{"id":16624,"date":"2018-08-26T09:45:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T13:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16624"},"modified":"2018-08-24T14:06:16","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T18:06:16","slug":"jp-aerospace-ascender-airship-granted-faa-airworthiness-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16624","title":{"rendered":"JP Aerospace Ascender airship granted FAA Airworthiness Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"

For over 20 years, JP Aerospace<\/a>\u00a0of northern California has carried out a wide variety of balloon and airship activities ranging from stratospheric advertisements<\/a> to taking student\u00a0PongSat experiments<\/a>\u00a0to the stratosphere<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Ascender airships<\/a> aim to provide controlled flight to near space and perhaps even beyond<\/a>. The 9th Ascender design recently got FAA certification:\u00a0Ascender Receives Airworthiness Certificate – JP Aerospace Blog <\/a><\/p>\n

Success! For the last week JPA, the FAA and the Ascender have been out in the desert. We were issued the Certificate of Airworthiness for the airship. It\u2019s the accumulation of 2 years of work.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Ascender is the 1st UAV airship in the world to be so licensed.<\/em><\/p>\n

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FAA inspection of Ascender 9 for airworthiness certification.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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FAA inspection of Ascender 9<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Ascender 36 in flight<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Orbital_Ascender infographic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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