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August 29, 2017

Airborne 08.29.17: GA v Harvey, ‘Patent Scam’, Gulfstream G280

Also: GA Accident Rate, Aero-Calendar, Gogo, Heathrow Expansion, Property Drone Consortium, F-35 At Sea, Upgraded Ka-27M

ANN is monitoring reports of extensive damage in Texas... but a number of GA pilots got out while the going was good. ANN friend, Sarah Rovner, described her company’s efforts to get susceptible GA birds out of harm’s way. "As the owner of FullThrottle Aviation, an aircraft delivery company, I often get calls from people to move airplanes... On Thursday night, I started getting calls from people who hangar airplanes in areas that flood. They were looking for someone to fly the airplanes out to a safe place... In fact, many airplane owner policies will actually cover the cost of relocation in the event of a major weather event. Austin Meyer is

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ESA And Chinese Astronauts Train Together

Goal Is Establishment Of Long-Term Cooperation With China For Space Station Crews

ESA astronauts Samantha Cristoforetti and Matthias Maurer joined 16 Chinese astronauts earlier this month for nine days of sea survival training off China’s coastal city of Yantai. The ultimate goal is for ESA to establish a long term cooperation with China and ESA astronauts to fly on China’s space station.

Will Fly By At A Distance Of About 4.4 Million Miles

Asteroid Florence, a large near-Earth asteroid, will pass safely by Earth on Sept. 1, 2017, at a distance of about 4.4 million miles, or about 18 Earth-Moon distances. Florence is among the largest near-Earth asteroids that are several miles in size; measurements from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and NEOWISE mission indicate it’s about 2.7 miles in size.