Customs and Border Protection (CPB) has certified Lobo:Labs’s latest online software service for eAPIS manifest submissions. Last year, CPB implemented eAPIS (Electronic Advance Passenger Information System), which requires private pilots flying across U.S. borders to file outbound and inbound manifests prior to their flights. These manifests include all relevant information about pilots, crew and passengers, […]
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Fighter Aces Symposium slated for Wings of Dreams Air Show
Three World War II fighter aces will recount their stories of combat over the skies of Europe, China and the South Pacific during the Wings of Dreams Air Show at Florida’s Keystone Heights Airport (42J) on Feb. 20. The Florida Friends of the American Fighter Aces Association, an organization formed to promote the history of […]
Propel Aviation tapped for Caravan sales
Cessna Aircraft Co. has named Propel Aviation Sales & Services, LLC, based at the Kendall-Tamiami Airport (KTMB) in Miami, Fla., a Caravan Authorized Sales Representative (ASR) for the states of Florida, Georgia and Alabama. In addition to being a Caravan ASR, Propel Aviation is a Cessna authorized single-engine, multi-engine and propjet service center and an […]
Latest Master Instructor accreditations
Six CFIs recently were accreditated as NAFI Master Flight Instructors. The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) Master Instructor designation is a national accreditation, recognized by the FAA, which is earned through a rigorous process of continuing professional activity and peer review. Similar to a flight instructor’s certificate, it must be renewed biennially. It is […]
Scouts celebrate 100th anniversary at Fantasy of Flight’s Aviation Camporee
Hundreds of Boy Scouts will gather at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida, next month to earn their aviation merit badges. The attraction’s Second Annual Aviation Camporee is slated for Friday, March 5, through Sunday, March 7. Throughout the weekend, the boys will practice their primitive camping skills while participating in a variety of […]
SAIB issued for Liberty XL-2 doors
The FAA issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin Feb. 9 to alert owners about an issue with the doors on the Liberty XL-2 opening in-flight. According to the SAIB, there have been six occurrences of a door opening in-flight. In all six cases, the pilot was able to land the airplane safely. FAA officials note […]
‘Pay It Forward’ helps fund Haiti relief flights
Bahamas Habitat, an organization that has led relief efforts into Haiti’s smaller outlying airports with volunteer general aviation aircraft, has launched an online system for pilots to raise funding for their fuel for Haiti flight missions called “Pilots Pay It Forward.” “Our new system is going to make it possible for even more pilots to […]
Training unmanned aircraft pilots
As early as 2012, thousands of civilian unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) could take to the sky as soon as the FAA allows them to share U.S. airspace with other aircraft. When that happens, professionals will be needed to operate them remotely, both as pilots and as sensor operators, when they carry video and audio equipment. […]
Security proposal scaled back
Citing industry objections, the Transportation Security Administration is preparing to scale back a controversial plan to expand aviation security rules for the first time to GA. According to a Washington Post report, TSA officials expect to issue a revised plan this fall that will significantly reduce from 15,000 the number of U.S.-registered general-aviation aircraft subjected […]