed an increase in fee rates for aircraft transiting the Bahamas. The FAA proposes to increase the rates for Enroute and Oceanic overflights over a 3-year period. Jim Parker, the owner of Caribbean Flying Adventures, is asking pilots to weigh in on the proposal before the comment period closes on October 27th. A new large jet engine technology called the PurePower Geared Turbofan that is set to enter service by the end of the year. It has been 30 years since Pratt & Whitney came up with the idea to slow the main fan with a geared system to transmit power from the turbine to the fan. The theory was that if the large fan at the front intake of the jet engine was turning at a slower speed, it would be more efficient than the current
fans that turn at high speeds. Their theory proved to be correct. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 10.26.15 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Monday, October 26th, 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:
- NASA's Space Launch System Is A 'Go'
- Fees Expected To Increase Again For Flights To The Caribbean
- Geared Turbofan Engine Nearing Entry Into Service
- United, Teamsters Reach Agreement
- AVW: Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 VS43 Gatwick Emergency Landing
- Life Flight Network Surpasses 10,000 Flight Hours
- GA-ASI Awarded Major US Army Contract
- Rolls-Royce Signs $2.4 Billion Engine Agreement With HNA Group
- NASA's K2 Finds Dead Star Vaporizing A Mini-Planet
- Pratt & Whitney To Support EL AL PW4000 Engines
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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