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Airborne 06.07.21: Ogden v GA, P-3s Seize Drugs, Bell H-1 Milestone

Also: FAA Revokes Certificate, SpaceX Cargo Craft, Rotorcraft Community Collaborates, AEA21 LIVE Coverage There is another fight brewing over a GA airport -- this time, in Utah. The Ogden Regional Airport Association was brought back to life to start a...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Linx (06.09.21)

Aero Linx: The International Airline Medical Association The International Airline Medical Association (formerly known as the Airline Medical Directors Association AMDA) provides a forum for any individual who has an interest in Aviation Medicine as it affects International and Domestic...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (06.09.21): Middle Marker

Middle Marker A marker beacon that defines a point along the glideslope of an ILS normally located at or near the point of decision height (ILS Category I). It is keyed to transmit alternate dots and dashes, with the alternate...

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Airborne-Flight Training 06.10.21: FAA Policy Mess, Hypoxia Training, ERAU Drone

Also: F-35 Training Center, Flight School Financing, Runway Safety, Rotorcraft Safety Program In a June 4th letter from the FAA, a new policy was announced by the FAA aligning the recent Warbird Adventures decision with 91.319 and defining flight instruction...

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Airborne 06.09.21: Bezos To Launch, Stupid Pilot Trick, UAV Aerial Refueling

Also: 1st Black Aviatrix, Rescue Helicopter on SAF, Runway Safety Town Hall, S-TEC 3100 Jeff Bezos' Instagram post says it all... "Ever since I was five years old, I’ve dreamed of traveling to space. On July 20th, I will take...

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.09.21)

"The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the pilot of a small plane that flew at approximately 300 feet over crowds at the Gulf Coast Jam three times this past Saturday evening, alarming attendees, security personnel, and organizers of...

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.10.21)

"This new policy would also prevent flight instruction in *all* experimental aircraft without a Letter of Deviation Authority (LODA). The additional downstream legal consequences of this FAA policy reversal are also frightening in terms of medical requirements and liability for...

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Airborne-Unmanned 06.08.21: UAV Aerial Refuel!, Embry-Riddle, Eve-Helisul Partne

Also: NAV CANADA Drone App, Kittyhawk.io=Aloft, SpaceX Cargo Craft, Safety Program Collaboration For the first time in history, the Navy and Boeing have demonstrated air-to-air refueling using an unmanned aircraft – the Boeing-owned MQ-25 T1 test asset – to refuel...

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Airborne 06.01.21: Civilian Space, NIFA SAFECON, LIVE AEA21 Convention Details

Also: Vintage Aerobatic Championships Canceled, OneWeb, National Museum USAF, Flying Legends Cancelled Axiom Space has named the commander and pilot of its second commercial mission proposed to fly to the International Space Station -- and announced the proposed crew’s intended...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (06.07.21): Landing Area

Landing Area Any locality either on land, water, or structures, including airports/heliports and intermediate landing fields, which is used, or intended to be used, for the landing and takeoff of aircraft whether or not facilities are provided for the shelter,...

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