Category: Avionics
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Wired has an interesting review of a new approach to getting efficient and reliable engines into future electric airplanes — using engines originally designed for the helicopter industry.
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One of the books I read this summer (well actually listened to via Audible.com) was "Kill Decison" by Daniel Suarez. It is a modern day technology thriller with the primary story focused on autonomous drones and where we are likely to end up with them in the future. I highly…
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Airwise (March 13, 2008) reports that "Gulfstream Aerospace has launched the new G650 business jet, its biggest, fastest, longest-range plane to date, as it looks to take advantage of the continuing boom in private plane sales and the trend toward larger aircraft." There was also a recent full page advertisement…
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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Convention 2006 was held recently. Here is a summary of new articles related to the convention that may be of interest: jobwerx, bizjournal, orlandosentinel, and Honeywell search at flightglobal.
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CIRRUS offers a unique safety feature as a standard for all their aircraft models — an airframe parachute recovery system. Their site has more detailed information and a FLASH movie you can watch of the parachute being actually deployed on an aircraft in-flight.
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Areo-News is reporting that Eclipse Aviation is expecting full FAA certification for their Eclipse 500 very-light-jet (VLJ) in the very near future. The retail price of the Eclipse 500 is expected to be in the $1.5 million range and currently has a provisional certification. According to the article the final…
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