'FAA Flight Training Policy Changes Will Reduce Safety, Create Administrative Logjam'

FAA policy interpretations on flight training arising out of a recent court decision will have a chilling impact on general aviation safety and create a bureaucratic nightmare for pilots and federal officials, according to numerous GA groups including the Experimental Aircraft Association. In a letter sent to FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson, the groups called the policy changes “unnecessary and unwarranted guidelines based on irrational legal positions” and called for the FAA to immediately revise the policy to prevent degraded safety in flight training and unnecessary legal battles. The combined groups noted that they are “prepared to use all

tailBeaconX Received TSO Authorization From The FAA Earlier This Year

uAvionix has been granted a new patent enabling safety and surveillance benefits with the use of space-based ADS-B for General Aviation (GA). U.S. Patent 11,011,830 titled “Wireless Communication System within an External Enclosure for Attachment to a Vehicle” provides the ability to leverage the wing and tail locations of an aircraft for the installation of a transponder to gain optimal performance from both ground and space-based infrastructure.

From 2016 (YouTube Version): Building On Past Success And Focusing On The Future…

The Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum is expanding, and in this video you’ll meet Greg Anderson who is the President and CEO of this Museum. Anderson’s background includes a long career with the EAA where he was the visionary behind the successful Young Eagles program. The video takes place at Centennial Airport, which is located south of Denver, CO. This is the site chosen to be the location of the new Exploration of Flight Education and Technology Center which will be the second Wings Over the Rockies location. Anderson explains that this

Initial Impact Point Was In A Tree About 50 Ft Tall

On May 6, 2021, about 1520 eastern daylight time, a Ted Smith Aerostar 600, Canadian registration CFAAZ, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near La Belle, Florida. The airline transport pilot was fatally injured, and the pilot-rated passenger was seriously injured. The local personal flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Preliminary radar data revealed that the airplane departed La Belle Municipal Airport (X14) about 1500. The radar track showed the airplane in a cruise profile on a westerly track about 3,500 ft and 170 knots groundspeed until it was about 5 miles east of X14, where it began a decelerating descent.

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