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October 21, 2015

Airborne 10.21.15: Bizarre RV10 Lawsuit, Red Bull Wrap-Up, Hoverboard Prototype

Also: Cassini Flybys, Redbird Migration, 489th Bomb Group, FAA SAFO, Cessna 150 Cracks, Hartzell’s Composite Props, Gone West: George Mueller

The family of 4-year-old Zoey Wahl, who was fatally injured when the Van’s RV-10 she was aboard went down in May of last year, has filed a lawsuit seeking $35 million in damages. While the lawsuit is specifically filed against Van’s Aircraft and FloScan, a company that manufactures a fuel flow transducer that was mounted on the aircraft, it also indicts the entire concept of the certification of experimental amateur-built aircraft. It seems that last Sunday’s final Red Bull Air Race of the season was a turbulent affair… Literally! Kirby Chambliss and Michael Goulian of the USA didn&rs

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NASA Awards Venture Class Launch Services Contracts For CubeSat Satellites

Three Companies Selected To Provide Commercial Launch Capabilities

NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) has awarded multiple Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) contracts to provide small satellites (SmallSats) -- also called CubeSats, microsats or nanosatellites -- access to low-Earth orbit.

A Turbulent Industry Makes Progress Despite Poor Public Perception

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Aero-TV: AUVSI's Brian Wynne - Reaching Out To The Rest Of The Aviation World

A Turbulent Industry Makes Progress Despite Poor Public Perception

The Unmanned Systems 2015 Conference was presented by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, better known as the AUVSI. ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, attended the convention this year and talked with Brian Wynne, the president and CEO of AUVSI. Wynne explained that AUVSI represents many forms of unmanned vehicles. While it’s common for those of us in the aviation business to equate them to aircraft, Wynne says big things are also happening with unmanned ground vehicles and unmanned maritime vehicles