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The FAA’s current budget plan has been extended for another six months…An AD affecting some Piper airplanes restricts their use to VFR only…Some flight schools have been cut from Sallie Mae’s student-loan program…China will host a second GA forum in June….New FAA handbook on flying trikes now available online.

President Barack Obama has extended the FAA's current budget for another six months, giving Congress more time to work out a new funding plan, AOPA said on Tuesday...

An FAA Airworthiness Directive affecting some Piper Malibu airplanes restricts their use to VFR only until certain current limiters are checked...

Some flight schools have been cut from Sallie Mae's student-loan program, AOPA reported this week...

China will host a second GA forum in June....

New FAA handbook on flying weight-shift-control aircraft (trikes) now available online.