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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.

Additional Resources

Answers for Pilots:
Flying—A class act

Every pilot holds an airman medical certificate that’s either valid or invalid. Each class of medical certification comes with a strict set of compliance guidelines—and there’s no glory in holding a higher certificate level than you need. In fact, doing so often bites in the end. Read More >>

Aging Aircraft

Can you recognize the symptoms of aircraft aging? Do you understand the impact and know how to mitigate the risks? Take the AOPA Air Safety Foundation course to find out more. It runs from 45 to 60 minutes.

AOPA Forums

Nearly 10,000 pilots share their insight and experiences in our fun, informative AOPA Forums. Join in the discussion with pilots from around the world or use the more than 500,000 posts to research a wide variety of flying topics. It's another benefit of AOPA membership! Read More >>

Piper names new president, team

piper Piper CEO Kevin J. Gould will assume the company’s presidency effective Dec. 1.

NetJet union expects 495 pilot layoffs

The NetJets pilots union, the NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots, has received notice that NetJets Aviation plans to furlough 495 pilots possibly in mid-January.

Omniflight helicopters adds flight data monitoring

Air medical services company Omniflight Helicopters Inc. and Appareo Systems LLC, a provider of lightweight flight data monitoring (FDM), flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) tools, and custom engineering services, announced that Omniflight has committed to adding Appareo’s Aircraft Logging and Event Recording for Training and Safety (ALERTS) system to a number of its aircraft.

Diamond offers to match down payments

diamond Diamond Aircraft is, for a limited time that the company hasn’t defined, matching customer down payments with up to 10 percent of the actual purchase price.

PS Engineering updates original audio panel

PS Engineering on Nov. 4 announced a smaller, lighter version of the company’s original PMA6000 audio panel that includes a built-in four-place intercom.

Piper president resigns

Piper President John Becker resigned effective Dec. 1 as reported in an announcement to Piper employees from Piper official Steve Johnston.

Embraer posts 3Q 2009 financials

Brazilian manufacturer Embraer may have received a lot of upbeat publicity in 2009, but the company’s third-quarter financial statement shows it’s far from immune to the global recession.

Matriarch of Maule Air dies at 92

June Maule June D. Maule, owner and manager of Maule Air in Moultrie, Ga., and wife of Maule founder B.D. Maule, died Oct. 29 after a brief illness at age 92.