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Key Takeaways:

  • President Obama extended the FAA's current budget for six months, allowing Congress more time to finalize a new funding plan.
  • An FAA Airworthiness Directive now restricts some Piper Malibu airplanes to VFR only until current limiters are checked.
  • Sallie Mae has removed some flight schools from its student-loan program.
  • China will host a second General Aviation forum in June, and a new FAA handbook on flying weight-shift-control aircraft is now available.
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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.

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