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Coronavirus Impact
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| Pilot's idea helps hospitals fight coronavirus |
| A shortage of hospital protective gear moved Michigan pilot Cran Jones to form a team to prototype, manufacture, and deliver clear face shields to front-line medical professionals. (Photo courtesy of Cran Jones.) Read more > |
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| AOPA President Mark Baker's message to members |
| AOPA is here for you and continues to advocate for you, AOPA President Mark Baker reassured members in a March 25 special message detailing our advocacy efforts during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more > |
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| Fly informed, with caution |
| Pilots should continue essential flights, with caution. No specific restrictions on general aviation are expected, though it may be impossible to maintain social distancing in small aircraft. Read more > |
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| Advocacy |
| FAA policy expected on extending compliance deadlines |
| An FAA policy statement is expected soon as AOPA works with the agency to extend the expiration dates pilots face for practical and knowledge test eligibility, currency and proficiency intervals, medical certificates, and other deadlines. Read more > |
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| Stimulus package includes $100 million for GA airports |
| A $2 trillion stimulus package passed unanimously by the Senate to support the economy during the coronavirus pandemic includes $100 million to protect general aviation airports. Read more > |
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| Aviation industry hits keep coming |
| Aviation industry players large and small continued to shutter factories and furlough workers amid the escalating pandemic, though some general aviation aircraft makers pressed on. Read more > |
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| Interpretations vary on flight training during pandemic |
| Whether flight training qualifies as an "essential" function that is excluded from stay-at-home advisories remains subject to interpretation. Flight schools should implement a crisis plan during this uncertain time. Read more > |
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| AOPA Fly-In at Casper, Wyoming, postponed to 2021 |
| AOPA is postponing our fly-in at Casper, Wyoming, originally scheduled for June 19 and 20, until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more > |
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| EAA: AirVenture decision point in May |
| The Experimental Aircraft Association staff is working from home, and advising pilots not to expect any final decision about EAA AirVenture until May. Read more > |
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| Playlist |
| You are not alone |
| Are your pandemic companions starting to squawk over your aviation talk? AOPA pilots enjoy old-fashioned (yet socially distant) hangar chats in our new Pilot Lounge, one of several new video playlists we're updating daily. |
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| AOPA Live This Week |
| AOPA here for you; Sky King's trusty twin |
| AOPA briefs members on what we're doing to support and advocate for general aviation as we navigate an unprecedented crisis. Also, a fictional crime-fighting pilot inspired one expensive Cessna 310 restoration. Watch AOPA Live This Week® > |
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| Online resource |
| Latest on travel bans, closures, and cancellations |
| The Bahamas bans incoming flights; some knowledge testing centers are closed; and events including the IAOPA World Assembly, Great Alaska Aviation Gathering, and Farnborough International Airshow have been scrubbed. We have the latest updates for you. |
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