Fuller unveils effort to boost flight training excellence
In a speech delivered Jan. 26 on AOPA Live, AOPA President Craig Fuller unveiled a new initiative designed to encourage best practices and recognize flight training providers who put those practices to work every day. Read More and watch AOPA Live® >>
'Academy Awards' of aviation conferred
It's Academy Awards season, both in the aviation world and in Hollywood. On Jan. 24, a start-studded group of the industry's luminaries, visionaries, and lifelong devotees received recognition from the Living Legends of Aviation organization at a Beverly Hills, Calif., event sometimes referred to as the Academy Awards of Aviation.
LSA financing options abound for individuals
For well-qualified individual buyers, financing a light sport aircraft purchase is no different from financing a certified aircraft, provided the light sport in question is one of the top-selling and established brands. But flight schools face financing challenges.
FAA reauthorization bill on the move
Despite 23 short-term FAA reauthorization bills and a brief partial shutdown last summer, House and Senate Transportation members from both parties expressed new optimism that the way has finally been clear for a long-term authorization package for the agency.
From Cape Cod to Cape Horn
A Boeing 747 captain who was stricken in his prime with a career-ending illness, and restored to health by a liver transplant, has launched on a 16,000-mile mission of hope and learning in a general aviation airplane.
Pilot's Bill of Rights introduced in House
Reps. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.) have introduced a "Pilot's Bill of Rights" measure to give aviators more protection and access to information during FAA enforcement actions, urging their colleagues in a letter to co-sponsor its proposed reforms.
Air-conditioned Alto stands out at low speeds
Docile is the word as the Alto 100 slows to a stall. And slows, and slows. At 35 KIAS with flaps up, there was still no sign of buffet, and aileron control remained crisp and responsive. The Alto finally began to buffet, a barely perceptible buffet, at 33 KIAS, seeming to just hang there in space.
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February 2012 AOPA Pilot Features
- Mooney M20E
- The bird and the leprechaun
- Fly-Outs: Big Bear City Airport
- On brand-new wings
- Wx Watch: The problem with pireps
- Flying wild in Alaska
- Technique: Wind warrior
- Water dog
- AOPA Media
- B-ball to biplane
- Avionics: Pilot Friendly
- Turbine Logbook
- Cessna's Conquest of the turboprop market
- Fueling traps
- Gentleman's Choice: Cessna Conquest I
- Iced up and fast
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- Pilot Town Hall | Feb. 10 - Fort Worth, TX
- Nebraska Aviation Symposium | Jan. 25 - Jan. 28 - Kearney, NE
- What Every Pilot Must Know About Fuel Management | Jan. 28 - Pacoima, CA
- Sporty's Saturday Hot Dog Fly-In | Jan. 28 - Cincinnati, OH
- Fly In BBQ Lunch | Jan. 28 - Oneida, TN
- Thunderstorsm, Microbursts and Wind Shear, Oh My! | Jan. 29 - Pacoima, CA
- How Good Pilots Make Bad Decisions (ADM) | Feb. 01 - Van Nuys, CA
- IFR Flight Instruments | Feb. 02 - Olathe, KS
- Excessive air in your fuel tanks? | Feb. 04 - South St. Paul, MN
- USING YOUR iPAD and other devices | Feb. 04 - THERMAL, CA
- Sporty's Saturday Hot Dog Fly-In | Feb. 04 - Cincinnati, OH
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GA Caucus hits all-time high
Membership in the House General Aviation Caucus leapt to 169 in December, representing well more than a third of the House. Lawmakers in both houses are joining the Congressional GA Caucuses to better understand GA and its importance to the national economy and to educate their colleagues; the Senate GA Caucus has grown to 36 members. Is your senator or representative a member of the caucus?
FAA makes good on airway restorations
The FAA, in keeping with assurances it made to the pilot community, has announced that the two remaining airways made unusable by the relocation of the Anchorage, Alaska, VOR will be restored to availability for navigation Feb. 9 when other changes associated with the navaid's move take effect.
FAA proposes cross-border airway extensions
The FAA has proposed taking two Victor airways south of the border to facilitate general aviation crossings into Mexican airspace.
