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Nine Dutch Aerospace Engineering students at the Delft
University of Technology in the Netherlands, together with the
Department of Experimental Zoology of Wageningen University have
designed a tiny airplane fitted with shape- shifting wings,
inspired by the common swift, one of nature's most efficient
flyers.
“The fear, based in large part from what has
happened around the world, is that ultimately pilots will be priced
out of the sky. AOPA members have seen that ATC user fees stymie
general aviation around the world with huge costs to operate
aircraft and, most importantly, insert cost considerations into
critical safety decisions."
Source: Phil Boyer, president of the Aircraft
Owners and Pilots Association, in a written statement this week to
the Senate Finance Committee, prepared for Thursday’s hearing
on FAA funding.
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