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CJ4 Accident Points to Basic Instrument Flying Skills

Burke Lakefront Airport (BKL) sits snugly nestled along the south shore of Lake Erie and serves mostly business and traditional general aviation traffic, along with a handful of air carrier operations. Pilots like the place for its convenience to downtown Cleveland. Late one December evening in 2016, the pilot of a Cessna Citation CJ4 lost […]

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Professional Pilots Train Regularly, Just In Case

For an instructor, there’s seldom anything more annoying than a student who believes they have some problem solved before it’s even been fully explained, like when we fail an aircraft system and combine that with an interesting scenario. Some pilots think they’ve either seen it before, or that the problem is so ridiculous it could […]

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FAA Activates Final Wave of Drone Integration System

The FAA announced last Thursday that its final low altitude authorization and notification sector had gone live. LAANC allows drone pilots to quickly receive automated airspace authorizations from approximately 300 air traffic facilities serving nearly 500 airports nationwide. FAA Administrator Dan Elwell said in an agency video, “LAANC is a technological solution that helps us […]

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FAA Continues Work on LOC Prevention

Loss of Control, also referred to as LOC, is one of the most common causes of fatal general aviation accidents, representing more than 1,200 fatal accidents in the past 10 years, according to the FAA. As such, it is one of the focuses of the FAA’s effort in reducing the risk of flying. The effort […]

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Tight Fight For Red Bull Air Race Podium in Austria

Less than a second separated the final four racers who all had penalty-free runs on the Weiner Neustadt Red Bull Air Race course. For the third race in a row, Czech pilot Martin Sonka snagged the top spot on the podium, increasing his lead in the fight for the World Championship trophy. But last year’s […]

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Photos: Record Broken at Reno’s Air Races

Another exciting week has come to its conclusion in Reno as the 55th Stihl National Championship Air Races were held at the Reno-Stead Airport west of Reno, Nevada. Five classes of aircraft battled it out around pylon courses at altitudes barely above the sagebrush-covered valley floor. A big upset happened in the Sport Class, which […]

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Workforce Development Stresses Cooperation

It’s not exactly breaking news that the aviation industry is running short of pilots and maintenance technicians. Boeing recently said the industry worldwide will require nearly 800,000 flight crew and nearly the same number of technicians over the next 20 years. The FAA last week held a Workforce Development Symposium in Washington to call attention […]

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ICAO Calls 2017 Aviation’s Safest Year Ever

The latest safety report published by the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal, the aviation arm of the United Nations, says 2017 was the safest year on record for civil aviation, excluding general aviation. The report provides a high level summary of ICAO’s safety initiatives and achievements to enhance aviation safety last year, along with […]

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Stihl National Championship Air Races Take Off in Reno

The annual Stihl National Championship Air Races at the Reno-Stead Airport (KRTS) have begun. While the top racers won’t start competing until today, the Bronze heats started yesterday for the T-6 and Jet classes. The Formula One and Biplane races were also scheduled to begin yesterday; however, high winds in the afternoon grounded the light […]

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