The FAA has embraced the majority of an advisory committee’s recommendations for improving its testing materials in a prompt show of its support for the joint effort with the aviation industry to improve pilot knowledge tests, according to a report at AOPA.org. FAA officials say they plan to implement most recommendations of the Airmen Testing […]
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GA gets attention in FAA administrator hearing
The FAA “completely understands the importance of general aviation,” Michael Huerta told a Senate committee Thursday, June 21, in his hearing for nomination to be FAA administrator. He has been acting administrator since the resignation of Randy Babbitt after his arrest for driving under the influence. In his opening statement, Heurta asked the rhetorical question […]
FAA test questions should be public
A report just released by an FAA rulemaking committee says the FAA should return all of its test questions to the public domain, so the aviation industry can help to review and revise the knowledge required of pilot applicants, according to a report by Mary Grady at AVweb.
The Great Debate: What’s the worst FAA regulation?
What’s the worst FAA regulation? That’s the topic of The Great Debate at Air Facts. Check it out here and add to the discussion.
Emergency AD issued for Great Lakes aircraft
The FAA has issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) that addresses a safety problem with Great Lakes aircraft produced in the 1970s and 1980s. In an email sent out by WACO Classic Aircraft Corp., company officials note that while the affected aircraft were not produced by WACO Classic Aircraft, “as the new Type Certificate Holder, […]
Third edition of ‘The Rogue Aviator’ released
The revised third edition of “The Rogue Aviator: In the Back Alleys of Aviation” is now available. Pilot “Ace Abbott” takes readers through his career spanning 36 years, including flights to 44 countries with 25 different employers. The story ranges from five star hotels and restaurants in Paris to noisy, greasy, cargo ramps, and a […]
Controllers say realignment OK if they are part of plan
WASHINGTON, D.C — Congress is taking a look at the FAA’s plans and efforts to consolidate air traffic control facilities and the controllers’ union says it supports the changes, but only if safety, efficiency, and service are improved. Paul Rinaldi, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, told the House Aviation Subcommittee that facility […]
FAA study: GA airports a national asset
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly 50 years ago I wrote a magazine article titled “Airports are for people who DON’T fly.” The FAA’s recently released 18-month study of GA airports has information documenting that claim, which people who don’t fly should know. The study tells of the many different functions at these airports that advance the […]
Chris Linn awarded Master Pilot Award
Chris Linn of Farragut, Tennessee, flies every chance he gets. The retired aerospace engineer, who keeps his floatplane at Sky Ranch Airport, home of the East Tennessee Pilots Club, was recently honored by the FAA with the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for “practicing and promoting safe aircraft operations for more than 50 years” during […]