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Airborne 01.02.15: Airborne Unlimited Debuts!, KC-46 Flies, EAA Sweepstakes

Also: New Test Pilot School, Barnstorming: The Best Of 2014, More UAV Activity, ISS Resupply, Silent Falcon Production, Radar Blimps

Next Monday, Aero-News and Airborne start our first steps in a complex series of initiatives that will be rolled out, slowly and professionally, over the coming years. You’re heard bits and pieces of it here and there, but next week, Airborne comes to you daily, Monday through Friday... and with the added participation, backing and support of over 112 aviation and aerospace associations--and by this time next year, that number is expected to be even more substantial. The KC-

Cambridge University And Boeing Test Hybrid Electric Airplane

Electric Motor Paired With Gasoline Engine Combine To Power Aircraft

An aircraft with a parallel hybrid engine – the first ever to be able to recharge its batteries in flight – has been successfully tested in the UK, an important early step towards cleaner, low-carbon air travel.

Airborne 12.31.14: Polar Record Flight, Last AirTran Flt, 10000th Splashdown

Also: OH Defends Wrights, The State Of The (Model Aviation) Art, UAV Videographers Organize, Tuskegee Airmen Go West, DeBlasio Aerial Critique

Now that Santa and his reindeer have put the sleigh back in the hangar for another year the skies are clear for Bill Harrelson to attempt yet another world record. His plan is to circumnavigate the Earth over the North & South poles in world record time. Bill departed Kinston, North Carolina on December 28th in his purpose-built Lancair IV, bound for Brazil on his first leg. Southwest Airlines embarked on a new era Sunday as it celebrated the last AirTran Airways rev