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Airborne 02.09.18: Falcon Heavy!!!, FAA UAS Symposium, Record Russian Spacewalk

Also: UPS Buys 747-8s, S Korean Mil-Jet Accident, Air Ambulance Decision, Airline Bucks For NASM

Wow... just wow... so many sights to be impressed by... All compressed into a few minutes... Such was the launch of the first Falcon Heavy! SpaceX reached a significant milestone Tuesday with the successful launch of Falcon Heavy carrying Elon Musk's red Tesla Roadster as its "mass simulator". The Falcon Heavy lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 1545 EDT, 15 minutes before the close of its launch window, boosting the roadster into an Earth-Mars orbit around the sun. The rocket performed flawles

Klyde Morris 02.09.18

It Was No Lesser Philosopher The Meatloaf Who Said 'Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad'

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Airborne 02.07.18: Vahana eVTOL Flies!, PAL-V Production Model, FAA Testing

Also: FAA IG Audits Airlines, Unicycle Stolen at Airport, HorseFly Patent, Fokker Aircraft Transactions

Vahana, the all electric, self-piloted, VTOL aircraft from Airbus, has announced the successful completion of its first full-scale flight test, reaching a height of 16 feet before descending safely. The test was completed at 8:52AM Pacific on January 31, 2018 at the Pendleton UAS Range in Pendleton, OR. Its first flight, with a duration of 53 seconds, was fully self-piloted and the vehicle completed a second flight the following day. Vahana is a project developed at the Silicon Valley

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (02.09.18)

“[This] flight demonstration paves the way positively to our local trial service launch in the coming months. Safe and reliable urban air delivery is a reality not too distant into the future, and Airbus is certainly excited to be a forerunner in this endeavor.” Source: Alain Flourens, Airbus Helicopters’ Executive Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technical Officer.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (02.09.18): Spiraling Slipstream

The slipstream of a propeller-driven airplane rotates around the airplane. This slipstream strikes the left side of the vertical fin, causing the aircraft to yaw slightly.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (02.09.18)

The Chief of Naval Air Training The Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) headquartered at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas oversees the Naval Air Training Command (TRACOM).