Stratolaunch under new ownership
In a company statement issued Oct. 11, Stratolaunch announced it has “transitioned ownership and is continuing regular operations.”
At the same time, Scaled Composites issued...
NASA’s supersonic X-59 QueSST coming together at famed factory
In the high desert of California, where some of the most important aircraft in aviation history have been built and flown, the next airplane...
Boeing invests in human spaceflight pioneer Virgin Galactic
Boeing is investing $20 million in Virgin Galactic, a vertically integrated human spaceflight company.
The companies will work together to broaden commercial space access and...
Plant 42 gets special visit
Plant 42
Thomas Fischer, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Director of Engineering and Technical Management, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, visits...
420th Flight Test Squadron reactivated to support B-21 Raider testing at...
The 420th Flight Test Squadron was reactivated following an assumption of command ceremony at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Oct. 4, 2019.
The squadron will...
High Desert Hangar Stories The first Edwards Air Show: Muroc’s Great...
All the “air show buzz” about next year’s two local air shows, coupled with my trip this week up to Sacramento’s Mather Field to...
U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School History
The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School is where the Air Force’s top pilots, navigators and engineers learn how to conduct flight tests and...
Meet pilots, team behind B-2 Spirit bomber
The 2019 Gathering of Eagles will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the B-2 Spirit bomber’s first flight with the theme “From First Flight to...
Special Plane Crazy Saturday!
On Oct. 19, the Mojave Air & Space Port will host a special Plane Crazy Saturday celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Rutan Long...
NASA takes delivery of first all-electric aircraft
The first all-electric configuration of NASA’s X-57 Maxwell now is at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif.
The X-57, NASA’s first all-electric...
