The Flying Musicians Association reports that membership topped 500 in 2016, including 58 student members. The association now has 17 regional or state-level ambassadors, including one in Canada, a high school scholarship program, a college internship program, is a regular participation at eight annual aviation events, and also contributed to many more smaller events and HangarJams. FMA also […]
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NATA donates $18,000 to vets
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has donated nearly $18,000 to veterans organizations raised through the 2016 NATA Flag Pins for Veterans Project. NATA and its members began the project in 2014 to support veterans. To date, the association has raised more than $75,000 in three years. Funds from this year’s project will once again go to […]
Happy New Year!
The Pulse of Aviation will not publish on Jan. 2, 2017, as the General Aviation News offices will be closed in observance of the New Year holiday. The Pulse will return to its regular schedule Jan 3, 2017.
54 recommendations made to FAA to improve TFR Notams
A committee composed of pilots, aviation and automation experts, officials who submit notams, and flight planning vendors has drafted 54 recommendations to the FAA to improve the dissemination and graphical display of temporary flight restrictions to make it easier for pilots to access and understand the information, according to a report on the Aircraft Owners […]
Total your flight hours automatically, share with friends
Do you manually add up your flying activity each year? If you fly a lot of hours, that can be a good amount of work. Pilot Partner wants to help. On Jan. 1, 2017, all Pilot Partner customers will receive an email with their automatically generated year in review summary. This summary will read from their electronic logbook […]
Dates, locations revealed for AEA conferences
LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI — The Aircraft Electronics Association has unveiled the dates and locations for its 2017 AEA Connect Conferences. The 2017 AEA Connect schedule is as follows: April 10-11 Europe Connect (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Sept. 6-7 U.S. West Connect (Reno, Nevada) Sept. 18-19 U.S. East Connect (Jacksonville, Florida) Oct. 26-27 U.S. Central Connect (Kansas City, Missouri) Nov. […]
CAP helps find missing plane in Tennesee mountains
GATLINBURG, Tenn. – The Civil Air Patrol, working with the National Park Service, was called up by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center late Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, after an aircraft with three passengers was overdue from its planned arrival at Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport in Sevierville. Lt. Col. John Henderson, vice commander of CAP’s National […]
Zenith to hold kit-building workshop at Sebring
For the first time ever, Zenith Aircraft Company is bringing its two-day hands-on kit aircraft building workshop to the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, slated for Jan. 25-28 in Sebring, Florida. During the two-day workshop, participants build a Zenith Aircraft rudder assembly from a standard kit. The workshop will be offered twice: Once on Wednesday and Thursday of […]
Air Force One exhibit to close for upgrades
DAYTON, Ohio — The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will temporarily close Air Force One (SAM 26000) from Jan. 23-Feb. 3, 2017, to complete a lighting upgrade with new LED lights and other conservation work. The VC-137C was used by eight presidents, including Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush and […]