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Airborne 06.02.17: Planes of Fame Suit, C-97G To Fly 'Soon', TX v UAS

Also: Travolta Donates 707, Hartzell, Airbus Helicopters, Daher Sim, Sloane Helicopters, Judge Blocks Airstrip

A judge in San Bernardino County, CA has ruled that a lawsuit filed by a group of tenants at the Chino Airport to stop the annual Planes of Fame Air Show can go forward. The tenants, Yanks Air Museum, Flying Tigers Aviation, SOCAL MRO, and Zangeneh Aeronautics had hoped to stop the 2017 show... but they later asked the judge to withdraw their original complaint so that vendors, performers, and people who had already bought tickets to the show were not inconvenienced. But they had always intende

Google Co-Founder Envisions $100 Million Blimp

Would Be The Largest Aircraft In The World

Google co-founder Sergey Brin thinks the world needs a larger blimp, and he's hoping he can be the one to make it happen.

John Travolta Donates His 707 To HARS

Airplane Had Originally Flown For Qantas Airlines

A Boeing 707 that was delivered to Qantas Airlines in 1964 is returning to Australia courtesy of its current owner, actor and pilot John Travolta.

Klyde Morris 06.02.17

Does This Mean The Mayor And The Administrator May Soon Be Seen Together On A Bicycle Built For Two?

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

Airborne 06.01.17: 1st Flt:MC-21, Sea Vixen Lands Gear-Up, Air Race Classic

Also: KSMO Rwy Destruction, Aero-TV, Snap, First CS300, Crowdfunding Effort, 'Sully' Fight, ZLIN AD

The first commercial aircraft to be developed in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union completed its first flight on Sunday. The MC-21-300 took off from the Irkutsk Aviation Plant and flew for about 30 minutes at an altitude of about 3,300 feet and speeds of up to 162 knots. The flight plan included checking of in-flight stability and controllability, and also the controllability of the power plant. According to the program, during the flight a simulated landing approach was performed, followed by a f