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August 02, 2024

King Keeps up the Free Content Spree with PPL Courses

Private Pilot Maneuvers Course Aims to Correct the Field of Shoddy Free Content

King Schools continues its war on low-quality information, this time publishing a free course focused on Private Pilot Ground Reference Maneuvers. This course is lifted from the King’s complete Private Pilot Maneuvers course and prepares students for their flight lessons by showing how to nail Turns Around a Point, Rectangular Patterns and S-Turns Across a Road to FAA checkride standards. It's a small sampling of the greater program, giving students a taste of what they'll get if they choose to go through the full King Course for their Private Pilot Ground School.

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A Summertime Look Across the Regulatory Landscape

The Wings Are Blowing...But Are They Really Changing?

The landscape of personal aviation is experiencing a significant transformation with the confluence of the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Bill, Chevron deference, and the MOSAIC rule. These three elements are shaping the regulatory framework that governs personal aviation activities, impacting both industry stakeholders and enthusiasts alike. In this essay, we will explore how these factors intersect and influence the future of personal aviation. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plays a crucial role in regulating and overseeing all aspects of civil aviation in the United States. The FAA Reauthorization Bill is a legislative instrument that authorizes funding and sets policy priorities f

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TrueCourse Showcases New Mixed-Reality Simulator at Airventure

A Fully Immersive Virtual Flight Experience

The TrueCourse Simulations display, located inside the Pilot Institute booth, showcases a new prototype for a mixed-reality simulator. They are expected to become available to the public in early 2025. Simulator technology has become increasingly popular in the flight training world. It allows students to build skills and confidence before ever stepping foot into an aircraft. It also fosters safer flying by replicating critical in-flight situations, including engine failures, fires, and emergency landings, and showing students how to respond. These aspects have been proven to create an overall more convenient and beginner-friendly training process.

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Aura Aero Announces US Facility

French Sportplane Manufacturer Plans for Commuter Factory Stateside

Aura Aero has announced the opening of its first US facility in Embry-Riddle's Florida campus research park, a 500,000-square-foot manufacturing facility to foster US production of the electric aircraft. Aura Aero had announced a partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University last year, but didn't make it sound as if they'd be going as far as making a new factory there. Aura Aero's US footprint will largely be used to produce, assemble, test, and eventually deliver on their ERA, a 19-seater hybrid electric commuter plane. So far, Aura has been busy enough selling its Integral sport plane from its factory in Toulouse, France, cutting their teeth on a simple, achievable aircr

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NTSB Final Report: BC12-65

About 25-30 Ft Above The Ground During The Initial Climb The Engine Suddenly Lost About 1,000 RPM

Analysis: The pilot was preparing for takeoff after the engine had been running for about 25 minutes. Before departing, he tested the carburetor heat and noted that it was functioning as expected. He applied power for takeoff and the engine accelerated “strongly and smoothly.” About 25-30 ft above the ground during the initial climb the engine suddenly lost about 1,000 rpm. The pilot elected to perform an off-field landing. He maneuvered to avoid a hedgerow and the airplane touched down in an in an area of high grass. During the landing sequence, the fuselage and right wing were substantially damaged. 

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