Let's go planet-hunting?
While Air Commander Aerospace doesn't have its own spacecraft ready to launch we can witness NASA sending it's own machine to the space in their mission to planet-hunting. They named it TESS or Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite while here at our company we thought of naming ours as Jess or John. We might still have couple of months (or light-years) to decide. The payload fairing for NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is being moved to the Payload Hazardou
NASA's spacecraft that will "touch" the sun arrives in Florida
Last week, NASA’s Mission to "Touch the Sun" finally arrives in Florida for the final preparations for its launch to the Sun, scheduled for July 31, 2018. Parker Solar Probe, how the project is called, is humanity’s first mission to the Sun. After launch, it will orbit directly through the solar atmosphere – the corona – closer to the surface than any human-made object has ever gone. While facing brutal heat and radiation, the mission will reveal fundamental science behind wh
Tax Overhaul Credited for Rebound in Business Jet Sales
New 100 percent bonus depreciation tax rules are proving to be a boon in a market that has suffered a protracted slump. The recent tax overhaul championed by President Donald Trump is being credited with helping the business aircraft manufacturing industry emerge from a decade-long slump. The new tax law allows 100 percent bonus depreciation for new and pre owned aircraft and lowers corporate taxes and effective pass-through rates. The changes are helping the business aircraf
Cirrus Aircraft Vision Jet Wins Prestigious Robert J. Collier Trophy
Duluth, Minn. & Knoxville, Tenn. (4 April 2018) – The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) announced this morning that the Cirrus Aircraft Vision® Jet has been awarded the 2017 Robert J. Collier Trophy for developing the world’s first single engine Personal Jet™ and implementing the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System® (CAPS®) on the aircraft. The Collier Trophy is selected by a committee that includes 25 industry leaders and is awarded annually to recognize “the greatest achie
