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LOHAN
Welcome to our full coverage of The Register's audacious Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator mission...
Articles tagged with LOHAN
Nerds make it rain in Nevada. The Las Vegas strip? No, cloud-seeding drones over the desert
Big plans ahead if the FAA gets its act together
Science05 May 2016 | 27
LOHAN sponsor knocks up nifty iMac fish tank
Something to entertain while waiting for the FAA
Science04 Mar 2016 | 13
LOHAN entertains the crowd at Oz Linux shindig
Andrew Tridgell serves up choppers, quadplanes and rocket-powered tomfoolery
OSes08 Feb 2016 | 17
LOHAN takes the stage at Oz Linux shindig
Andrew Tridgell to discuss 'craziest' ArduPilot project
OSes19 Jan 2016 | 22
LOHAN chews the fat with US TV station over Spaceport's FAA-ilure
New Mexico's KRQE squeezes statement from American launchpad bods
Science12 Oct 2015 | 43
So, what's happening with LOHAN? Sweet FAA, that's what
Well not quite. Spaceplane fans read on...
Science02 Oct 2015 | 73
PRATCHETT chats to Oz from 31,000m above Planet Earth
Pics + vids + graphs Andrew Tridgell tunes into LOHAN avionics test flight
Science16 Jun 2015 | 18
Hold on to your hats: LOHAN'S PRATCHETT mission launch imminent
Edge Research Lab poised in Colorado for avionics test flight
Science13 Jun 2015 | 3
LOHAN'S PRATCHETT mission set to soar Saturday
Edge Research Lab poised for final spaceplane avionics test flight
Science11 Jun 2015 | 13
High-flying LOHAN fan raises ale-filled tankard
Glider pilot Martin Gregorie enjoys a quick spaceplane livener
Science29 May 2015 | 32
LOHAN team preps PRATCHETT mission
Final avionics test flight in honour of the late, great Sir Terry
Science25 May 2015 | 5
LOHAN's final test flight set to honour PRATCHETT
Reader acronym poll firmly backs the late and great Sir Terry
Science19 May 2015 | 22
LOHAN's final test flight moniker: The people must decide
Poll Acronym tomfoolery, with a RockBLOCK Iridium satellite comms unit at stake
Science15 May 2015 | 21
El Reg merch tentacle mulls retro LOHAN T-shirt
Vulture 2 spaceplane in a comic book stylee – what do you think?
Science01 May 2015 | 25
Iridium sat comms module comp goes completely TITSUP
Competition Smutronym tomfoolery in bid for RockBLOCK kit
Science08 Apr 2015 | 25
FAA speeds up drone flight approvals for firms that don't need them
Here's your permission. And here's the extra conditions which basically nix it
Legal25 Mar 2015 | 15
Amazon fires rocket up FAA for dithering on drone approval
El Reg knows how Bezos feels
Legal25 Mar 2015 | 18
LOHAN leaps aloft & ports into virtual flight logger
Test flight 3D representation pops up in Exmaps
Science10 Mar 2015 | 13
New Mexico mulls sale of first US commercial spaceport (and LOHAN launchpad)
Virgin Galactic accident casts questions over site's future
Science21 Feb 2015 | 10
Virtual Vulture 2 swoops into Spaceport America
Vid Spaceplane lands itself, in hot hardware-in-the-loop sim
Science28 Jan 2015 | 34
Oz father and son team plan suborbital spaceplane
'ThunderStruck' – going supersonic soon in a stratosphere near you
Science22 Jan 2015 | 33
Penguin high-flyers: Andrew Tridgell on the Linux autopilot
Vid The only way is up for open source, says ArduPilot dev
OSes20 Jan 2015 | 5
LOHAN sponsor Pulse-Eight: Supplier of hi-def TV to dogs
SPB's mutt pack applauds HDMI extender kit
Science07 Jan 2015 | 8
Vulture 2 design hero describes epic 'hobby' project
Chris Dodd talks spaceplane with The Engineer
Science19 Dec 2014 | 5
American bacon cured with AR-15 assault rifle
SPB chief takes up arms against Stateside culinary outrage
Science17 Dec 2014 | 99
El Reg's mighty rocket spaceplane Vulture 2 arrives in US of A
LOHAN's massive box thuds down in the Mile High City
Science16 Dec 2014 | 24
LOHAN's Plucky Playmonaut touches down at Spaceport America
El Reg recce team scouts New Mexico facility
Science15 Dec 2014 | 39
LOHAN sponsor Lucidica explains the benefits of being French
There are benefits? Mais oui, says IT support firm
Science26 Nov 2014 | 10
NXT: The first SPAAAACE cryptocurrency
Our plucky Playmonaut eyes stratospheric profits
Science20 Nov 2014 | 12
Vulture 2 spaceplane tumbles onto BBC World Service
LOHAN team chews the fat with Click
Science18 Nov 2014 | 13
Give it up for SecQuest - a rabbit-hunting spaceplane sponsor
Boutique security consultants, balloon bods, and more...
