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July 25, 2013

PA Governor Announces State Investment For Improvements At 19 Airports

Program Funded Through State's Jet Fuel Tax

Nineteen Pennsylvania airports will make safety enhancements and improve their operations with the aid of a $2.1 million state investment, Governor Tom Corbett said Tuesday.

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First Flight Of Quest Kodiak On Aerocet Carbon Fiber Floats Completed

Pilots Find Aircraft To Be 'Stable' On Land And Water

Initial flight trials of a Quest Kodiak on Aerocet model 6650 composite amphibious floats have been completed by the company. Aerocet has reached a substantial milestone towards certification of their floats that are designed specifically for the Kodiak, which is manufactured by Quest Aircraft in Sandpoint, Idaho. Flight testing by multiple pilots has proven the floats to be very stable on and off the water.

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AvMap Ultra EFIS Worldwide Preview At EAA AirVenture 2013

Developed With UAV Navigation, The Avmap Ultra Is A Compact EFIS Providing Reliable And Advanced ADAHRS

Italian GPS manufacturer AvMap will preview its Ultra EFIS, a stand alone unit providing Air data, Attitude, Heading and Altitude Reference for your flight, at AirVenture next week.

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Whitehead Was First? Not So Fast

Lee Bottom Flying Field Owner Says Evidence Doesn't Fit The Narrative, May Be Falsified

Not everyone is impressed with a bill passed by the Connecticut legislature and signed by Governor Dannel Malloy declaring Gustave Whitehead as having accomplished powered flight two years ahead of the Wright Brothers. Lee Bottom Flying Field owner Rich Davidson says on his blog Nordo News that every piece of evidence used by the legislature to support the Whitehead theory has been disproven on multiple occasions using basic research.

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Pilots Invited To Participate In Airport Infrastructure Study

Will Reassess Standards For Low Visibility Approaches To Small Airfields

The MITRE Corporation’s Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) is recruiting pilots for a study evaluating proposed changes in instrument approach standards. Participants will be scheduled for one 5 hour session at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL. The evaluation will include about 4 hours of simulator time flying instrument approaches, which can be logged against instrument currency requirements.

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NTSB Releases Probable Cause Report In 2011 Oregon Mid-Air Collision

Accident Resulted In One Fatal Injury

Two pilots involved in a mid-air collision in St. Paul, OR in October, 2011 were unable to see each other to avoid a mid-air collision, according to probable cause reports released by the NTSB. Two reports were released, one for each of the airplanes involved. The same conclusion was reached in each report.

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