Also Approves Latest GTN 3.0 Software

The FAA has authorized a TSO along with AML STC approval for the Garmin GDL 88 series. The GDL 88 is the industry’s first dual-link ADS-B solution available for certified aircraft. With the AML STC, the GDL 88 is approved for installation on most Part 23 fixed-wing aircraft, and it will begin shipping immediately starting at $3,995.

Target Of The Robbery Was A Trailer At The Pilot's Home

A Florida pilot returning from a trip to North Carolina on over the holidays decided that he wanted to get a look at his house from the air ... and that serendipitous overflight led to the arrest of a man who had stolen a trailer from the pilot's home in Glades County, FL.

After Surviving A Tough Year, We Think There Are Still A Few Things To Celebrate

Final Compilations by ANN Editor-In-Chief/Roving Aeronaut, Jim Campbell Each year, we put our heads together, look over reader input as well as our own reports and other sources of info and try to recognize the VERY BEST aircraft in a number of pivotal categories. This particular series will cover the aircraft we consider to be the VERY BEST of the whole breed. In the past, we have broken these awards into a number of categories but the plain fact of the matter is while there is much to be thankful for as far as 2012 is concerned (the survival of the industry, most of all), there are few categories in which there were products that distinguished themselves sufficiently to per

NBAA Also Sends Message Of Congratulations To The New Administrator

Jack Pelton, EAA Chairman of the Board, called Michael Huerta personally on Tuesday to offer the organization's congratulations after Huerta was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as permanent Administrator of the FAA. Huerta had served as acting administrator for a year after Randy Babbitt's resignation in December 2011.

Calls Full Time Administrator Critical To Moving Aviation Policy Forward

Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) President Greg Principato issued a statement Wednesday in response to the Senate’s confirmation of Michael Huerta’s nomination to be Administrator of the FAA.