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Real-time night authorization now available for drone pilots
The announcement means there is a “permanent solution for Part 107 drone pilots to operate in controlled airspace at night,” according to FAA officials.
Vintage T-shirt collection for pilots debuts
The four T-shirts in the collection range from “In Thrust We Trust” to “Keep the Blue Side Up.”
Fun, fellowship, and flying at the Triple Tree Fly-In
How do you measure a great fly-in? “By the number of happy people who say they can’t wait to come back. By the people who tell us this is where they come to meet their friends every year. We have a lot of repeat visitors,” says Triple Tree Aerodrome Executive Director Robb Williams.
CAP wraps up Hurricane Ida aerial missions
CAP crews made 148 flights, gathered almost 122,000 photos, and covered 1,012 miles to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Ida, which struck the state Aug. 29.
EAA Halls of Fame to induct Class of 2020 and 2021
12 aviation luminaries will be inducted into the EAA Halls of Fame in November 2021, including General Aviation News columnist Dan Johnson.
Look, look, and look again
My takeaway is to look, look, and look again for aircraft that have turned for excessively long finals and also for planes doing wide (and I mean really wide) downwind legs. What you do about unwise training these days, I don’t know.
Paying it forward
Tuskegee Next Founder Steve Davis wants to give back to disadvantaged youth in his home town, Knoxville, Tennessee. Davis, who believes, “you can’t be what you can’t see,” plans to establish a branch of the program there permanently. Based in Chicago, Tuskegee Next has trained nearly 60 pilots since 2015.
Fly for a Cure mascots take flight
The annual campaign has pilots flying the company’s mascots to FBOs. The more FBOs the mascots visit, the more money Paragon Aviation Group will donate to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.