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June 08, 2015

Airborne 06.08.15: Citation Latitude Cert, CAF C-47 Rescue, Redbird Helps Storm Victims

Also: Tecnam P2012 ‘Traveller’, AVW: Daniel Héligoin, Civil Helicopter Market, SWA Meteorologists, Banner v Bobby Flay, KC-46, RCGroups Acquisition

Cessna just keeps cranking out business jets, and they reported late last week that their new Citation Latitude bizjet has achieved FAA type certification. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of this year. Cessna claims the Citation Latitude represents the perfect balance of comfort and efficiency and is the first business jet to combine a roomy, flat floor, stand-up cabin, with a midsize price and best-in-class operating costs. There are a lot of Kickstarter programs underway, but this one really got our attention. The Douglas C-47 transport aircraft that led the D-Day invasion of Normandy, Fran

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Robotics Teams Prepare To Compete For $1.5 Million In NASA Challenge

Twenty Teams To Compete In The Fourth Event Being Held Next Week

Twenty robotics teams, ranging from university students to small businesses, are preparing to compete June 8-13 in the fourth running of the NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge for a prize purse of $1.5 million.

Mission Being Designed, Targeted For Approval Next Year

ESA’s goal of removing a derelict satellite from orbit is picking up pace, as a mission design is assembled to be put before European ministers next year for approval.

Scheduled For Launch In March Of Next Year

Lockheed Martin has completed assembly of NOAA's GOES-R weather satellite and is now beginning critical testing of the spacecraft. The first of four next-generation geostationary weather satellites, GOES-R will provide a major improvement in quality, quantity and timeliness of weather data collected over the current Geostationary Operation Environmental Satellite (GOES) system that monitors weather over North America.

Liftoff Now Planned For June 23 From French Guiana

The second satellite in Europe’s Copernicus program is set for launch from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on June 23 at 01:52 GMT.

Controllability Is Key -- No Matter The Size Of The Airframe

This video is about model aviation and it’s a “must watch” if you are a general aviation pilot that has wondered about flying an RC aircraft, but really don’t know much about how it works. While at eFest 2015, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, asks Len Sabato, the Managing Director of JR Americas, to talk about the basics of RC model aircraft control as if he was talking to an audience of general aviation pilots.