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The Experimental Aircraft Association has reported the safety level of homebuilt aircraft continues to improve, as fatal accident totals have dropped significantly over a 12-month period covering much of 2015. This is based on an analysis performed by the EAA. The totals, which include fatal accidents during the 2015 federal fiscal year, which is October 2014 through September 2015, showed that fatal accidents in amateur-built aircraft registered in the FAA’s experimental category fell 20 percent from the previous 12-month period. Facing a shorting of unmanned aerial system operators, the U.S. Air Force is shifting its po
One Pilot's Simple Viewpoint About The Decline Of Aviation, The Role He and His Airport Plays
A Guest Editorial by Rich Davidson, Aviation Activist, Owner/Operator Lee Bottom Flying Field
Is Aviation Worth Saving? This question has taken ten years of my life. The calendar read “2005” when I first realized something special would be required to save my airport, Lee Bottom Flying Field. What I came up with was grand. Instead of the focus, it would be the foundation of something greater – a refuge for aviation itself. Minutes later, another thought crossed my mind, “Is aviation worth saving?” By “saving,” what I really wondered was, “Should I give my life, time, money, and remaining days to save somet
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