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FAA Requests Proposals For GA Transition To Unleaded Fuels
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has asked the world’s fuel producers to submit proposals for fuel options that would help the general aviation industry make a transition to an unleaded fuel. The FAA is committed to the … Continue reading
Court Decision Aids Safe Transition To Unleaded Avgas
A U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruling March 27, 2013, has freed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from having to make an accelerated endangerment finding on emissions from general aviation aircraft. This ruling will help ensure that efforts … Continue reading
Lindbergh Foundation Honors Solar Impulse Pilots
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation presented the Lindbergh Spirit medal to the pilots and co-founders of the Solar Impulse project in a special ceremony at the National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy … Continue reading
Van’s Aircraft Delivers Their First Fly-Away RV
After 40 years of supplying kits for amateur-built aircraft, Van’s Aircraft, Inc. stepped into a new world on May 31, 2013, when it delivered its first certified, fly-away, ready-to-go Van’s airplane. George Longino of Dallas, Texas, arrived at Van’s Aurora, … Continue reading
Twin-Engine Seminoles Join Piper’s G1000 Club
VERO BEACH, FLA. (June 25, 2013) –Piper Aircraft, Inc. has received Type Certificate (TC) approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to incorporate the Garmin G1000 avionics suite into new twin-engine Piper Seminole aircraft models for delivery beginning this year. With … Continue reading
The Continuing Challenge of Leadership
Picking your landing spot In a world where we are bombarded with information at every turn, we tend to lose site of meanings. Our vision and memories are often clouded or blurred by the amount of information we receive on … Continue reading
Meet Joni Moe… Aircraft Registration Program Manager, WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics
After a 16-year hiatus, Wisconsin’s aircraft registration program returned to the state’s Bureau of Aeronautics (BOA). Since 1997, the program was administered through the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Along with the program, Joni Moe also made the transfer to … Continue reading