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October 24, 2020

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.24.20)

Aero Linx: The International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations (IAOPA) The International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations (IAOPA) is a nonprofit federation of 73 autonomous, nongovernmental, national general aviation organizations. IAOPA has represented international general aviation for nearly 50 years. The combined total of individuals represented by these constituent member groups of IAOPA is over 470,000 pilots, who fly general aviation aircraft for business and personal transportation. General aviation is defined by ICAO as "All civil aviation operations other than scheduled air services and non-scheduled air transport operations for remuneration or hire."

VFR Conditions Weather conditions equal to or better than the minimum for flight under visual flight rules. The term may be used as an ATC clearance/instruction only when: a. An IFR aircraft requests a climb/descent in VFR conditions. b. The clearance will result in noise abatement benefits where part of the IFR departure route does not conform to an FAA approved noise abatement route or altitude. c. A pilot has requested a practice instrument approach and is not on an IFR flight plan.

“A pilot friend made me aware of the work Airlink does and I became eager to be involved. Airlink and its aviation sector supporters partner with non-profit humanitarian aid groups to bring comfort, compassion and hope to thousands of people in desperate need in the U.S. and around the world.” Source: Pilot and Actor, Harrison Ford, explaining his decision to get involved as the new spokesman for rapid response disaster relief nonprofit Airlink. Airlink builds partnerships with global airlines and air freight carriers, enabling it to provide free or subsidized air transport to a network of over 130 disaster response and humanitarian relief organizations. The Salvation Army, Project HOPE, World Central Kitchen, and MedShare