AOPA Live begins new weekly news show
AOPA's new television-style webcast, AOPA Live This Week, brings you an update on the first flight of Honda Aircraft's fourth test jet, a report on the lumbering C-47 Gooney Bird, and the personal reflections of one of AOPA's editors who interviewed the late Evelyn Bryan Johnson. Read more and watch AOPA Live >>
NASA takes synthetic vision to the next level
Engineers at the NASA Langley Research Center who developed synthetic vision technology are now working to put it right before your eyes. A head-worn display that tracks your gaze and is mounted on an ordinary eyeglass frame promises to project critical information, including traffic and terrain, in zero visibility.
Skytrain of D-Day drop honors troops, evokes memories
Sitting on the Frederick Municipal Airport ramp in Frederick, Md., painted with the Normandy invasion stripes, a C-47 that dropped American paratroopers on D-Day paid quiet tribute recently to the men who risked - and gave - their lives in the decisive Allied invasion during World War II.
Is that an F-16 off your wing? Beware TFRs
If you are flying near Chicago or the greater Washington, D.C., metropolitan area between May 18 and 21 and spy an F-16 or a Black Hawk off your wing, you're in big trouble. The FAA has issued notams restricting flight in both areas for the G8 and NATO Summits.
AOPA Airports iPhone app now AOPA FlyQ
The AOPA Airports iPhone app has been upgraded to AOPA FlyQ. AOPA FlyQ still offers the airport directory information you rely on, but also provides you with aviation weather and flight planning with auto-routing capabilities—free with your membership.
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Members enrolled in the Pilot Protection Services program benefit from the advice and assistance available through AOPA’s Legal Services Plan, as well as access to a variety of other services that can help you protect both your pilot and medical certificates.
‘Naked’ airplane plies West Virginia skies
The lore goes that the Breezy became known as the “naked airplane” after the pilot unknowingly made an unscheduled landing in a nudist camp. The aircraft drew quite a crowd among the nudists who noted that the homebuilt “...looks like us. It’s got nothing on.”
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May 2012 AOPA Pilot Features
- Magic in the Air
- The New Rainmaker
- Fly-Outs: French Valley Airport
- Dream Big
- Wx Watch: Advanced Warnings
- Northwest Fest
- Happy Traveler
- AOPA Media
- Avionics: KSN700 Ready for Prime Time
- Products: Do You FlyQ?
- Safety Pilot: Backwards!
- Hawker 4000: Lots to Offer, But Too Late?
- The Ultimate Hawker
- 'Go Fast, Slow Down'
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- Learn to Fly Day | Jun. 02 - Frederick,
- FATA Annual Conference | Jun. 12 - Palm Beach, FL
- AOPA Aviation Summit | Oct. 11 - Oct. 13 - Palm Springs, CA
- EAA's Ford Tri-Motor Tour | May. 17 - May. 20 - Alabaster, AL
- United States Pilots Association Fly-In | May. 17 - May. 20 - Branson, MO
- United States Pilots Association Fly- In | May. 17 - May. 20 - Branson, MO
- Pinch Hitter Course | May. 18 - May. 20 - Ann Arbor, MI
- Trade Show Aviation Idaho | May. 18 - May. 19 - Idaho Falls, ID
- Pilot's Review of Proficiency (PROP) 2012 | May. 18 - May. 19 - Columbus, OH
- 2nd Annual Timberon Fly-In | May. 18 - May. 20 - Timberon, NM
- Ada Air Expo | May. 18 - May. 19 - Ada, OK
- Intenet Training | May. 18 - Oklahoma City, OK
- Rancho Murieta Airshow | May. 19 - Rancho Murieta, CA
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AOPA/EAA 3rd Class Medical Exemption Petition
Get more information about the request that AOPA and the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) submitted to the FAA on March 20; if successful, it would offer pilots the option of obtaining a third class FAA medical or instead becoming educated on medical self-assessment to operate familiar aircraft recreationally using the driver’s license as the baseline of health.
FAA report: GA an asset to nation
Over the last century, general aviation airports have evolved from unpaved strips to a vital network of aviation hubs that contributed $38.8 billion to the economy in 2009, says a new FAA study.
Nebraska recognizes GA value
With a stroke of the governor's pen on May 16, Nebraska joined a growing list of states proclaiming support for - and recognizing the value of - general aviation, including the jobs and other opportunities flying creates.
FAA modifies regulation on Class D taxi operations
A final rule still open for comment will codify as regulation a practice already implemented by the FAA: Abbreviated taxi clearances are no longer given.
