“If you can track where your ridesharing car is or the status of a company delivering your package, pilots should be able to see online the real-time status of their application,” said Federal Air Surgeon Dr. Susan Northrup. “We will continue to explore how we can be more transparent with the aviation community.”
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Texas state parks partner with aviation association
The five-year agreement ensures collaboration between the recreational aviation community and TPWD to ensure aviation access to state parks.
Re-engineering the Ag-Cat
Aeronautix has been contracted by Storm Aeronautics to collaboratively develop a prototype and pursue FAA STC certification for an extensively modified Grumman Ag-Cat. The modified Ag-Cat will be known as the “Storm Cat.”
Selfless collaboration beats selfish competition every time
Aviation is a relatively small but absolutely vital industry. For many of us general aviation is the entry point to this remarkable business, and in some cases becomes the desired destination. Together we can grow the size of the pie we work within or shrink it.
Prefer to takeoff on turf?
A new Advisory Circular from the FAA is a “huge win for recreational aviation,” with the agency creating a pathway for turf operations to be established at airports.
Work begins on exhibits for new Amelia Earhart museum
Officials with The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum report that work has begun on the exhibits surrounding “Muriel,” the world’s last remaining Lockheed Electra 10-E aircraft, which will be the centerpiece of the new museum at Amelia Earhart Memorial Airport (K59) in Atchinson, Kansas.
Picture of the Day: Migration
Richard Melnick submitted this photo and note: “A Piper PA-11 and C-185 at Fifth Lake in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York waiting the annual migration to warmer latitudes.”
Questions from the Cockpit: Rotate what, exactly?
Riley, a CFI candidate’s non-pilot flying companion from Florida, asks: “So what’s rotating when you say ‘rotate’ during takeoff? It seems to me to be more of a pull-back than a spinning motion.”
Ever want to set an aviation record?
With the recent release of the most memorable aviation records from 2019 to 2021, it caught my attention that the National Aeronautic Association has a list of its Most Wanted Records. Curious as to what they are?