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Holland Pilot Invents Sensor to Help With "Hangar Rash"
Fox17 ^ | Nov 10, 2020 | Marisa Oberle

Posted on 11/10/2020 10:56:31 PM PST by nickcarraway

Shrilling beeps echoing throughout a room is not a sound most people want to hear, but for Greg Griffith, it signals opportunity.

In 2012, Griffith, a private aircraft owner, was returning from a trip in Florida, when he experienced hangar rash, a term used to describe ground accidents.

According to the National Businesses Aviation Association hangar rash makes up 50 percent of aircraft ground handling damage reports, with the average ground handling-related claim costing $124,000. Griffith says it costs the general aviation industry $3 billion a year.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Hobbies; Local News
KEYWORDS: airplane; michigan; pilot

1 posted on 11/10/2020 10:56:31 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Hopefully he’ll do as well as his brother, Del Griffith, does at sales for American Light and Fixture.


2 posted on 11/11/2020 3:53:36 AM PST by dis.kevin (Dry white toast)
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To: nickcarraway

Did he “invent” it, or just adopt ground vehicle parking sensors?


3 posted on 11/11/2020 3:54:25 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
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(((Ping)))


4 posted on 11/11/2020 4:36:55 AM PST by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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