Discover the untold sacrifices of America’s first woman in space during a special screening of the Sundance-winning documentary at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.
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Test flights begin for unmanned Cessna 208
Reliable’s flight tests will demonstrate regional air cargo operations in a terminal area in which maneuvers, procedures, ATC interactions, and implications of visual clearances for remotely piloted operations are assessed. Multiple data collection flights will be conducted, including flights designed to demonstrate contingency scenarios including lost link procedures, detect and avoid with visual observers, and Global Positioning System degraded and denied scenarios, according to officials with Reliable Robotics.
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NASA is reaching out to the public for input on how it can improve the “quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected by the Aviation Safety Reporting System.”
First view of NASA’s new Mars helicopter
According to NASA officials, Chopper would be about the size of an SUV, with six rotors, each with six blades. It could be used to carry science payloads as large as 11 pounds distances of up to 1.9 miles each Martian day (or sol).
NASA investigating first aircraft accident on another world
The investigation takes a close look the final flight of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which was the first aircraft to fly on another world.
Electric motor completes first phase of testing
The testing focused on high voltage (800V) operations and thermal performance, according to company officials, who said the results confirmed the magni650 electric engine’s capabilities at altitudes of up to 27,500 feet.
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter mission ends after three years
Originally designed as a technology demonstration to perform up to five experimental test flights over 30 days, the first aircraft on another world operated from the Martian surface for almost three years, performed 72 flights, and flew more than 14 times farther than planned while logging more than two hours of total flight time.
Tips for flying in the winter
A professional pilot who learned to fly in Chicago, then flew in Alaska, offers his advice for safely flying in winter.