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| FAA reviews AOPA medical course |
| The FAA has reviewed the AOPA Air Safety Institute’s aeromedical online course and confirmed that it meets the third class medical reform requirements that Congress created last summer. Pilots would need to complete the course, which AOPA will offer for free, every two years in addition to seeing their personal physician every four years to operate under the law. READ MORE › |
| Pilots weigh in on new pattern study |
| AOPA’s announcement that the Air Safety Institute and the University of North Dakota had partnered to study a continuous turning approach as an alternative to the traditional box pattern sparked immediate, impassioned responses from pilots. While most were in favor of exploring the potential of a circular pattern, others took strong opposition, saying that a continuous turn to final approach is unsafe. READ MORE › |
| FAA issues flight advisories for Trump inauguration |
| The FAA has issued flight advisories on security measures that will be in effect from January 19 to 21 for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. Modifications will be made to the Washington, D.C., Special Flight Rules Area and the Flight Restricted Zone, and procedures normally permitted at several of the area’s general aviation airports will be suspended. READ MORE › |
| ‘Barefoot Bandit’ campaign for flight training shut down |
| It was over almost before it started. Colton Harris-Moore, the so-called "Barefoot Bandit," launched a crowdfunding campaign in December to pay for flight lessons. He had collected about $1,500 in contributions before his federal probation officer stepped in. Harris-Moore got his nickname after stealing a series of airplanes, cars, and a boat. He was arrested in 2010 at age 19 after landing a Cessna Corvalis in the Bahamas. He served five years before his release in 2016. READ MORE › |
| SkyCatchers sent to the scrap heap |
| Textron Aviation has removed parts from dozens of Cessna Skycatcher 162 aircraft still in its inventory and has sent the remaining fuselages to the scrap heap. Photos emerged on Facebook showing the fuselages hoisted by demolition machinery and dropped into dumpsters. READ MORE › |
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