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December 09, 2014

Barnstorming: Phase One -- Re-Building The Aero-Verse

Flyer by Flyer… Community by Community… Presenting Ourselves, Professionally and Comprehensively To The World

Where did it start for each of you? What was it that caused you to look up at the sky at some craft flying by and then set yourself to becoming one of the treasured few that could do that for yourself? What was it that allowed you to deal with all the hassle, expense, over-bearing regs and BS, and STILL want to fly so bad that you saw it through and became a real-live, honest-to-goodness, fire-breathing, PILOT? What was it that allowed you to become someone above and beyond the ground-hogs that look up and can only see you with awe, wonder, and maybe a tinge of jealousy before so

"Safety rates have dramatically improved. Air traffic operations are becoming more and more efficient, and system modernization is taking hold." Source: FAA administrator Michael Huerta, in a speech commemorating the 70th anniversary of the ICAO.

The THL system is composed of in-pavement lighting in a double, longitudinal row of lights aligned either side of the runway centerline.

Aviation Winter Weather Dashboard (AWWD)

Developed by FAA’s Collaborative Decision Making Weather Evaluation Team, in cooperation with NBAA and other industry groups, the AWWD is a new, winter weather decision-making tool for aircraft operators. It’s an at-a-glance tool for determining potential winter weather impacts across the NAS within the next 84 hours.