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Pilot adjusting GPS on instrument panel of Cessna 421 - FAA Schedules 2017 GPS Interference Testing advisories

UPDATE: FAA Schedules 4 More Areas For GPS Interference Testing

5-22-17 – The GPS Interference Testing may lead to unreliable or unavailable ...

Cessna 182 on the runway at Truckee Tahoe Airport - FAA BasicMed Rule Now in Effect

FAA BasicMed Rule Now in Effect

With the FAA BasicMed rule now in effect, the agency has provided ...

C-54 Skymaster - Aircraft of the Berlin Airlift

The Aircraft That Moved the Berlin Airlift

The aircraft of the Berlin Airlift hauled and delivered over two million ...

Pilot adjusting GPS on instrument panel of Cessna 421 - FAA Schedules 2017 GPS Interference Testing advisories

UPDATE: FAA Schedules 4 New Periods of April 2017 GPS Interference Testing

4-27-17 – The GPS Interference Testing may lead to unreliable or unavailable ...

1958 Cessna 172 with raffle winner Michael Little - My Most Memorable Flight: Omaha to Houston in a 50 Dollar Plane

My Most Memorable Flight: Houston to Omaha in a $50 Airplane

We’ve had adventures since then, my “$50 airplane” and I, and I ...

boeing-stearman model 75 in kansas in the early morning

The Legendary Boeing-Stearman Model 75 Biplane

Stearman Biplane, Boeing-Stearman Model 75, PT-17, or Kaydet: A Biplane by Any ...

The Cessna 120: The Little Trainer That Could

Cessna 120, Cessna’s First Post-War Trainer, Has Stood the Test of Time ...

Flight Lesson Journal: Falling in Love with the Piper Cherokee

While the Instructors Away, the Student Pilots Will Play! A Great Lesson ...

General aviation aircraft at a GA airport - Fairness For Pilots Act introduced in the House

Rep Graves Introduces Fairness For Pilots Act to the House

The Fairness For Pilots Act would provide more protections for pilots who ...

Beechcraft Debonair in flight, with an IO-470 engine, which might be affected by a recent Continental engine service bulletin being upgraded to mandatory

UPDATE: Continental Issues Statement on Recent Engine Service Bulletin

The Continental engine service bulletin MSB05-8B applies to various IO-470, IO-520, and ...