There’s always a choice
Forget about shopping, cooking, and wrapping. Real holiday stress is icing, scud running, and pushing to reach a family gathering at all costs.
Training and Safety Tip: Be on the lookout
Properly scanning for traffic while flying is more like duck hunting than scanning for traffic while driving.
Gyro Hero: Sorta safe
How safe is it? Whether we ask the question out loud or only to ourselves, it’s a primary consideration for any type of flying we do.
Pilots needed: Experimental pirep testing in Oklahoma and Alaska
The FAA is looking for pilots who fly in the vicinity of Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City and Nenana Municipal Airport in Nenana, Alaska, to voluntarily participate in a project to file pilot weather reports (pireps) using automated ground stations and new technology.
FAA seeks information from aircraft owners on certain Continental engines
“The FAA is concerned that the corrective action contained within AD 2020-16-11” regarding “fractured cross-flow cylinder assemblies” on certain Continental engines “is not sufficiently resolving the issue.” The agency published an airworthiness concern sheet October 25 seeking “additional input from the field in order to better understand whether any additional actions are necessary at this time.”
Dynon autopilot cleared for Skylane
Dynon Avionics expanded its already significant footprint in the certified aircraft market with FAA approval of a two-axis autopilot.
Model aircraft leaders welcome potential FAA recognition
The Academy of Model Aeronautics pounced on the invitation from the FAA to be recognized as an organization that sets guidelines for recreational use of drones and more traditional model aircraft.
Fight to save Reid-Hillview gets a boost from local leaders
While Santa Clara County, California, supervisors are actively taking steps to close Reid-Hillview of Santa Clara County Airport, some local officials are fighting back—arguing the airport plays a key role in its local community.
Airfield of dreams: If you build it, they will come
Despite decades of neglect, Detroit’s Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport is getting its happy ending following the approval of an FAA layout plan—making it eligible for an estimated $100 million in federal grants over the next 10 years.
Pilot-Approved Streaming Picks
Streaming television and movies has become a default pastime over the past decade for good reason – it introduced a seamless world of advertisement-free entertainment at anyone’s fingertips. Here at AOPA, we’re devoted to getting people to fly as often as possible, but that’s not always practical given weather, air traffic, or other life events. […]
