Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association President Craig Fuller offered recommendations on new protections needed to preserve GPS’s critical role in the national airspace system in testimony today before a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s aviation subcommittee hearing. Fuller noted that pilots rely on satellite-based systems for everything from en route navigation to precision approaches. “Just […]
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CALPILOTS newsletter online
The January/February 2012 newsletter of the California Pilot Association is now online. Archived issues are available as well.
Twirly Birds name award winner
Twirly Birds has named Elfan Ap Rees the 2012 Les Morris Award recipient. Ap Rees is a noted aviation historian, author, pilot and founder of The Helicopter Museum, the world’s largest dedicated collection of military and civil rotorcraft located in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset on the southwest coast of England. After his first helicopter flight in 1960, […]
Management changes at AOPA
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has promoted Heidi Williams to Vice President, Air Traffic Services and Modernization. Craig Spence, Vice President of Operations and International Affairs, will continue to lead AOPA’s security advocacy efforts and will take on greater responsibilities related to international activities. In her new role, Williams will lead a team responsible […]
Northwest Aviation Show prepares for takeoff
Special to General Aviation News from the Washington Aviation Association Just when the short winter days and grounded planes become too much to bear for aviators at the end of February, there’s a sign of happier airborne days ahead. For many, the annual Northwest Aviation Conference & Trade Show marks the end of winter in […]
Flying Musicians at Heli-Expo
The Flying Musicians Association will be in Dallas for the 2012 Heli-Expo Feb. 12-14. FMA performers will entertain at the Hilton Anatole Hotel for the exhibitor reception and prior to HAI’s “Salute to Excellence” Awards Dinner. John Zapp, co-founder of FMA, said, “Opportunities for FMA members at such a prestigious event as HAI’s Heli-Expo brings […]
Three join EAA board of directors
Three directors have been added to the Experimental Aircraft Association board, which governs the 176,000-member aviation organization. The three new directors — Jack Pelton, Stuart Auerbach and Darren Pleasance — bring extensive aviation and business background to the board, in addition to longtime EAA involvement and thousands of hours of flight time, EAA officials said. […]
Free webinars to feature commentary by Tuskegee Airmen
On Feb. 4, the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron will be hosting a free 45-minute webinar featuring Tuskegee Airmen USAF Colonels (ret) Harold Brown and Charles E. McGee. The webinar runs from 3-3:45 p.m. (Eastern time), with discussions centered around the question “Was The Movie Accurate?” referring to the new “Red Tails” movie […]
Medicals go paperless
Starting Oct. 1, all pilots will have to complete their applications for medicals online at FAA MedXPress.com. When MedXPress was introduced in 2007, it was the FAA’s intention to “eventually make the entire process paperless,” according to Federal Air Surgeon Fred Tilton. “We wanted to offer a transition time to give pilots the opportunity to […]