Science17 Nov 2014 | 3
Lindsay Lohan ignores El Reg's tender twitterly advances
Will thesp honour namesake spaceplane mission?
Science07 Nov 2014 | 21
Spaceplane fan sips sweet nectar from LOHAN's copious cup
Mead in a mug - heavenly
Science05 Nov 2014 | 14
LOHAN test flight: Results in from Oz jury
Andrew Tridgell picks over Vulture 2 avionics logs
Science03 Nov 2014 | 15
LOHAN avionics survive 27,700m stratospheric ordeal
Pics+vid Vulture 2 kit refuses to freeze during Edge Research Lab flight
Science28 Oct 2014 | 13
Moment of truth for LOHAN's servos: Our US allies are poised for final test flight
Will Vulture 2 freeze at altitude? Edge Research Lab to find out
Science24 Oct 2014 | 18
Luscious LOHAN t-shirts fly into Vulture Central
Then fly straight out to our Kickstarter backers
Science21 Oct 2014 | 10
Experts brand LOHAN's squeaky-clean box
Phytosanitary treatment renders Vulture 2 crate fit for export
Science17 Oct 2014 | 21
LOHAN crash lands on CNN
Overflies Die Welt en route to lively US news vid
Science15 Oct 2014 | 32
Beers all round as Vulture 2 lands in Blighty
Pics LOHAN team, sponsors and press in Vulture Central knees-up
Science14 Oct 2014 | 22
Tearful LOHAN Playmonaut bids adiós to Spain
Vulture 2 crated and en route to Blighty
Science26 Sep 2014 | 20
LOHAN wraps Kickstarter tin-rattling at £30,725
Ballocket mission funded - award yourselves beer
Science22 Sep 2014 | 11
Last chance to snaffle LOHAN Kickstarter goodies
Exclusive ballocket mission merchandise - get it while you can, dear readers
Science20 Sep 2014 | 1
Plucky Playmonaut parties as LOHAN hits Kickstarter goal
Bring on the wenches'n'mead, set course for New Mexico
Science19 Sep 2014 | 24
Edge Research Lab to tackle chilly LOHAN's final test flight
Our US allies to probe potential Vulture 2 servo freeze
Science17 Sep 2014 | 23
Cracked it - Vulture 2 power podule fires servos for 4 HOURS
Pixhawk avionics juice issue sorted, onwards to Spaceport America
Science16 Sep 2014 | 18
LOHAN tin-rattles to a whopping £27,000 on Kickstarter
Just six days left to lay mitts on UNIQUE merch and help make history
Science15 Sep 2014 | 36
Who wants to be there as history is made at the launch of our LOHAN space project?
Two places available in the chase plane above the desert
Science12 Sep 2014 | 11
It's official: LOHAN's arboreal avoidance algorithm is PANTS
'Pixhawk Avoidance of Nearby Tree System'. Lovely
Science12 Sep 2014 | 20
LOHAN invites ENTIRE REG READERSHIP to New Mexico shindig
Well, those of you who back our Kickstarter tin-rattling...
Science11 Sep 2014 | 15
LOHAN enjoys some hot hardware-in-the-loop action
Autopilot brain surgeon Linus flies 630km/h virtual Vulture 2
Science11 Sep 2014 | 2
LOHAN premieres spaceplane mission summary vid
Enlightenment for ballocket virgins, as our Kickstarter campaign rolls on
Science08 Sep 2014 | 7
Vote NOW for LOHAN's arboreal avoidance algorithm acronym
Poll Spaceplane mission stickers ahoy for one creative reader
Science05 Sep 2014 | 41
Crack team weighs LOHAN's substantial box
41.5kg? Crikey
Science04 Sep 2014 | 32
Our Vulture 2 rocket spaceplane crammed with more power
She couldna take it, Captain: So we've gone for triple energy podules
Science03 Sep 2014 | 40
Vulture 2 X-Plane soars over Spaceport America
Billy Bargagliotti wraps virtual rocket ship - come give it a blast
Science01 Sep 2014 | 5
Exclusive SPB t-shirt flies into Kickstarter
'The Shed Knows No Bounds', and we hope your wallets are similarly limitless
Science29 Aug 2014 | 9
LOHAN wrapped in vinyl as Kickstarter campaign hits £18,000!
Sample stickers fly in, custom pint tankards fly out door
Science28 Aug 2014 | 23
LOHAN tunes into ultra long range radio
And verily, Vultures shall speak status unto distant receivers
Science28 Aug 2014 | 17
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More from the lovely LOHAN:
- You can find full LOHAN coverage right here
- If you're new to LOHAN, seek out our mission summary for enlightenment.
- There are photos our our magnificent Vulture 2 spaceplane here, and detailed structural plans here.
- For your further viewing pleasure, we have all our photographic material stored on Flickr.
- Our LOHAN and Paper Aircraft Released Into Space (PARIS) videos live on YouTube.
- We sometimes indulge in light consensual tweeting, as you can see here.
