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January 30, 2019

Airborne 01.30.19: TBMs Over S Pole, Big Tecnam Buy, V-280 Valor

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Daher is calling attention to the exceptional flights performed this month by owner-pilots on two TBM aircraft that traversed Antarctica and overflew the magnetic South Pole. These achievements marked the first legs in earning the Polar Diamond Circumnavigator Diploma, recognized by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, which has only been awarded once before. One of the TBM owner-pilots – Sebastian Diaz from Santiago, Chile – reunited three generations of pilots in flying his TBM 850 with Diaz’ father, 88-year-old Patricio; and Sebastian’s son, Sebastian Jr., as copilots. The other TBM owner-pilot, Dierk Reuter from Chicago,

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Processing Of PRISMA Begins For Arianespace's Next Vega Launch

Will Be First Vega Mission For 2019 From The Spaceport

Payload preparations have commenced for Arianespace’s first Vega mission in 2019, which will deliver the Italian Space Agency’s (ASI) newest Earth observation satellite to Sun-synchronous orbit in March.

Hope To Reestablish Contact With The 15-Year-Old Exploration Vehicle

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have begun transmitting a new set of commands to the Opportunity rover in an attempt to compel the 15-year-old Martian explorer to contact Earth. The new commands, which will be beamed to the rover during the next several weeks, address low-likelihood events that could have occurred aboard Opportunity, preventing it from transmitting.