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Pilots strongly urged not to fly Zodiac CH601XL, CH650
In the wake of a Nov. 6 accident involving a Zodiac CH601XL, the FAA issued a special airworthiness information bulletin recommending that before further flight the aircraft be brought into compliance with a forthcoming safety directive/safety alert from Aircraft Manufacturing & Design, which manufactures the airplanes. AMD will post the directive on its Web site.
On Capitol Hill
- The House and Senate are in session.
- The House Aviation Subcommittee will hold a hearing on a Review of the RTCA Mid-Term Implementation Task Force Report on Oct. 28.
- The Senate Aviation Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the reauthorization of the NTSB on Oct. 29.
- FAA funding, aviation safety, air traffic control modernization, and GA security are on AOPA’s list of concerns for the new administration.
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Night ops to continue at Burbank
The FAA ruled Nov. 2 that the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority could not ban night operations at Bob Hope Airport. AOPA had petitioned the FAA to reject the proposed ban.
Education, compatible land use called for at North Las Vegas
A North Las Vegas stakeholder group of aviation officials, pilots, and community residents formed by Nevada Senate Joint Resolution 3 submitted 13 recommendations to the state legislature Nov. 1 in an effort to increase safety at North Las Vegas Airport.
As deadline nears, GA groups seek future for training visa
When responsibility for the J-1 visa program shifts from the State Department to the Department of Homeland Security at the end of the year, the fate of the program--and the flight schools that depend on it--is still uncertain.
AOPA offers expertise on GA security
After some of its recent general aviation security proposals were met with opposition from pilots and legislators, the TSA is reaching out to industry groups to better understand concerns of the GA community.
AOPA seeks to be ‘friend of court’ in jet-ban case
AOPA on Oct. 29 requested permission from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 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.
Kansas City Downtown completes projects worth $70 million
The Kansas City Aviation Department is nearing completion on a $70 million refurbishment program at Kansas City Downtown Airport. The effort, begun in 2005, includes a $28 million project to raze and resurface both airport runways.
Longtime CFI inspires airport community
For 37 years, Richard Cornelius, a CFI, CFII, and MEI, has guided hundreds of flight students through training and helped keep Shelby County Airport in Alabaster, Ala., abuzz with activity.
Kissimmee Airport completes projects
Kissimmee Gateway Airport in Kissimmee, Fla., has completed three projects valued at $2.5 million to accommodate its growing aviation businesses and help it to best serve its customers.
