Blue Angels to fly new F-18 Super Hornet jet at Melbourne air show
The Great Florida Air Show announces 2021 show dates
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MELBOURNE, Fla. – For the first time in six years, the Blue Angels will perform in Melbourne.
The Great Florida Air Show announced dates for its 2021 show at the Orlando Melbourne International Airport.
From May 15 to May 16, the Blue Angels will fly their new F-18 Super Hornet jet in their first appearance in Melbourne since 2015.
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“We’re thrilled to help bring the Blue Angels to Melbourne for the first time in six years with their new jet, the Super Hornet,” said Jim Breen, president of The Air Show Network. “Fans are going to love seeing the new look for the Blues in 2021.”
Concorde successor AS2 takes leap forward with vast new Florida HQ
The race is heating up to produce the first supersonic passenger aircraft to enter commercial service in more than 50 years.
US planemaker Aerion, whose AS2 jet promises to fly New York to London in 4.5 hours, is building a massive new global headquarters in Florida ahead of production beginning on the supersonic craft in 2023.
It’s a big step forward for the company, which will use some of the $300 million it has attracted in capital investment to develop the 110+ acre Aerian Park in Melbourne, right next to Orlando Melbourne International Airport.
Maureen O Hare and Paul Sillers, CNN • Updated 25th January 2021
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(CNN) The race is heating up to produce the first supersonic passenger aircraft to enter commercial service in more than 50 years.
US planemaker Aerion, whose AS2 jet promises to fly New York to London in 4.5 hours, is building a massive new global headquarters in Florida ahead of production beginning on the supersonic craft in 2023.
It s a big step forward for the company, which will use some of the $300 million it has attracted in capital investment to develop the 110+ acre Aerian Park in Melbourne, right next to Orlando Melbourne International Airport.
Aerion Park, next to next to Orlando Melbourne International Airport, will produce 300 of the jets
The park will cover more than 110 acres, with the buildings alone covering the equivalent of 14 football fields
It will bring at least 675 new jobs to Florida by 2026, it s claimed, as operations are ramped up
The park will house a customer completions center and a full-size AS2 cabin mock-up