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How Tech Made the Rotax a Monster

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Specifically, Rotaxs approach to putting 160 hp to the prop flange is fundamentally different from Lycomings. And what Rotax doesnt want to buy, it can create in house. The combination means that pretty much anything you can put into the CAD-CAM software you can also build. The familiar great-gray aero engine uses displacement, all 319.8

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Training and Safety Tip: Read before flight

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Is the battery industry ready to propel a new era of aviation? The experts speak 

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This is the approach that’s been adopted by a number of players in the aviation industry, such as Lilium. battery system, which has been conceived specifically with the needs of the aviation market in mind. This doesn’t mean that Lithium-Ion chemistry has reached the end of the road.

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How the FAA Let Remote Tower Technology Slip Right Through Its Fingers

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Using HD cameras, controllers can zoom in on any given point within the cameras range, say an aircraft on final approach. What Happened at Leesburg Back in 2015, Saab approached the town of Leesburg in search of a US test site for their then-new Remote Tower technology.