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Airborne-Flight Training 01.14.2: FSANA21 Is On!, FAA v CFIs, AeroSport Expands

Also: GA UK Restrictions, Educational UAS Protections, Duncan Aviation Interns, CAE USAF KC-135 Training The flight school business is one of the few that seems both intent and surprisingly successful surviving even during a pandemic. As such, the community is...

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Airborne-Flight Training 01.14.21: FSANA21 Is On!, FAA v CFIs, AeroSport Expands

Also: GA UK Restrictions, Educational UAS Protections, Duncan Aviation Interns, CAE USAF KC-135 Training The flight school business is one of the few that seems both intent and surprisingly successful surviving even during a pandemic. As such, the community is...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (01.12.21): Coupled Approach

Coupled Approach An instrument approach performed by the aircraft autopilot, and/or visually depicted on the flight director, which is receiving position information and/or steering commands from onboard navigational equipment. In general, coupled non-precision approaches must be flown manually (autopilot disengaged)...

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Airborne 01.11.21: SecTrans Quits, Feds Quit, Boeing Pays $$$, UK Restricts GA

Also: NTSB Says CFIs Need More Scrutiny, USAF Thunderbirds, Bell 505, Amazon Buys Boeings Shortly after the resignation of DoT Secretary Elaine Chao, FAA chief of staff Angela Stubblefield disclosed that, “This evening the Secretary and the Administrator received resignation...

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Wizz takes advantage of UAE-Israel ties to open Abu Dhabi-Tel Aviv

Wizz Air is the latest operator to take advantage of the political agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, with plans to serve the Abu Dhabi-Tel Aviv route. The airline will open the connection on 12 February, through its...

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US airline unions seek mask mandate from Biden

US president-elect Joe Biden after his inauguration on 20 January plans to enact a federal mandate for interstate travellers on aircraft, trains and buses to wear masks after the Trump administration refused petitions from both airlines and pilot unions to...

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Flyers support mandatory vaccinations for international flights: Alan Joyce

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce offers several rationales for Qantas’s plan to require all international passengers to be vaccinated against Covid-19, and states that the vast majority of passengers support the idea. Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce offers several rationales...

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India orders 83 Tejas Mk-1A fighters

New Delhi has signed off on an order for 83 Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) Tejas Mk-1A Light Combat Aircraft. New Delhi has signed off on an order for 83 Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) Tejas Mk-1A Light Combat Aircraft. The order covers 73...

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Indonesia extracts data from crashed Sriwijaya 737’s FDR

Indonesian officials have successfully downloaded data from the flight-data recorder (FDR) of the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 that crashed shortly after taking off from Jakarta. Indonesian officials have successfully downloaded data from the flight-data recorder (FDR) of the Sriwijaya Air...

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Comac added to US government’s Chinese military blacklist

Chinese airframer Comac landed itself on the US government’s blacklist of “communist Chinese military companies”, where it could face sanctions and an investment ban from US companies. Chinese airframer Comac has landed on the US government’s blacklist of “communist Chinese...

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