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Become a Garmin wizard

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Sporty’s has partnered with Garmin to present new courses to make any pilot and aircraft owner an expert on Garmin avionics.

“Advanced avionics training was once reserved for specialty flight schools and training centers, but now pilots can learn on their own time and anywhere they may be because of the availability of Sporty’s courses on multiple mobile platforms,” says Sporty’s Vice President Eric Radtke. “eLearning lets you learn when you want, where you want and at your own pace.”

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Pilot fails to compensate for tailwind, hits trees on landing

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According to the pilot, as he approached the airport in Loman, Idaho, he requested a wind and weather PIREP. An unknown person replied on the CTAF to expect winds out of the west.

With the intent of landing on runway 2, he overflew the airfield and observed a light crosswind from the west.

He landed the Beech A36 on a 2,580′ turf surface.

The pilot recalled a shift in wind direction during landing.

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Momma dreams of flying

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By Katherine S. Stafford

Amelia Earhart said, “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” In that spirit, I am doing it: Momma is learning to fly.

Like so many aspiring and established pilots before me, I have always been drawn to aviation.

As a young girl I grew up under the flight pattern of San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Then and now I get butterflies of excitement when headed to the airport — any airport. The smell of jet fuel sets off an endorphin rush. I have experienced the urge to run up to a plane — a Cessna 182 in hangar — and hug it, for no other reason than it had a prop, two wings, and a tail.

After turning 40 I realized I could be halfway through my life. I asked myself, then a nurse coordinating a successful seniors outreach program, what I would regret having not done before my final departure. Learning to fly a plane was at the top of the list.

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First drone beyond line of sight flight successful

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FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Skyfront‘s Perimeter 4 long-range hybrid gas-electric drone successfully performed the first civilian beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flight without visual observers under the FAA’s Part 107 rules.

This flight is a significant step toward the safe integration of unmanned aerial vehicles into the national airspace, according to company and FAA officials.

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Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission awards record amount in aviation education funding

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OKLAHOMA CITY – This summer marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Teachers from the across the state brought the excitement of this anniversary into their classrooms to motivate young minds to broaden their skills base in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

With that in mind, officials at the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission believe this is the perfect time to inspire kids to become pilots, engineers, aviation mechanics, scientists, and astronauts. That’s why the commission awarded a record amount of education grants this year, according to officials.

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