Couple celebrates 30 years in the sky
Suzanne Asbury-Oliver and Steve Oliver are celebrating 30 years of aerobatic performing and writing in the sky. Think about that for a moment. What would your friends say if you quit your job to be a skywriter or nighttime aerobatic performer? Read More >>
AOPA seeks to expand Part 61 changes
While the FAA is proposing 16 changes to FAR Part 61, AOPA is recommending additional changes that could benefit the GA community. Several of the proposals pertain to complex aircraft.
Piper adds G1000 to two models
Certification is complete to add a Garmin G1000 glass cockpit option to the Piper Mirage and Piper Matrix models.
Court to hear AOPA on Santa Monica jet ban case
AOPA was granted permission Nov. 29 to participate as a friend of the court in an appeal by the city of Santa Monica, Calif., of an FAA decision that the city could not ban certain jet traffic at Santa Monica Airport.
Helicopter Safety and Quality Summit announced
CHC Helicopter has opened registration for the CHC Safety and Quality Summit, scheduled for March 22 through 24, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Know the signs?
Last year, two-thirds of the 951 runway incursions were the result of pilot deviations, according to the FAA Office of Runway Safety. Don’t become a statistic.
Longtime GA advocate Edward Stimpson dies
Edward W. Stimpson, one of the founders of the GAMA and a dedicated GA advocate, died Nov. 25 following an extended illness.
Ga. governor, GA governor
He may be the governor of Georgia now, but a few decades ago Sonny Perdue was commuting home from veterinary school in a J-5 Cub, watching out for oncoming traffic and power lines as he landed on Georgia Highway 96.
Sweeps winner lands at New York Center
AOPA’s 2008 Get Your Glass Piper Archer sweepstakes winner Karoline Amodeo recently landed a spot with New York Air Route Traffic Control Center, covering one of the center’s two oceanic areas.
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Upcoming Community Flying Events
- Root Cause Analysis | Dec. 03 - Dec. 04 - Henderson (Las Vegas area), NV
- 2010 Olympic Games Airspace Symposium | Dec. 03 - Seattle, WA
- Junkanoo Grand Finale Fly-In | Dec. 04 - Dec. 06 - Nassau, Paradise Island, The Bahamas
- Bahamas JUNKANOO FLY-IN | Dec. 04 - Dec. 06 - Nassau, ,Bahamas
- Monthly Pancake Breakfast | Dec. 05 - Pineville, LA
- Scholarship Auction and Christmas Party | Dec. 05 - Bremerton, WA
- Doggie Open Hangar Day | Dec. 05 - New Smyrna Beach, FL
- Hot Dog Fly-In | Dec. 05 - Batavia, OH
- PilotMall.com 4th Anual Open House | Dec. 05 - Lakeland, FL
- Pancake Breakfast & Fly In | Dec. 05 - Arcadia, FL
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- Dark instrument panel: On a clear winter day, I departed Burlington, North Carolina, for Jackson County Airport at the western edge of the state for a visit with my fiancée. I had just reached cruising altitude at 6,500 feet and engaged the autopilot for what I thought would be a smooth, comfortable, VFR flight. Then I felt a slight tremor in my A-36 Bonanza and glanced at the instrument panel. To my astonishment, it was completely dark. There wasn’t a single light or flicker anywhere. …
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