AOPA fights badges and background checks at GA field
AOPA fights badges and background checks at GA field
Pilots based at Republic Airport in Farmingdale, N.Y., could be subjected to a background check, made to use a special security badge to access the airport, and required to pay $70 for the privilege. Transient pilots landing at this airport would be questioned and escorted upon arrival. AOPA is opposing the plan implemented by the state of New York because there are alternatives to background checks that are far less costly and leverage existing efforts by the federal government. Read more on AOPA Online.
November 16, 2007
Listen as air traffic controllers discuss what flight following can, and can't, do for you when transiting different airspace.
The most important part of the logbook is the inside, and your ability to log the information required by the regulations and capture any original signatures that may be necessary.
Pilot Skip Gibbs regularly uses his Bonanza A36 to bring medical volunteers and supplies to remote areas of Mexico. Just before sunset, Gibbs was flying to the historic city of El Fuerte in the state of Sinaloa where LIGA International Flying Doctors of Mercy has been doing good works since 1934.