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All News

August 03, 2017

Airborne 08.03.17: Flight Design, Eclipse 500/550 Upgrade, EPS Diesel

Also: Hartzell Engine Tech, USPA Withdraws, Evolution A/C, Textron, CAE, Margo Chase Lost, Phillips 66

GA aircraft manufacturer Flight Design has concluded the sale of all major company assets to the investment group LIFT Holding and will be based at a new and modern facility near the historic town of Eisenach in the Thuringia region of Germany. The company will now be called Flight Design General Aviation GmbH. ONE Aviation has confirmed the FAA approval of an unrestricted increase in the structural life limit of the Eclipse 550 and the Eclipse 500 in the extended tip tank configuration to 20,000 fligh

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AMA Drone Report 08.03.17: Drones Fly Over Oshkosh!, Heli-Nats, Drones v Whales

Also: 4th Int'l Drone Photography Contest, Public Safety Training, UAS Facility Maps, Aero-TV: MultiGP Drone Racing

Oshkosh 2017 is now in the history books, and by all accounts, it was both a sucessful as well as safe event. The annual event boasted nearly 600,000 attendees and a record number of aircraft of all types... including a number of display and demonstration UAVs. EAA, this year, upgraded both the Drone Cage and the Drone pavilion, located close to their Innovation buildings in a spot that was both highly visible as well as well-trafficked. Yeah... Oshkosh takes drones seriously. This week, a

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Oshkosh: Not Just A Your One Stop Shop For Your Prop

Other, Non-Aviation Related Goodies Galore Can Be Found

Everyone comes to Oshkosh for different reasons but certainly many come for the new products; to replenish their stock of expendables, to find that rare part that can’t be bought from a catalog or just to watch some fantastic flying. Exhibition hangars are filled with endless toys that can lighten the wallet pretty fast and push Mother’s birthday gift to the back burner. But wait…not so fast! There is no excuse not to buy that gift for the non-aviation person in your life.

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Airshow Performer Killed In Motorcycle Accident

Kevin Copeland And His Passenger Both Fatally Injured

Airshow performer Kevin Copeland has been fatally injured in a motorcycle accident in Antrim County, MI.

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Airbus Perlan Mission II Reaches New High Altitude

Continues To Pursue World Aviation Record

Airbus Perlan Mission II, an initiative to fly a glider without an engine to the edge of space to collect ground-breaking insights on climate change, weather and high-altitude flight, this week reached a new high altitude in its second season of flight testing in El Calafate, Argentina. Pilots Jim Payne, Morgan Sandercock, Tim Gardner and Miguel Iturmendi have soared the pressurized Perlan 2 glider in a series of flights reaching a maximum altitude to date of 32,500 feet.

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AMA Drone Report 07.27.17: Oshkosh UAVs!, No Drone--A Bat!, Automated Airspace

Also: Deadwood SD v Drones Eagle Attacks Drone, Drone Pilot Ticketed AMA Drone Report--Help Wanted,

Without a doubt, it's the world’s largest airshow -- and for several years now, the drones that you and i fly have been welcomed among the many different types of airplanes, jets, rotorcraft, biplanes and an impressive variety of flying machines that descend on Wittman Field every July. Some 10,000 aircraft, 550,000 people and all manner of excitement crowds into a single airport in central Wisconsin... and this year, dozens of UAVs... ranging from government surveillance vehicles to the DJI Spark were ther

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Airborne 08.02.17: OSH17 Stuns!, FAA Reauth Delayed, Continental TC

Also: Denali Momentum, R66 ENG Cert, TSA Theatrics, Hillwood Airways, Cuba, Aussie Drones, 100th A350XWB

In no uncertain terms, Oshkosh 2017 was one for the record books... both for the superior numbers and records broken as well as the intensely good vibes experienced by one and all. ANN’s Jim Campbell reports that Oshkosh 2017 was his 45th Oshkosh... and one of the best he’s seen. Still; the official reports and numbers are darned impressive. Approximately 590,000 attended this year -- an increase of five percent over 2016. More than 10,000 aircraft arrived at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh a

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (08.03.17)

“What an incredible year it was at Oshkosh. You could feel the energy as thousands of airplanes arrived early and stayed longer, pushing aircraft camping to capacity for most of the event. I believe it’s the best AirVenture week that I’ve ever seen.” Source: EAA Chairman Jack Pelton.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.03.17): Visibility

The ability, as determined by atmospheric conditions and expressed in units of distance, to see and identify prominent unlighted objects by day and prominent lighted objects by night.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.03.17)

International Air Sports Federation (FIA) An international, non-profit, non-governmental organization, the FAI's main aim is the development throughout the world of sport aviation and astronautical activities.

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