I know this is just a glorified glider trick, but you have to admit that this is pretty cool. Good job with energy management in estimating the takeoff roll and timing the glide down the valley.
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A consortium of investors, headed by Benefitfocus chairman Mason Holland Jr., and three others will invest $40M to take over the assets of bankrupt Eclipse Aviation to form a new company, Eclipse Aerospace. No other bidders had emerged to submit offers for the former Very Light Jet (VLJ) aircraft manufacturer by noon, August 14th.
Eclipse Aviation filed chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last November and ceased operation last March filing under Chapter 7 liquidation. Numerous potential bidders emerged in the final weeks for the tooling and other assets, but Eclipse Aerospace was the only offer to actually bid. They expect the sale to close on August 20th.
Oshkosh, Wisconsin: Alan Klapmeier’s efforts to take over the Cirrus Design SJ-50 Vision jet program officially ended on Friday, but other investors may now be interested in taking a stake in Cirrus and its jet, Cirrus Design CEO Brent Wouters told EAA AirVenture Today today…
Electric aircraft from China, U.S. and Europe could bring ‘green’ skies era closer
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin: Skipping the majority of the alphabet, the innovative designer who brought the single-seat Electraflyer C to the AirVenture show last year is back with a two-seater called Electraflyer-X…