Hide/Show Archive Navigation.

All News

April 14, 2015

Airborne 04.14.15: Piper's New M Birds, Sandia STX360, Trig Stack

Also: New Hartzell Bantam Prop, Aero-Calendar, NextGen GA Fund, Avidyne Updates, UAV Approvals, ICG FANS-1/A

Piper Aircraft launched their new M600 and M350 members of its M-Class family of aircraft during an event yesterday at its Vero Beach, Florida headquarters. They also reported on upgrades to their existing M500 model. Piper’s president and CEO Simon Caldecott said that the three airplanes are representative of the company's direction for the future. Sandia Aerospace introduced the STX 360 Sentinel at the Aircraft Electronics Association convention in Dallas last week. Their ADS-B solution for general aviation aircraft is a panel-mounted Universal Access Transceiver, also referred to as UAT, ADS-B with a built-in Mode C transponder. Trig Avio

More Videos

NASA Extends Campaign For Public To Name Features On Pluto

Deadline Now Friday, April 24

The public has until Friday, April 24 to help name new features on Pluto and its orbiting satellites as they are discovered by NASA's New Horizons mission.

But Her Husband Has Not Yet Been Accepted For The Program

When an Airman sets a goal, and an obstacle appears in front of them, they find a way over or around it to achieve their objective. After years of trying, Tech. Sgt. Carmen Paul may have found her way over and around -- and then some -- in a most unexpected place.

Chemical Elements That Make Water Among The Most Abundant In The Universe

As NASA missions explore our solar system and search for new worlds, they are finding water in surprising places. Water is but one piece of our search for habitable planets and life beyond Earth, yet it links many seemingly unrelated worlds in surprising ways.