FAA Says Volunteer Instructors Are Being Compensated
Facing outrage industry wide, the agency makes a startling claim, that the act of volunteering is, by definition, commercial work.
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NTSB Releases Underwater Photos of Transair 810. It‘s Good News.
The photos, taken by remote sub, showed major components widely scattered.
Richard Branson‘s Spaceshot: Remarkable And Surreal, With An Asterisk
The space flight carried Branson and three other Virgin employees to space, signaling the start of passenger service to space, kind of.
Learjet Bird Strike!
Right place, right time for the photographer. The bird? Not so much.
EAA Rips FAA On Its New Interpretation Of Training In Experimental, Limited and Primary Category Aircraft
In a scathing response, Jack Pelton called the new interpretation a ’solution to a nonexistent problem.’
Big Approvals For Garmin GFC 500 Autopilot: Cessna 210s, Mooney M20s and Beech Bonanza Vee Tails!
The FAA approvals adds thousands of high-value aircraft to the GFC500 list.
Space About To Get Funky! ERAU To Use Virtual Reality, And The NTSB Will Scrap TWA 800 Reconstruction
Plus, the FAA warns about COVID after effects, a well-known aviation personality killed in Texas plane crash, the NTSB to search for ditched 737 black boxes, and much more!
Revolutionary Noise Reduction Approach: Graphene Aerogels
Researchers think that a new formulation of these bizarre super lightweight materials could tame the roar of even mighty jet engines.
Every Pilot Dreams Of Flying Through Fireworks. This Guy Did It!
And, yes, it looks every bit as cool as you’d think it would.
Embry-Riddle To Use Virtual Reality to Speed Up Flight Training
Students beginning this fall will go through part of their training using brand-new 3D tools.
