The nearly 4,000 FAA employees who were furloughed for two weeks this summer will receive back pay in October. According to a report at Government Executive, Transportation Department lawyers determined that additional congressional action is not necessary to provide retroactive pay to the furloughed workers. The back pay will be included in affected employees’ Oct. […]
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All flights not created equal
An editorial in the News Virginia notes that President Obama’s recent rhetoric characterizing general aviation airport users as fat cats may be good politics but not good policy. The proposed $100 per flight air traffic control fee could further hurt the economy and local airports, the editorial notes, quoting Eagle Nest Airport manager John Trissel: […]
Second annual Grass Strip Foundation Fly-In slated
The second annual Grass Strip Foundation Fly-In/Open House will be held Saturday Oct. 22 at Berg Park Aerodrome (9GA2) in Midway, Georgia. The Grass Strip Foundation is an educational and preservation foundation dedicated to vintage, experimental and general aviation aircraft, educating the “uninformed about the joys, practicalities and necessities of aircraft in our modern society […]
Bombers take to the skies at AIRSHO
The 2011 Commemorative Air Force (CAF) AIRSHO is this weekend in Midland, Texas, and this year, the CAF will be darkening the skies with the massive bombers of World War II and today. “This year is all about the bombers,” said CAF Colonel/Volunteer AIRSHO Chairman Gena Linebarger. “No other show in the country can feature […]
Is the iPad all hype?
In his blog at Air Facts Journal, Sporty’s John Zimmerman notes that you can’t read a story about general aviation these days without being confronted with Apple’s world-beating tablet computer. Some pilots are skeptical that the iPad really changes anything. Most gush about it and how flying will never be the same. What’s the real […]
Alabama aviation industry poised to take flight
Alabama’s aviation industry is poised to reach new heights, a top official with the industry’s latest addition to the state said recently. A report at Al.com quotes Mike Sims, general manager of GE Aviation, which is building an engine coatings plant in the state: “Alabama has a rising reputation in the aviation industry with the […]
FAA official talks user fees
FAA Deputy Administrator Michael Huerta may have given a glimpse of how the agency and the Obama Administration will promote the GA user fee concept in the coming weeks. According to a report at EAA.org, while outlining the NextGen system status during a speech to the NextGen Advisory Committee in Washington, D.C., Huerta talked about […]
Five earn Master Instructor accreditation
Five CFIs recently earned or renewed their Master Instructor accreditations. To help put this achievement in its proper perspective, there are approximately 93,000 CFIs in the United States. Fewer than 700 of them have earned Master accreditation. The last 16 National Flight Instructors of the Year were Master CFIs. In addition, the FAA has approved […]
IMC Radio goes live
After weeks of preparation, setting broadcast equipment, testing and the success of the pre-inaugural show on Sept. 28, the WIMC-DB (IMC Radio project) is taking off the ground and is ready for its first worldwide live call-in Aviation Talk Show. The first transmission will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 6 p.m. EST for […]