Also: Inflatable Space Habitat, E.U. SAF, VFS 2023 Group Award, E.U. CO2 Policy
LYTE Aviation showed off a pair of brand new, sustainable aircraft in the 40-seater SkyBus and cargo-hauling SkyTruck. The hybrid, electric VTOL aircraft sport a 4.5 tonne payload, 1,000-km range, and 300 km/hr top speed with largely conventional technology. HALO Space has announced the next step in its journey towards edge-of-space commercial tourism. Following a successful December 2022 test-flight of the company’s helium-balloon ascent platform from Indian soil, HALO Space is making ready for a second test-flight, which will ascend spaceward from southern Spain later this year. Sir Richard Branson’s cash-strapped Virgin Orbit announced it will shut down operations and lay-off 675 of its 775 employees after failing to secure what a company representative called “meaningful funding.” Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart made the fateful announcement during an all-hands company meeting. All this — and MORE in today’s episode of Airborne-NextGen!!!
Airborne-NextGen 04.04.23 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, April 4th, 2023… Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Holland Lee, Sophie Hurlock, Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, and Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, this episode covers:
Lyte Aviation Unveils 40-Seat Hybrid eVTOL
HALO Space to Conduct Second Test Flight
Virgin Orbit To Shut Down
Sierra Space Tests Inflatable Space Habitat
European Aviation Sector Races to Beat E.U. SAF Deadlines
VFS 2023 Group Award Recipients Announced
E.U. CO2 Policy Ruinous to European Aviation Sector
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If the balloon bursts, then HALO passengers will also experience weightlessness, like real astronauts.