The Pilot and Aircraft Privacy Act will do nothing to harm aviation. It will, however, safeguard a pilot’s privacy while ensuring that ADS-B — a safety tool required by the FAA for aircraft operating in controlled airspace and funded by pilots — is used for its intended purpose and not for economic gain.
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Questions from the Cockpit: Reno reboot
Question from pretty much every pilot I know, in pretty much every state: What did you think of the National Championship Air Races in its new location?
Can pilots help save this small town?
As pilots we have the ability to combine a $100 hamburger run with helping to restore a community.
Radical Japanese fighter overcome by events
The Kyushu Shinden first tested its wings on Aug. 3, 1945. Two more quick test sorties, said to have been made on Aug. 6 and 9, the dates when atomic bombs exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, were the last flights for the Shinden. Six days later Japan surrendered, ending the war and the need for the Shinden.
Can aircraft certified on 115/145 avgas use the new unleaded fuel?
As general aviation transitions to a lead-free future, some GA pilots are wondering about 115/145 avgas.
Questions from the Cockpit: Night and day
Mack, a student pilot in Florida, writes: I just learned that there are three different definitions of night in the regulations! What’s the deal with all these overlapping definitions? Is the FAA just trying to make it harder on students than it needs to be?
So many choices
Aviation is so much bigger, more diverse, and more rewarding than I ever could have imagined. It wasn’t just the aircraft that made my life’s work worthwhile. My happiness wasn’t limited to the friendships I made, the destinations I discovered, or the challenges I faced and overcame. It was all of it. Every day was different. Every flight an experience I cherished.
Proposed ADS-B bill will harm aviation
Just hearing the words “landing fee” makes some pilots angry. But that reveals a misunderstanding of financial operations at general aviation airports, according to one airport manager.
Getting up to speed
I wouldn’t say we’ve got a well-oiled mill cranking out future aviation industry participants just yet. But it does feel like the apparatus is coming together.