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The High Cost Of Camping At Camp Scholler

EAA Institutes A New Payment Plan To Reserve A Campsite

I understand enough about the law of aerodynamics to stay aloft, very little about the law of thermodynamics and as a capitalist consumer quite a bit about the law of supply and demand. If you have a boatload of widgets and few buyers, widgets are cheap. If there are a lot of buyer and few widgets, then those widgets can get pretty expensive so I understand the cost of Camp Scholler, a campground which is used extensively once a year.

Airborne 07.26.17: WomenVenture 2017!, Daher TBM910 OSH Debut, Avilution UnPanel

Also: Continental Motors Update, Trig Avionics Expands, AEA Incubator Inspires, Pelton Interview--Part 3

Aero-News staffers attended the kickoff event to WomenVenture, the Women in Aviation Breakfast, at the EAA Nature Center. The breakfast was attended by a large crowd of aviation enthusiasts, women and men, who were treated to a number of inspirational speakers and plans for this year’s convention. Daher brought their new TBM 910 to AirVenture for the first time and ANN’s Maxine Sheer was there to get the details from Nicolas Chabbert. ANN’s Jim Campbell talked to Con

Airborne 07.25.17: Blue Origin Stands Tall!, Dynon-Certified, Rotax 915iS

Also: Able Flight, Piper M600 Grounding, Avidyne Updates, Pelton Intvw Part 2

No one who goes to Oshkosh remains surprised… for long... at all the amazing things they see at Wittman Field... but reuseable rockets? ANN’s Jim Campbell went over to Blue Origin to see why they came to AirVenture 2017... and got a tour of their crew capsule. Rotax has had its new 915 iS engine in the works for quite a while, but the company says that they are closing in on European and U.S. Certification. ANN’s Tom Patton got an update on the engine from Marc Becker from Rotax. Piper presid

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (07.26.17)

"I've been working on new approaches to fuel measuring systems for years, and this particular safety enhancing product has been a very important goal for a long time.” Source: James Wiebe, CEO of Belite, on new instruments developed for non-certified aircraft.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (07.26.17): Pilot’s Discretion

When used in conjunction with altitude assignments, means that ATC has offered the pilot the option of starting climb or descent whenever he/she wishes and conducting the climb or descent at any rate he/she wishes.