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| Flight Training Experience Survey opens |
| What better way to elevate the service you provide than by seeing yourself through the eyes of your clients? When your customers take the 2017 Flight Training Experience Survey, you get the chance to be nationally recognized in our Flight Training Experience Awards, including coverage in a special edition of Flight Training magazine, AOPA’s website, and AOPA Live. Plus, you’ll get invaluable customer feedback if you receive at least five valid responses to the survey. READ MORE › |
| New, revised Airman Certification Standards published |
| Airman Certification Standards (ACS) for the commercial pilot-airplane certificate have been published, along with the first revisions to the ACS for the private pilot-airplane certificate and instrument rating for airplanes. All take effect June 12. Notably, the Area of Operation on slow flight and stalls calls for an applicant to “establish and maintain an airspeed at which any further increase in angle of attack, increase in load factor, or reduction in power, would result in a stall warning.” The current ACS requires the applicant to establish an airspeed approximately five to 10 knots above the 1G stall speed, at which the airplane is capable of maintaining controlled flight without activating a stall warning. READ MORE › |
| Frasca updating UND simulator fleet |
| Frasca International has begun updating the University of North Dakota’s fleet of flight training devices by adding new simulators that feature the Garmin G1000 NXi digital avionics suite. To date, a Piper Seminole simulator has been delivered, with three more devices simulating the university’s Piper Archers and Seminoles scheduled for July. The process will span several years. READ MORE › |
| More than 5,000 BasicMed pilots and counting |
| More than 5,000 pilots have taken advantage of the new BasicMed regulations. The rules took effect May 1. AOPA has a suite of online tools in its Fit to Fly resources section to help pilots learn more about BasicMed. If you have customers who have been out of the cockpit for a while, AOPA offers a Rusty Pilots program designed to get pilots back into flying. READ MORE › |
| Bahamas welcomes BasicMed pilots |
| Florida flight schools: Your fly-outs to the Bahamas can include BasicMed pilots. The Bahamas Civil Aviation Authority announced that pilots can fly under the new FAA certification. The Bahamas is the first international destination to welcome BasicMed pilots. READ MORE › |
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