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AOPA Airport Support Network
Virginia pursues 100 percent coverage: Virginia pilots and aviation officials are working together to make the state the first to have an AOPA Airport Support Network volunteer at every public-use airport. [Read More]
Flying Clubs
Key to good airport relations: Being part of a flying club is like being part of a family—lots of individuals with unique personalities and varying needs living under one roof and sharing a bathroom, or in this case living at one airport and sharing aircraft. [Read More]
AOPA Medical Services
Get back in the air: AOPA is the only general aviation association that has a staff dedicated to providing medical certification assistance to members. For a personal consultation, call 800/USA-AOPA. [Online Medical Center]
Thunderstorm Resources
Don’t get caught by surprise: Airplanes and thunderstorms don’t mix. The good news is that it’s not difficult to avoid these violent storms—if you know how to use the tools at your disposal. [Read More]
Radar video of F-16’s close call with GA aircraft
AOPA has obtained a video of the radar return and radio calls for the March 21 incident in which an F-16 pilot flew in close formation with the unsuspecting pilots of a Pilatus PC-12 and a Beechcraft Premier jet flying through an active military operations area.
Boyer to retire, AOPA names new president
Phil Boyer will step down as president of AOPA at the end of the year. Succeeding Boyer will be AOPA member and 40-year pilot Craig L. Fuller, an association, public affairs, and government relations executive.
Fires affect dozens of CA airports
With about 1,000 separate fires burning in Northern California, dozens of airports and hundreds of miles of airspace have been affected.
Cirrus jet makes maiden flight
The-Jet, Cirrus Design’s single-engine, V-tail airplane, made its first flight on Thursday, July 3, from Duluth International Airport in Minnesota.
Researchers develop portable airport lighting
College researchers are developing technology that should literally light the way to remote landing facilities.
NTSB seeks to collect UAV accident/incident data
AOPA is supporting an NTSB proposal that would allow the investigative body to collect UAV accident/incident data.
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New flight plan forms going into effect June 29
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Electric airplanes are flying but far from market
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