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October 18, 2016

Airborne 10.18.16: XP-82 Powers Up!, 1st US A320neo, Red Bull Las Vegas

Also: Intel Drone, Aero-Calendar, FlightSafety Academy, Suicide Crash, Space Nation, India/Russia A/C, VTOL Mapping

The first start of an aircraft engine is often a milestone, but in this case it’s an amazing achievement. The North American P-82, later to become the F-82, Twin Mustang fighter went into production just as World War Two was ending. This unusual airplane gives the appearance of being Two P-51 Mustangs connected together, but it was actually a completely new design. While its entrance into service was too late to help out in World War Two, it saw successful service during the Korean War. Many warbirds are unusual and rare, but the project that was started in 2007 by Tom Riley proved to be extraordinarily rare because the airplane involved in this project is th

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China Launches Crew To Tiangong Space Station

Expected To Be On Board 30 Days Before Returning To Earth

Two Chinese astronauts began a month-long stay in space aboard the Tiangong space station with their launch from the Gobi desert Monday morning (U.S. time).

ESO's VISTA Finds Remains Of Archaic Globular Star Cluster

Ancient stars, of a type known as RR Lyrae, have been discovered in the center of the Milky Way for the first time, using ESO’s infrared VISTA telescope. RR Lyrae stars typically reside in ancient stellar populations over 10 billion years old. Their discovery suggests that the bulging centre of the Milky Way likely grew through the merging of primordial star clusters. These stars may even be the remains of the most massive and oldest surviving star cluster of the entire Milky Way.