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April 28, 2014

Airborne 04.28.14: Textron Layoffs, AW609 Autorotation Trials, 'JUMP' FW VTOL UAV

Also: Electric E-FAN, An Afternoon Flight, SpaceX Soft Water Landing, Sunseeker Duo First Flight

Approximately 750 workers are being laid off by Textron aviation across the Cessna and Beechcraft divisions, but the announcement was not a surprise. The 60-day notices that went out the middle of last week were reportedly in line with, or lower than, expected job cuts at the Textron subsidiaries. Autorotation trials for the AW609 TiltRotor program have been completed successfully, according to AgustaWestland. Between the end of March and into April, flight testing included more than 70 power-off conversions from airplane mode to helicopter mode. Dubbed "JUMP", the system consist of booms fitted with vertical lift motors and rotors that are mounted to each wing to provide v

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