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Airborne 12.16.16: Amazon Prime Air, Saving Santa Monica, Thunderbird Report

Also: AguaDrone, The KSMO Debacle, King Air 350, Airport Lawsuit, Gray Eagle ER, Southwest-Cuba, Trump Tweets v JSF

Amazon has just announced, and produced an informational video, about their first actual drone delivery of a product. They’re calling the service Amazon Prime Air and they are referring to this first delivery as the initiation of their beta-testing program. They say that Prime Air is a delivery system designed to safely get packages to customers in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles. In their press release, Amazon claims their Prime Air has great potent

Klyde Morris 12.16.16

Perhaps A Different Word Would Have Been More Appropriate ...

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Airborne 12.15.16: Inverted Spin Record Update, Osprey Down, SpaceX Delays

Also: Pilot Recruitment, WAI, Iran/Boeing, Pakistan v ATR, Turbine Conversions, Air Traffic Services, Israeli F-35s

Spencer Suderman has informed ANN that he plans to make a third - and final - attempt at the world record for the number of turns in an inverted flat spin either late next year or early in 2018. The airshow performer sent an email to ANN outlining his plans in which he said, "I just acquired the plane for this - a Pitts S-1C with an O-360 engine. The goal is to climb to 30,000' and spin 120 times!" U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey went down off the coast of Okinawa Tuesday wi

National Association of Rocketry

The NAR is all about having fun and learning more with and about sport rockets. NAR is 'the oldest and largest sport rocketry organization in the world.'