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Light sport engine manufacturer HKS recently announced that it will be relocating its parts supply and distribution operations to the US. HKS has operated almost exclusively out of Japan since it opened its doors in 1973. The manufacturer has utilized New York-based Quicksilver Aircraft Northeast as its dealer for HKS engines since 2001 and as its HKS 700E Distributor and Authorized Service Center since 2014. Van’s Aircraft is now offering pre-built fuel tanks for the RV-10 and RV-14/14A models. The new option lets builders avoid one of the more complex parts of the

Aero Linx: Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF)

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Weather conditions equal to or better than the minimum for flight under visual flight rules. The term may be used as an ATC clearance/instruction only when: Note: All pilots receiving this authorization must comply with the VFR visibility and distance from cloud criteria in 14 CFR part 91. Use of the term does not relieve controllers of their responsibility to separate aircraft in Class B and Class C airspace or TRSAs as required by FAA Order JO 7110.65. When used as an ATC clearance/instruction, the term may be abbreviated “VFR;” e.g., “MAINTAIN VFR,” “CLIMB/DESCEND VFR,” etc.  An I

"Oshkosh isn't just about things that fly. Its really about people, from the WWII pilot that may be making his last significant excursion from his house to re-live, just for a moment, the glory days of his youth, to the young person who just got his private pilot ticket and has flown several hundred miles in a J-3, to the military pilots assigned the "awful" duty of attending Oshkosh to talk to the public about flying the baddest thing in the air, to the widow visiting Oshkosh in remembrance of her husband that hadn't missed an OSH gathering in 50 years, her eyes full of tears - she sees him standing just behind that other person everywhere she glances." Source: Excerpted from Gene Yarbrough's story about being an ANN Stringer at Oshk