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Volume 25, Number 35b

August 29, 2018

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Eco-Groups Lobby Against Supersonic Flight

Mary Grady

With a measure to lift the ban on supersonic flight above the U.S. in play in the Senate, a coalition of 38 environmental and health advocacy groups issued a news release this week urging lawmakers to uphold the current restrictions.

When There's No Need For Speed

Paul Bertorelli

Writing about landings gone bad is a perennial favorite of aviation columnists. And guess what? There's an unending supply of raw material. In today's blog, we offer this bit of advice: No one can help you with your crappy landings. Figure it out for yourself.

Aireon Opens Registration For ADS-B Tracking

Mary Grady

Aireon Alert, which promises to provide free emergency response tracking for any ADS-B-equipped aircraft, anywhere in the world, is now open to accept registrations.

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Lake Aircraft Seeks Buyer

Mary Grady

Lake Aircraft has gone up for sale before, several times, but this week the company announced it’s trying again to find a new owner for its assets, including the only FAA-certified single-engine amphibious airplane on the market.

Cockpits By Braille

Procedural memory requires practice, and that goes double for emergency procedures. Do it right and you’ll know your cockpit blindfolded.

NASA Advances Wing-Folding Technology

Mary Grady

Engineers from NASA and Boeing have successfully used “shape memory alloys” to fold a full-sized wing section from an F/A-18 Hornet jet, NASA has reported.

SkyRyse Launches Semi-Autonomous Transportation Service

Kate O'Connor

California-based SkyRyse announced the launch of a new emergency response service using semi-autonomous aircraft and introduced its advanced pilot assistance system (APAS) on Tuesday. According to the company, APAS automates, adapts and enhances control systems on compatible aircraft by using artificial intelligence, a camera and sensor suite, and decision-making algorithms.

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Why Light Sport Airplanes Suffer So Many Crashes

Paul Bertorelli

Light sport airplanes were supposed to be a cheaper alternative to certified aircraft and they are. But AVweb's look at the accident record of these airplanes confirms what many skeptics worried about: They suffer more crashes than standard category aircraft. This video explains why.

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I was doing traffic pattern work in a Citabria on a Friday afternoon at a busy, towered, Class D airport. Meanwhile, the business jet traffic was picking up, and the tower controller was doing an admirable job working our touch and goes in between the jet arrivals and departures.

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