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June 11, 2015

Airborne 06.11.15: LDSD Test, Twin Otter's 50th, Blue Angels Falling Apart?

Also: Aero-Community Update: SAFE, Alaska Mid-Air, Marenco Swisshelicopter, Enstrom Heli, IATA, Glass On Mars

NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator project completed its second flight test when the saucer-shaped craft splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai on Monday. NASA said in a news release that two experimental decelerator technologies – a supersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator and a supersonic parachute – were tested. The supersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator deployed and inflated. The supersonic parachute also deployed; however, it did not perform as expected. What do you get when you take a large single-engine utility airplane called the Otter, remove its engine, and replace it with two

Aero-TV: Superior's Gemini Diesel - An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

Superior Is Starting At 100HP And Working Their Way Up!

While at Sun ‘n Fun 2015, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, talked with Scott Hayes, the vice president of sales and markings for Superior Air Parts. Jim’s questions related to their Gemini diesel engine.

NASA Releases Details Of Second LDSD Test

Two Decelerator Technologies Evaluated During Flight

Engineers are poring over the data following the second experimental landing technology test of NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project. The saucer-shaped LDSD craft splashed down at 11:49 a.m. HST (5:49 p.m. EDT) Monday in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

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