AOPA: Under the proposal, the FAA would be authorized to issue grants of up to 20% of the cost of equipping aircraft for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B). The proposal specifies….
AIA: Aerospace Industries Association President and CEO Marion C. Blakey calls on the House and Senate to pass the FAA authorization bill and NextGen, noting that cutting the program would….
ATA: ATA President and CEO Nicholas E. Calio praised Mica for “crafting a bill that recognizes the critically important role that airlines play in driving the economy and job growth….
AVWEB: The general aviation fleet in the U.S. will continue to grow over the next 20 years, but at a rate of only 0.9 percent per year, the FAA said in….
AIN: The FAA has authorized Executive Jet Management (EJM) to replace paper terminal charts with Apple iPad-based Class 1 electronic flight bags (EFBs) running Jeppesen’s Mobile TC chart display app….MORE
GARMIN: In a marketing memo to dealers, Garmin’s Jim Alpiser, Director of Aviation Aftermarket Sales, announced that Garmin had recently teamed with ABC’s popular reality show Extreme Makeover: HomeEdition to help….
AEA: “SUMMARY: On February 11, 2011, the leadership of the Transportation Committee and Aviation Subcommittee introduced long-term legislation to reform Federal Aviation Administration programs, set policies and priorities for the….
Some of these airplanes are built especially for this sort of thing. The airplane landing has full length flaps, not too common in lightplanes. Also, note the big tundra wheels….
AVWEB: FlightPrep/RunwayFinder Dispute Continues The legal dispute between FlightPrep and RunwayFinder over the latter’s alleged patent infringement continues to move forward but there have been a couple of twists and….
AOPA ePilot: VFRmap.com The recently launched VFRmap.com is a free online source of VFR and IFR charts and airport/facility directory data. Scroll around and zoom in or out on the….