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Airborne 10.24.18: Stratolaunch Speeds Up, Bombardier Sues, uAvionix EXP Rebate

Also: XPRIZE New CEO, GIV Advanced Training, Swoop Delayed, Embraer Delivers

The huge Stratolaunch aircraft designed to carry boosters that will carry payloads into orbit completed a key taxi test just a few days after company founder Paul Allen passed away. Stratolaunch recently reached speeds of about 80 knots on a runway in the Mojave Desert. The plane is expected to achieve its first flight after a few more such taxi tests are completed. Earlier this year, Allen explained that the Stratolaunch aircraft was more than just a vanity project, as some have suggested. "You don't build [that plane] unless

Aero-TV: Space-Saving NavCom – A Trig Avionics Update

Trig Avionics Announces Plans For New Nav/Com Product Family

Trig Avionics has announced plans for a future Nav/Com product family, which is expected to be available to pilots in early 2019. The first preview of the product is being made now, allowing pilots to see the newly designed TX56 Nav/Com. Using a slimline form factor and innovative features the TX56 will be easy to install and use.

Airborne 10.22.18: Terrafugia Taking Orders, Pilot Vindicated, Airborne Staff

Also: Rocket Lab Selects Wallops, Corporate Angel Network, Airbus Helicopters, Air Force Funding

International media reports have confirmed that deliveries of the Terrafugia ‘flying car’ will start next year. Answering the question that had yet to be fully answered, Terrafugia’s ‘Transition’ will only be sold in the US, at first, and for an initial price of $279,000. Terrafugia started taking $10,000 deposit/reservations for the vehicle last July. They also announced new features for the Transition production vehicle, a two-seat auto and aircraft, including updates to

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (10.24.18)

"We're very excited to put Edwards Air Force Base back on the air show map as "the center of the aerospace testing universe. This partnership provides an amazing opportunity to inspire and educate adults and youth throughout the entire region and to showcase to the American people what we provide to the war fighter." Source: Brig. Gen. E. John Teichert, 412th Test Wing Commander, announcing a partnership with the Los Angeles County Air Show.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.24.18): Maximum Ramp Weight

The total weight of a loaded aircraft, including all fuel. It is greater than the takeoff weight due to the fuel that will be burned during the taxi and runup operations.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.24.18)

NASM Exhibitions

Planning a trip to the Washington, DC area? No aviator or aviation enthusiast should visit there without checking out the National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall and the Udvar-Hazy Center in nearby Chantilly, VA.