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March 11, 2016

Airborne 03.11.16: Blue Origin Plans, WASP Elizabeth Strohfus, UK Airshow Woes

Also: Bell 505, TRUE Innovators, UAL/Flight Attendants, 737 Fuel Tank STC, F-35 Airshows, B-52s Join French, Bombardier/Hawker Pacific 
 
Blue Origin founder, Jeff Bezos, says he expects to conduct his first manned test flights as early as next year, and carrying passengers as early as 2018. He says thousands of people have said they are interested in eventually flying with the company. Bezos made the comments during a rare media tour of the Blue Origin facility in Kent, Washington. One of the few remaining members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) has Gone West at the age of 96. Elizabeth Strohfus passed away March 6th at an assisted living facility in Faribault, Minnesota. Mrs. Strohfus had ferried military planes across the United States

Washington State Legislature Lets Space Bills Languish

Two Bills Stalled In Committee Would Boost Nascent Space Industry

The Washington State legislature seems to be willing to let two bills that would boost the state's nascent space industry die in committee.

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Aero-TV: The Tucano’s Little Brother - Flying Legend Italy’s New LSA

An LSA That Is Truly Fantastico...
 
Just when you think you have a handle on the many light sport aircraft that are available, something really new and different pops up. While at the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo 2016, ANN News Editor, Tom Patton, finds a new airplane that’s being introduced. To use the term that it is a scale model seems odd to apply to a full-scale airplane, but this light sport airplane is actually a look-alike to the Embraer Tucano light attack military airplane. It’s called the Tucano LSA.

 




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