How many Jacksonville companies have their products on the ISS (International Space Station)? I don’t know, either! BUT, what I do know is that you could’ve talked to the CEO of one that does, Made in Space, last night, IF…
Category: Aviation
Government shutdown strikes again
So, Santa brought me a really cool photography drone (this one, from DJI), a Phantom 4 Pro… I’ve been playing around with racing quadcopters for a couple of years, but my family’s Jacksonville photography business needs drone photography. Racing quadcopters,…
LSA weight limit to almost triple to 3,600lbs!
AVweb has a brief piece about the FAA’s plans to increase the max weight of Light Sport Aircraft to 3,600 pounds. If accurate, this will potentially open a great number of models to pilots flying under Sport Pilot and BasicMed…
Space elevator planned as soon as 2045
NBC has a short but interesting article about some of the different groups planning to test, then build, a tethered ‘space elevator.’ Just be hopeful that you can avoid riding with the kid that presses every. single. button. Read about…
House passes longterm FAA reauthorization bill
From aopa.org: “HR302, a $90-billion, five-year FAA reauthorization bill, passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 398 to 23 on Sept. 26. The legislation addresses industry workforce programs, aviation safety, drone integration, and other issues, but to…
Elon Musk announces SpaceX’s moonshot passenger
Say what you want about Musk, he does have a way of making cool things happen. He aimed to continue that yesterday, by announcing the name of the first paying moon flight passenger, a Japanese businessman. Read about it here.