Sometimes airport design creates runway and taxiway challenges for general aviation pilots, which is why the FAA has released seven new videos on complex airfield geometry.
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FAA moving AD databases Aug. 16
Emergency Airworthiness Directives and Airworthiness Directives (AD) will now be available on the agency’s new Dynamic Regulatory System.
Martha King earns Master Pilot Award
The award was presented during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022.
Proposed changes to LSA delayed
While FAA officials did give an update on Mosaic at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022, they also let it be known that the new rule is not ready. That’s because officials have made a big change to the original update.
One story towers above all the rest at Oshkosh
The control tower at Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is Crazy Town to normal mortals, yet it is comprehensible and functional to a select crew of FAA controllers who keep the planes coming in with an assured meter and calm comms.
An easier way to get your WINGS
Just introduced is EZ-WINGS, a web app that makes it easy for CFIs and DPEs to give pilots the credit they deserve in the FAA WINGS Pilot Proficiency Program.
2023 FARs now available to order
The 2023 FAR for Flight Crew and FAR for Aviation Maintenance Technicians are now available for order and will begin shipping in mid-July 2022, according to officials with Aviation Supplies & Academics.
Not your granddad’s hot spot
In my granddad’s day, an airport hot spot was a bar or a diner close to the field where pilots, mechanics, line service personnel, and aviation enthusiasts could gather for a cold one at the end of the day. Today, that designation refers to a point on the airport grounds where it is possible, if not likely, that confusion may result in an airplane, truck, car, or other motorized vehicle straying onto a chunk of pavement other than the one the pilot or driver intended — potentially with tragic results.
Free drone training from Reno Air Races
The class is free for military veterans and their families, public safety officers, and high school educators and high school students.