A new video from the FAA looks at how helicopters can generate wake turbulence as hazardous as fixed-wing aircraft — and hazardous to general aviation aircraft.
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$66 million for airport improvements
The $66.2 million in grants in 2024 will go to airports in 23 states and Puerto Rico.
The FAA wants your input on weather products
The FAA Aviation Weather Division (AWD) is leading an effort to assess convective weather products through user feedback, agency officials noted.
STC vs ASTM: What’s best for unleaded fuels?
There is some confusion as to how the ASTM process compares to Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for the unleaded fuels that will replace 100LL. Some people even think that they are basically the same. In reality they are very different and most of that difference goes back to our old friend liability.
A first for Duncan Aviation — and the FAA
Duncan Aviation has received the first-ever FAA-issued Repair Station certificate, uniting all of its facilities and satellite locations under a single Repair Station number.
Behind the Radar: What are air traffic controllers really like?
Pilots often think of air traffic controllers as a mysterious group of individuals hidden away in those towering glass rooms or those dark and secret radar dungeons. Take a peek behind the radar screen…
What happens when a general aviation pilot busts a Presidential TFR?
Did you ever wonder what happens to pilots who bust a TFR and find themselves escorted by a military aircraft to the nearest airport? A pilot shares a tale of busting a Presidential TFR and dealing with the consequences.
Questions from the Cockpit: What’s up with pilots who keep busting TFRs?
Randy, a commercial pilot in Massachusetts, writes: What’s up with these morons who keep busting Presidential TFRs? It seems like I read about this happening way too often. And then it always gets played up in the general media and it makes the rest of us pilots look bad!
FAA funding extended through March 2024
The extension is necessary as the Senate has yet to take up FAA reauthorization.