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August 03, 2017

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, an altogether different kind of rotorcraft, from those we usually cover on AMA Drone Report, converged on AMA Headquarters in Muncie, Indiana. That’s

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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 flight hours or 20,000 cycles, whichever occurs first. Previously the life limit had been 10,000 cycles, 10,000 hours, or 10 years, without enrollment in a life extension maintenance a