FlightSafety International has named David Opalach assistant manager of the company’s Learning Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Opalach joined FlightSafety in 1999. He has held a number of positions with increasing responsibility in Information Technology and Training Operations. He most recently served as the Director of Quality Management Systems and as the point of contact for all courseware […]
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Hard landing bends 172
According to the flight instructor and the student pilot, they flew from their home airport to another airport where the student completed four landings without the flight instructor touching the controls. After the fourth landing, the CFI got out of the Cessna 172 at the airport in Immokalee, Florida, so the student could complete three […]
Picture of the day: Passing on the passion
Eric Hummel, a CFI at the East Hill Flying Club at Ithaca-Tompkins Regional Airport (KITH) in Upstate N.Y., captured t his photo one Saturday afternoon of a club member and his son sharing a little aviation bonding.
In my opinion…
Recently, while covering the subject of Part 91 regulations with a crowd of general aviation enthusiasts, I posed this question: Let’s say you’re planning on making a day VFR flight from your local airport. You show up and preflight the airplane and everything looks great — except the attitude indicator isn’t working. Can you still make the […]
Flight Design passes FAA audit
Light-Sport Aircraft manufacturer Flight Design reports that an FAA audit was closed successfully in late 2015. The three-day audit was conducted at the Flight Design headquarters facility in Kamenz, Germany, by a team of three auditors from different sections of the FAA. “Given our goal to ensure the highest quality aircraft meeting customer safety requirements and government […]
Nevada Business Aviation Association reaches out to students
The Nevada Business Aviation Association (NVBAA) has developed an outreach program to introduce aviation to local students. What began as an after-school aviation club at a high school in Clark County has in three years grown into an aviation science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education outreach initiative, according to a report from the National […]
AOPA updates logo
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has updated its brand as part of ongoing efforts to build the pilot community, including a new logo and tag line: “Your freedom to fly.” “It’s important for an organization like AOPA not to stagnate,” said Mark Baker, AOPA president. “The world we fly in is changing and we need to […]
FAA chief to discuss drones at Consumer Electronics Show
LAS VEGAS – FAA Administrator Michael Huerta will discuss unmanned aircraft registration and provide updates on the agency’s work to safely integrate them into the National Airspace System (NAS) on opening day of the Consumer Electronics Show, Jan. 6. He will be joined by four members of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Registration Task Force, including Dave […]
Latest issue of FAA Safety Briefing online
Now online is the January/February 2016 issue of FAA Safety Briefing, which focuses on the FAA’s new Compliance Philosophy and what its foundational concepts mean to the general aviation community. Articles discuss how the agency and aviation community can identify a problem in the National Airspace System, use the most effective tools to correct that […]