The IMC Club International has announced creation of a “Special Membership Group” within the IMC Club called the “Inner Marker Circle.” IMC Club International president Radek Wyrzykowski says he hopes the group will become an “aviation safety cult.” Members will be granted a special membership card and automatically enrolled into a drawing for an annual subscription to IFR Magazine, an IMC Club BrightLine Flight Bag, and a $1000 Proficiency Scholarship to be awarded annually at AirVenture Oshkosh.
Small airports may be slowly vanishing into the quicksand of urban development, but the FAA will provide nearly $500,000 in grants to three spaceport projects in California, Colorado, and Hawaii. “Government and private-sector partnerships are essential to carrying out our national space policies,” said FAA Acting Administrator Michael Huerta. “Today’s grants help keep America competitive.” The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation, created in 1984, has issued licenses for more than 200 launches and licensed the operation of eight FAA-approved spaceports.
