Will Cover What New Pilots Need To Know Before They Fly

The FAA will present a webinar on January 16 at 1900 EST entitled "How to fly your Recreational Drone in Airspace to include avoiding Emergency Areas".

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The fourth AW609 tiltrotor, in final production configuration, successfully performed its first flight at Leonardo’s Philadelphia plant on Dec. 23, entering final program development and ground/flight testing stages. With this flight, the world’s first multirole commercial tiltrotor achieved a major milestone on its path to FAA certification. The AW609 will be certified under the FAA’s new Powered Lift category, the first new category of aircraft certified by the FAA in decades.&nbs

Sometimes All You Need Is A Decent Cup Of Coffee

A new TSO'd coffee maker for business aircraft was introduced at NBAA-BACE 2019. According to David Laurin, president of SRS Aviation which offers the coffee maker, told Aero-News during the event that the device is the only "K-Cup" coffee maker offered for the aviation market. The Jet Java coffee maker works a lot like the single-cup machine you may have in your home. But it also features a hot water pour-though so you can make oatmeal or ramen noodles on those long flights.

Contact Approach An approach wherein an aircraft on an IFR flight plan, having an air traffic control authorization, operating clear of clouds with at least 1 mile flight visibility and a reasonable expectation of continuing to the destination airport in those conditions, may deviate from the instrument approach procedure and proceed to the destination airport by visual reference to the surface. This approach will only be authorized when requested by the pilot and the reported ground visibility at the destination airport is at least 1 statute mile.

Aero Linx: Association of Women in Aviation Maintenance (AWAM) We are much more than scholarships!  We are about the business of providing the tools for our aviation maintenance community to thrive by staying engaged and connected. Our website is now interactive for our Corporate, Educational and Individual members. Benefits include jobs board, peer-to-peer forums, interests groups and searchable membership directory. All the while,we remain the same organization established in 1997 helping to promote education, networking opportunities, and scholarships for the aviation maintenance community. 

“The importance of remote ID regulations cannot be overstated, as they are necessary to enable advanced and expanded operations such as flights over people and beyond line of sight. They also serve as the linchpin needed for future rulemakings that will pave the way for transformative uses of UAS with significant benefits for our economy and society, including widespread UAS delivery. Finally, remote ID will also help law enforcement identify and distinguish authorized UAS from those that may pose a security threat." Source: AUVSI President and CEO Brian Wynne. commenting on the FAA's proposed rule for the remote identification of drones has now been printed in the Federal Register, giving interested parties 60 days to respond.