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Aero Linx: The College of Professional Pilots of Canada The College of Pilots is vitally important to the future of the Canadian aviation industry and to the lives of the pilots who work within it. It is the next logical...

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Local Airport Advisory (LAA) A service available only in Alaska and provided by facilities that are located on the landing airport, have a discrete ground-to-air communication frequency or the tower frequency when the tower is closed, automated weather reporting with...

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Airborne-UnCrewed 03.22.22: WA UAV Reg, Steadicopter Arms Up, Eve and GlobalX

Also: Joby Works on Part 135, Vertical Flight Society, Hot Spot Symbology, Mars Helicopter Flt 21 Washington state has released its commercial drone registration system ahead of the April 1st program due date. Those drone operators flying under 14 CFR...

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Airborne 03.18.22: Textron Buys Troubled Pipistrel, Space Balloon, Mars Heli

Also: Genesys Heli-Auto Pilot, Ameriflight, Webb Telescope, Falcon 6X Arctic Testing Textron appears to be ready to buy up lightweight electric aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel. The acquisition may see the same benefits given to other brands under the Textron banner, granting...

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Radio Magnetic Indicator An aircraft navigational instrument coupled with a gyro compass or similar compass that indicates the direction of a selected NAVAID and indicates bearing with respect to the heading of the aircraft.

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Aero Linx: Air Marshal Association Our predecessor association, FAMSNJ, was formed in 2009. We merged with another group of unrepresented TSA employees to be the OLE component of a TSA-wide professional organization. It became apparent that FAMs stood alone, both...

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Airborne 03.21.22: AeroSport Bushcat, Another Icon A5 Sinking, AEA 2022 LIVE!!!

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Airborne-Flight Training 03.17.22: Airline Training 4 Alaska, JetBlue and Breeze

Also: Embry-Riddle, EAA AeroEducate, Flight Sims Donated, One Air Group Alaska Airlines and its regional partner, Horizon Air, have launched an effort to establish a flight school of their own in the Redmond, Oregon area: the Ascend Pilot Academy. The...

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (03.23.22)

"The cost-effectiveness of owning and operating this kind of machine can not be overemphasized while the fit and finish we noted on several examples was more than laudable. Most important, the bird was just plain fun." Source: From a collection...

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Airborne 03.23.22: TL Aircraft Stream, 24-Volt Rotax 915 iS/C, WAI2022!

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