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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Innovative Solutions Receives STC for NextGen PC-12 Flight Deck Retrofit

The first NextGen PC-12 Flight Deck Retrofit is already in progress. Innovative Solutions and ...

Game Composites GB1 GameBird in flight

GB1 GameBird Receives EASA Certification, FAA Cert Expected Soon

The GB1 GameBird prototype first flew in July 2015. Game Composites is ...

Aspen Avionic's VFR PFD

Aspen Avionics Discounting VFR PFD During April

Aspen’s VFR PFD is NextGen-capable, displaying ADS-B traffic NEXRAD weather. At the ...

Piper M600 with 5-blade Hartzell Composite Propeller

Hartzell 5 Blade Prop, Personalization Package Available For Piper M600

The 5-Blade Composite Hartzell propeller will be offered as a factory option ...

Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing in flight

The Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing: Adding Swagger to the Pilot

The Beech Staggerwing’s dark and powerful looking form seemed to intimidate the ...