Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) [ICAO] Area navigation based on performance requirements for aircraft operating along an ATS route, on an instrument approach procedure or in a designated airspace. Note: Performance requirements are expressed in navigation specifications (RNAV specification, RNP specification) in terms of accuracy, integrity, continuity, availability, and functionality needed for the proposed operation in the context of a particular airspace concept. 

There's A Lot To Like On ANN's Latest Social Media Site

We all know how important Social Media is to a lot of people, particularly those under 30. We also know how important those folks are to the future of aviation. In so many forums and at so many events, we talk about how to attract the next generation of pilots, mechanics, and enthusiasts to our industry, and social media is certainly critical to getting the message out to those who practically live online.

“...the first time a pilot experiences real weather should not be with paying passengers onboard, unwitting and unwilling guinea pigs.”

Source: Part of the argument put forth by Captain Sully Sullenberger who is contesting the President's nominee for FAA Administrator. Sullenberger, the pilot who saved 155 people by safely landing an A320 in the Hudson River, has come forward with his thoughts on Trump’s pick to head the FAA: “We all deserve better.” The nominee has made some highly questionable comments regarding pilot experience requirements.

From 2023 (YouTube Edition): Reflections on War’s Collective Lessons and Cyclical Nature

The exigencies of war ought be colorblind. Inane social-constructs the likes of racism ought break down precipitously amongst men thrust together into combat’s equal-opportunity abattoir. Faced with a common, indiscriminate enemy, human beings ought perceive—suddenly, and with perfect clarity—the immateriality of color, creed, religion, and the myriad trivialities by which they fatuously divide themselves in peacetime. Alas, they do not. When Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941, when Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, when the towers fell on September 11th, Americans ought to have grieved and seethed as a single people—indifferent to the divisions of December 6th, November 21st, and September 10th.

Pilot Also Reported That Due To A Fuel Leak, The Auxiliary Fuel Tanks Were Not Used

On June 4, 2025, at 13:41 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-23, N2109P, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Palm Bay, Florida. The commercial pilot was uninjured, and the sole passenger received minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, they had departed in the morning from the Front Royal-Warren County Airport (FRR), Front Royal, Virginia, and were heading to Boca Raton, Florida. The pilot reported that prior to departing FRR, they had filled both main fuel tanks for a total of 72 gallons of fuel. The pilot also reported that due to a fuel leak, the auxiliary fuel tanks were not used. During the flight, the pilot made a fuel stop at the Orangeburg Municipal Airport (OGB), Orangeburg, South Carolina, where they took on 60.3 gallons of fuel to top off the main fuel tanks.

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