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September 14, 2018

Airborne 09.14.18: Best New SportPlane!, iFly Indoor Skydiving, NASA Sponsors

Also: ALPA Unveils Pilot Plan, Colorado Springs Airport Repair, Girls In Aviation Day, FAA Grant

ANN’s annual report on the best values in the SportPlane market remains one of our most interesting... and difficult... efforts of the year -- especially in a year where a number of aircraft have really started hitting their stride. While the announcement of our Master List of over a dozen recommended SportPlanes is still a few weeks off, one new aircraft has easily risen to the top of the list reserved for NEW offerings in the VERY competitive sport aviation landscape. This year; the best new SportPlane is The Airplane Factory’s Rotax 915-powered Sling TSi. ANN’s Jim Campbell got a personal tour of iFly’s soon-to-be-latest indoor skydiving facility now under

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NASA Seeks Partnership With US Industry To Develop First Gateway Element

Will Help In Construction Of The Lunar Orbital Outpost

NASA has released the final version of the Power and Propulsion Element Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway (LOP-G) Reflecting much of the feedback from an Industry Day NASA hosted July 10, and several follow-on communications with potential offerors, NASA has made a number of updates to the final solicitation. These updates clarify content and context, encourage industry innovation and creativity, enhance the public-private partnership, and align the approach for NASA requirements more closely with industry practices.