FAA Accepts Auto Safety Features Can Benefit General Aviation

Graham Warwick June 23, 2016
Credit: Terrafugia
The benefit of automotive safety features to general aviation has persuaded the FAA to grant Terrafugia a waiver of weight and stall-speed limits so it can self-certify its Transition flying car as a light sport aircraft (LSA). The Woburn, Massachusetts-based startup applied for the waiver in 2014...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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