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| FAA issues Piper AD to clarify inspection provisions |
| The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive to clarify a 1995 AD requiring inspections of numerous Piper PA-28 and PA-32 airplanes equipped with oil cooler hose assemblies that do not meet certain technical standard order requirements. The new AD takes effect Aug. 16 and applies to an estimated 23,643 aircraft. READ MORE › |
| Join us at EAA AirVenture |
| Are you at EAA AirVenture this week? Join AOPA’s You Can Fly team at the Flight School Social on Wednesday, July 26, to learn how we can help bring pilots to your flight school. Learn more about the future of avgas from sponsor AeroShell. We’ll also provide updates on BasicMed and the new features of the 2017 Flight Training Experience Survey and awards. Refreshments will be served. The social will be held at the AOPA Pavilion from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Register online. |
| Student pilot calmly handles precautionary landing |
| Student pilot Lauryn Spinetta, a 2017 AOPA High School Flight Training Scholarship winner, put her emergency training to work during solo practice near Austin, Texas. The oil-air separator on her Cherokee PA 28-160 had cracked. READ MORE › |
| House delays consideration of ATC privatization |
| A bill to reauthorize the FAA and privatize air traffic control was delayed in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the bill was not scheduled for a vote during the week of July 17, as had been expected. As opposition to the bill increases, it does so in the face of relentless efforts by powerful congressional leaders and the Trump administration to force a favorable vote from reluctant rank-and-file lawmakers. READ MORE › |
| Still time to take the AOPA Flight Training Experience Survey |
| There’s still time to encourage your customers to take the AOPA Flight Training Experience Survey. The survey is open to anyone who has undertaken flight training at any level within the past 12 months. Your customers help provide valuable feedback on your business, and when they complete the survey they become eligible to win prizes from Aircraft Spruce, PilotWorkshops, and Sporty’s Pilot Shop. Share this URL with your clients. The deadline to enter is Aug. 14. |
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