by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 21, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220707, Aviation News, Briefings, faa, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
While it has little impact on general aviation, GA pilots have been following the roll-out of 5G by Verizon and AT&T and the impact of the new service on the National Airspace System. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 20, 2022 | #Aircraft, ASA, Aviation News, faa, flying, General Aviation, Pilots, Products
First published in 2009, the 2022 edition provides tools to help pilots recognize and manage risk, according to ASA officials. Read...
by Jamie Beckett | Jun 14, 2022 | #Aircraft, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, Aviation News, faa, flying, General Aviation, Medical, Opinion, Pilots, Politics for Pilots
Basically — and I’m paraphrasing here for the benefit of those who think they can spot a loophole — if you work in aviation you will be drug tested. That means you have to make a decision: Do you want to party like it’s 1999 or do you want to work in aviation? Read...
by Janice Wood | Jun 14, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220623, Aviation News, faa, flight training, General Aviation, News, Pilots
Researchers from Middle Tennessee State University surveyed Designated Pilot Examiners and flight schools to find out what’s working with current DPE policies and what the FAA should change. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 7, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220623, Airports, Aviation News, Briefings, Business Aviation, faa, flight training, flying, General Aviation, National Business Aviation Association, NBAA, News, Pilots
Since 2017, the FAA has recorded more than 1,300 incidents of an aircraft landing on the wrong runway, a taxiway, or at the wrong airport. More than 80% of those incidents involved general aviation aircraft, FAA officials report. Wrong surface departures are also a...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 2, 2022 | #Aircraft, aviation accidents, Aviation News, faa, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Pilots, Video
The newest video in the FAA’s 57 Seconds series notes that when researchers looked at 10,000 aviation accidents, they found that 1/5 of the accidents were related to component failures, such as a failure of the fuel system, gear system, flight control system,...
