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November 12, 2015

Airborne 11.12.15: Airbus Helis, Cessna TTx Aussie Cert, More Skydiving Biz Attacks

Also: Capital Gyro Update, Seaplane Pilots, Doolittle Raider, SAR AW609, UL94 Fuel, Spaceport America, Rockwell Collins' Kelly Ortberg

Airbus Helicopters successfully completed their first flight test of the high-compression engine demonstrator aircraft earlier this month. The development and flight test of this new technology demonstrator is part of the European Clean Sky initiative’s Green Rotorcraft Integrated Technology Demonstrator program. These test are supported by, the consortium of TEOS Powertrain Engineering and Austro Engine. The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority has certified Cessna's TTx, paving the way for deliveries in Australia. Doug May, Cessna’s vice president of piston aircraft said, “With Australia’s

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Airbus Defense And Space Delivers Components For Orion Spacecraft

Brings Crewed Flight Into Deep Space One Step Closer

Airbus Defense and Space delivered the first structural test model (STA) of the Orion service module, to NASA’s Plum Brook Station test center in Sandusky, Ohio. The hardware is the first of a series of service modules developed and built by Airbus Defense and Space on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide the propulsion, energy supply and central elements of the life support system to NASA’s future crewed spacecraft Orion.

Prandtl-D Flew To 210 Feet After Being Launched By A Bungee Cord

The first flight of the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Lower Drag, or Prandtl-D No. 3, completed a set of flight tests on Oct. 28.

Will House A Shared Use Manufacturing And General Office Facility

The Houston Airport System says it completed an important step in the functional launch of the Houston Spaceport on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, when Houston City Council members approved the $6.9 million purchase of an aerospace engineering building and land adjacent to Ellington Airport.

Creates Regulatory Framework For Commercial Human Spaceflight

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday night passed the bi-partisan U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (CSLCA, or H.R. 2262 as amended), which represents one of the most significant modernizations of commercial space policy and regulatory legislation since the original Commercial Space Launch Act (CSLA) was enacted in 1984.