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July 10, 2017

Airborne 07.10.17: Chambliss Wins Red Bull, Virgin Galactic, XCOR

Also: TSA Failures, Waiex-Alaska, Drone Arrest, Life Flight, UAV Mkt, SpaceX $$$, Intelsat 35e

American Kirby Chambliss got his first win in a long time in the Red Bull Air Race series in the stop at Budapest, Hungary. Nine years and 40 races since he last stood atop a Red Bull Air Race podium, the two-time series champion came alive last week, taking the fourth – and most prestigious – round of this year's championship with a run nearly six-tenths of a second faster than anything he'd managed all weekend, denying Hungary pace-setter Pete McLeod at the final hurdle. Following the October 31, 2014 accident involving Scaled Composites' SpaceShipTwo being tested for Virgin Galactic, the company has been fairly quiet about putting a timetable on when the new SpaceShipTwo

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Prima Luce Lab Introduces New Advanced Radio Telescope: Spider 300A

Unveiled At Their Headquarters In Roveredo In Piano, Italy

An Italian firm has unveiled a new radio telescope that is targeted at the educational market, particularly high schools. Earlier this week, Prima Luce Lab unfolded its new long range radio telescope in view of those attending the event at their headquarters, but also to the world streaming it live online on their Facebook page.

ADS-B For Airplanes And Drones…

ADS-B technology developed by uAvionix has come full circle. The company began with a device developed for manned aircraft, scaled that down for the drone market, and now has scaled back up with a new device for manned aircraft with the Echo UAT system.