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May 07, 2014

Airborne 05.07.14: R66 EASA Cert, iFlightPlanner Upgrade, Boeing Looks Ahead

Also: NTSB On B17 Fire, A-10 Thunderbolt On Aero-TV, Park Service Bans UAVs, EAA Ultralight Day

EASA certification marks an important milestone for Robinson, as two-thirds of the company’s sales have historically come from foreign customers. With certification finally in place, Robinson says it can deliver its current backlog of European orders and focus on strengthening its presence in the European market. Good news for iPad users. You can now improve your “Heads-Down-Display” with the updated iFlightPlanner for iPad version-2.1. Features were added as a direct result of pilot feedback received at Lakeland last month; namely recently issued ATC routes for faster flight planning, range rings, extended runway centerlines, pages from the FAA's printe

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Gone West: Former Langley Center Director Edgar Cortright

Joined The Agency When It Was Still NACA

Long before Edgar Cortright joined the NACA or became Langley Center Director or even graduated elementary school, he planned a career in aviation. "I always knew, from about age five on, what I wanted to be, because my father flew in World War I. I used to put his uniform on as a little kid, and I decided I wanted to be in aviation," Cortright said in an oral history interview conducted in 1998.

Twenty Teams To Gather At The Bonneville Salt Flats For Launches Up To 20,000 Feet

More than 20 American college and university teams will gather on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats Saturday, May 17 to launch rockets they designed. The rockets will reach heights up to 20,000 feet, carrying onboard science and engineering experiments -- and high hopes among those on the ground to win prizes and bragging rights.

Judge Prohibits LMC, Boeing From Purchasing Rocket Engines From Russia

A federal judge will prevent ULA from purchasing rocket engines from Russia following a protest lodged by SpaceX of a no-bid contract that was awarded to the Boeing/Lockheed Martin joint venture by the U.S. Air Force.