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Huerta Chats About The Growing UAS Isssue and Explains A Bit of the Administration's Developing Strategy

At the Redbird Migration 2015, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta was featured as a keynote speaker. Among the many topics he touched on during his presentation was the progress being made by the FAA to integrate unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into the national airspace system. Huerta starts his discussion on the topic of unmanned aerial systems by pointing out what most of us in aviation already know, which is, most of these UAS operators know absolutely nothing about the national airspace system and ho

Klyde Gets To Deal With The 'Good News' First...

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Only Person To Have Flight Tested Both The Concorde And Russian TU-144

A retired NASA pilot who has the distinction of being the only person in the world to have flown and tested both the Concorde and Russian TU-144 supersonic transports is being inducted into the Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame in Richmond.

Aero Linx: Duke Flyers Association The first talk of an association started with Ellett Lawrence, P-538 when we (Jim and Marge Gorman) were at Duke School in Wichita, KS prior to taking delivery of N410G P-596 on April 10, 1983. We procrastinated until we met Bill Passey at Mesa, AZ airport. Like a lot of us he noticed our landing and came over to see another Duke. Over dinner that evening we thought it might be worth a try to form some sort of a loose organization with the purpose of helping each other fly and maintain this great airplane. Upon returning home an owners list was secured from AOPA and a first mailing went out in June 1988. 80 people replied in the affirmative and with dues of $25.00 we were on our way. By t

Compulsory Reporting Points Reporting points which must be reported to ATC. They are designated on aeronautical charts by solid triangles or filed in a flight plan as fixes selected to define direct routes. These points are geographical locations which are defined by navigation aids/fixes. Pilots should discontinue position reporting over compulsory reporting points when informed by ATC that their aircraft is in “radar contact.”

“The Gulfstream G550 continues to impress with its outstanding capabilities. The G550 can fly farther than any other aircraft in its class, enabling operators to reach more destinations nonstop. This latest speed record proves once again that the G550 ensures that passengers reach their destinations in record time.” Source: Scott Neal, senior vice president, Worldwide Sales and Marketing, Gulfstream, following the company's latest record-setting flight.