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August 18, 2015

Airborne 08.18.15: Golden Knight Tragedy, Drone Racing League, First Gen3 F-35 Helmet

Also: NAHA, Aero-Calendar, Nepal UN Relief Heli, Student Satellite, Amakusa Airlines, UPS Pilots, PW TF33 Engine

What was supposed to be a great day of festivity at Chicago’s Air and Water Show on Sunday turned tragic when two skydivers collided in flight. One of the skydivers involved in the accident was Timmy Holland, who is a highly experienced skydiver with the Navy Leap Frogs skydive team. The other skydiver, Sergeant First Class Corey Hood was a 14 year veteran of the U.S. Army Golden Knights exhibition skydive team. It has now been made official by Northwestern Memorial Hospital officials that Sergeant Hood succumbed to his injuries. Video gamers vs. military unmanned aircraft operators. That's the premise behind the Drone Racing League, which got a lot closer to re

Citizens In Space Announces Payload Manifest For First Space Mission

Will Be Carried Into Space Aboard The XCOR Lynx Spacecraft

Citizens in Space, a project of the United States Rocket Academy, has announced a list of 10 experiments selected for its first research mission on the XCOR Aerospace Lynx spacecraft.

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