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Airborne 06.10.15: SpaceX Payday, CAP Finds Glider, Legend Cub Floats

Also: Falcon 9 Debris, From Ghana To Oshkosh, WingX Pro, Airline 3-Drink Limit, VH-71 Helis, Firefighters v UAV, Rural Airports

NASA has approved a $30 million milestone payment to SpaceX under the agency's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability agreement with the company following a recent and successful pad abort test of its Crew Dragon spacecraft. An aircrew of the Civil Air Patrol’s New Mexico wing spotted the wreckage of a single-seat glider reported missing last Thursday after departing Moriarty Municipal Airport. The pilot of the glider did not survive the accident. CAP cell phone forensics a

Airborne 06.10.15: SpaceX Payday, CAP Finds Glider, Legend Cub Floats

Also: Aero-Community Update-SAFE, Alaska Mid-Air, Marenco Swisshelicopter, Enstrom Heli, IATA, Glass On Mars

NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator project completed its second flight test when the saucer-shaped craft splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai on Monday. NASA said in a news release that two experimental decelerator technologies – a supersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator and a supersonic parachute – were tested. The supersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator deployed and inflated. The supersonic parachute also dep

Airborne 06.09.15: K-Max Returns!, CBP Heli Under Fire, Airbus v SpaceX

Also: Avidyne iPad APP, Aero-Calendar, Fly Safe Campaign, TSA Admin Nominee, NTSB Safety Alert, ATSB, Gulfstream Expands Long Beach Site

Kaman Corporation has resumed production of the commercial K-MAX heavy-lift utility helicopters. The aircraft will be manufactured at Kaman’s Jacksonville, Florida and Bloomfield, Connecticut facilities and production and hiring for the program has already begun. The first new helicopter is expected to be delivered in early-2017. This report confirms again that our southern border is a war zone, as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter operating in U.S.

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (06.10.15)

“There is finally a growing recognition that funding such an essential service as air navigation should not be held hostage to a game of political brinkmanship in the setting of the national budget.” Source: IATA General Director and CEO Tony Tyler.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.10.15): Restricted Area

Airspace designated under 14 CFR part 73 within which the flight of aircraft, while not wholly prohibited, is subject to restriction.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.10.15)

British Microlight Aircraft Association

The British Microlight Aircraft Association looks after the interests of microlight owners in the UK. It is an organization approved by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and has powers delegated to it to control training and airworthiness. Its aims are to further the sport of microlight aviation, keep flying costs down to a minimum for its members and to represent them in national and international matters relating to our sport.