SolarStratos Project Plans To Take A Solar-Powered Airplane An Altitude Of Over 15 Miles
The project is ambitious one. Swiss pilot Raphaël Domjan, the founder of SolarStratos, hopes to get into a solar-powered airplane and fly it to an altitude of more than 15 miles sometime in 2018.
Lower Cost Safety And Reliability For Cessna 172/182
Trio Avionics, longtime manufacturer of autopilots for the Experimental-Amateur-Built (EAB) aircraft market, is working with the FAA and a team of industry leaders to develop an STC for its Pro Pilot Autopilot in the Cessna 172 and 182, with other certified, production models to follow. Paul Odum, CEO of The STC Group, LLC, is leading the initiative to bring affordable autopilots from the EAB world to production airplanes.
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