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GA NewsNew Pelton venture to offer turboprop C421A turboprop version of the pressurized piston twin Cessna 421 will be the first offering of a new aircraft remanufacturer whose leaders include former Cessna President and CEO Jack Pelton, the company announced Jan. 23. The Aviation Alliance LLC will outfit a Cessna 421 Golden Eagle airframe with Pratt & Whitney PT6A-135A turboprop engines and other enhancements. Read more >> Accident survivor now teaches flyingOn Friday, March 16, 2001, Matt Cole was a 23-year-old flight instructor with his eyes on an airline career when he strapped into the right seat of a twin Piper PA34-200 Seneca for a company standardization flight. A simulated emergency turned into a real accident, and Cole woke up from a medically induced coma two months later, after a series of operations for the third-degree burns that covered 65 percent of his body. Years later, after scores of surgeries and extensive rehabilitation, something that had seemed unthinkably out of reach began to occupy Cole’s thoughts: returning to aviation. Read more >> LSA buyers ‘waiting’ to purchase SkyVector launches world FBO directoryOnline aviation data provider SkyVector has expanded its offerings with its new free World FBO Directory, which displays real-time fuel prices and lets users filter for FBO features and facilities. Read more >> Student essay contest honors Tuskegee AirmenA student writing contest inspired by the Tuskegee Airmen will help kick off a celebration of Black History Month at the Fantasy of Flight in central Florida. The museum will also host several original Tuskegee Airmen Feb. 7 to 9 as part of the celebration. Read more >> Research UAV probes supercells TSS Flying Club: Affordable flying, shared flightsTSS Flying Club, a nonprofit flying club at Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg, Md., prides itself on providing members partial ownership in a fleet of well-maintained, modern aircraft. Members also get the chance to participate in shared flights, group trips, and social events. Read more >> Producer, Aspen chief among ‘Living Legends’ honoreesHollywood stars and aviation greats gathered Jan. 18 in Beverly Hills, Calif., for the tenth Living Legends of Aviation gala. Read more >> Matching gift prompts impressive returnA $60,000 matching grant and challenge from longtime AOPA Foundation supporter Bennett Dorrance inspired members to donate $300,000 to preserve and protect the freedom to fly. Read more >> TFR to cover New Orleans for Super BowlThe FAA has released the notice to airmen (notam) describing airspace restrictions related to Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans Feb. 3. The temporary flight restriction (TFR) establishes a 10-nautical-mile inner ring and 30-nm outer ring for the event. Read more >> |
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Bob Symons said his father, a retired fighter pilot, began flying a Cessna 120 from the small airstrip on family property after completing his military service. Now 88, Symons’ father enjoyed watching aircraft use the strip. But the family was also concerned about legal exposure. Now, a bill to protect landowners from liability for noncommercial use of their private airstrips has passed the Wyoming House and moved on to the Senate. Read more >>
Help for downed aircraft in Alaska could arrive sooner under a new program that will send distress messages including GPS coordinates from participating pilots’ satellite tracking devices directly to flight service stations, where they would be matched with active VFR flight plans. Read more >>
AOPA is asking members to weigh in on proposed changes in the design of the Dallas/Fort Worth Class B airspace area. Comments are due by March 25. Read more >>
FAA “ramp checks” are a bit of a mystery. Kathy Yodice, an attorney for AOPA’s Pilot Protection Services, explains what to expect from the inspector and how to respond. Read more >>
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Question: Do you have to hear the words “Cleared into Class B” when VFR?
Answer: Yes, you must hear the word “cleared” at least somewhere in the radio communication and instructions given to you by the approach controller. Simply being radar identified and instructed to maintain a specific altitude or heading within the Class B airspace is not a clearance into the Class B airspace. See the FAA Office of Chief Counsel letter of interpretation dated Jan. 14, 2010, which says, “Section 91.131 (a)(1) provides that no person may operate an aircraft within a class B airspace area except in compliance with § 91.129 and that the operator must receive an ATC clearance from the ATC facility having jurisdiction for that area before operating an aircraft in that area.”
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