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July 21, 2015

Airborne at OSH15 - 07.20.15: Redbird Sidekick, Pelton Upbeat, Hartzell Re-Props M500

Also: Aviation Gateway Park, New Vintage Plaza, L-3 Genesys, BendixKing's KI300, Jack Pelton Interview--Part 1, Lockheed Buys Sikorsky, ANN's AirVenture Innovation Preview ROCKED!

Redbird has become known as one of the most innovative companies in the industry, and this week at AirVenture, they rolled out a new idea they’re calling the Sidekick. ANN’s Tom Patton talked with Redbird founder Jerry Gregoire about what Sidekick is .. and what it does. Hartzell made a major announcement with Piper today that a Hartzell five-blade composite propeller is available for Piper’s M500 Turboprop. Hartzell president Joe Brown says that pilots will notice a significant change with the new propeller. A couple of opening events took place Monday as the

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Potential Cause Is Found For The Loss Of The SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk Is Speaking About The Possible Reason For The Failure Of The June 28 Launch Of The Falcon 9

To modify an old adage, growing old, and launching rockets into space, is not for sissies. Now, it appears that the failure of the Falcon 9 booster headed to resupply the International Space Station was caused by a structural problem when a strut failed in the rocket's upper stage liquid oxygen tank.