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Volume 25, Number 8c

February 23, 2018

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Suspected Drone Collision Causes $4,000 In Damage

Russ Niles

Canadian authorities are investigating after a Cessna 172 on a training flight suffered about $4,000 (USD) in damage when it collided with an airborne object near a British Columbia Airport.

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Video: Reliefband 2.0

Larry Anglisano

On the market since the mid-1990's, the FDA-cleared Reliefband wearable therapeutic neuromodulation device may be worth a try for motion-sick-prone passengers, and the company recently released the next-gen device called the Reliefband 2.0. Aviation Consumer Editor Larry Anglisano took it flying.

The TTx's Demise

Paul Bertorelli

It had everything it needed. Except sales traction and maybe a parachute.

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GAMA: Airplane, Helicopter Shipments Up In 2017

Mary Grady

GAMA released their year-end shipment and billings data on Wednesday, along with a “State of the Industry” news conference that was streamed live online. Their data shows that airplane shipments globally increased 2.5 percent in 2017 compared to 2016, and rotorcraft shipments rose 7.5 percent, from 861 units in 2016 to 926 in 2017. “Notable from these numbers is that the rotorcraft segment stabilized after several years of declining deliveries,” GAMA said in a news release.

Textron Confirms TTx Discontinued (Updated)

Russ Niles

Textron Aviation has now confirmed that it has discontinued the TTx, the often renamed high-performance single it acquired 10 years ago.

GoFly Prize Draws 2,000 Competitors

Mary Grady

So far more than 2,000 people have signed up to be part of Boeing’s GoFly challenge, which offers $2 million in prizes to inspire the creation of a “safe and easy-to-use near-VTOL personal flying device.” Already Boeing has hosted six online “Master Lectures” covering diverse topics such as safety, how to find funding, rotary-wing flight controls and more, all hosted by experts in their field. The lectures all are posted online. The competition is open to individuals over age 18 and to teams.

“Aeronautics” In The Olympics?

Mary Grady

If you’ve been watching any of the winter Olympics events recently, you might have wondered, why are there no gold medals for Aeronautics? According to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, there used to be. In 1936, at the Berlin Olympics, no contests took place, but Switzerland was awarded a gold medal in Aeronautics in recognition of Hermann Schreiber’s glider flight over the Alps. Fourteen pilots from seven countries took part in demonstration flights at a nearby airfield.

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Picture of the Week

What a beautiful example of air-to-air photography by Rob Bach out flying with the past and future of aviation. That's 23-year-old Hayden Newhouse in his 90-year-old Heath Parasol. Great shot.

Brainteasers Quiz #240: Make Informed Go/No-Go Calls

If you cancel a flight because weather is forecast to deteriorate, it will improve. But if you ignore warnings and go, weather will turn stinko. In either case, your best call is to ace this quiz.

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