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January 31, 2020

Airborne 01.31.20: Warbird Woes, S-64F+ Air Crane, Cabri G2 Helicopter

Also: A4A v Fees, GAMA Stimpson Scholarship, Wheels Up And Delta, SpaceX Starlink

In the wake of last year's fatal accident involving a Collings Foundation B-17G in Connecticut, other organizations offering flight experiences in WWII aircraft are being forced to suspend those operations due to rising insurance costs and the specter of burdensome restrictions. The Lone Star Flight Museum in Texas posed on their website that, "Due to rising operational expenses, sales of flights and passenger operations on our B-25 and B-17 are suspended for the remainder of 2020. We will evaluate flying status at the end of the year." The National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, NY also said it was also suspending flights aboard the B-17 "The Movie Memphis Belle". One of the bigge

Bartolomeo Starts Its Journey To The ISS

Debut Of ISS Commercial Research Platform From Airbus Moves One Step Closer

The Bartolomeo research platform, developed by Airbus for the International Space Station (ISS), has been delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The move marks a further step towards something never before seen in space: with its planned launch in March, the European-built Bartolomeo is set to become the first commercial research platform to be attached to the ISS.

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