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EAA raised the red flag Friday to warn of an amendment to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 titled, “Secure Existing Aviation Loopholes Act.” The document includes a section titled “Security Requirements For General Aviation” and its measures would place additional restrictions on general aviation beyond what is already under consideration by the TSA and […]

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____________BRAINTEASERS Quiz #78 — Equipment CheckYour accountant figured out how to deduct your flying lessons from your federal return. So, you buy a Cessna 172, and want to get in at least one flight before the IRS audits your dream. First, however, you need to see if the airplane will pass an FAA audit.

Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) announced a new set of procedures last week that it says will improve its rules-enforcement system and enhance safety. The new procedures create a “fairer and more transparent system,” CASA said, and will open up enforcement decisions to greater scrutiny by the courts and tribunals. CASA’s new chief executive […]

More than 4,000 Corsairs were built at the Goodyear plant in Akron, Ohio, during World War II, and the folks at the MAPS Air Museum want to hear from all the people who were there. All former pilots, mechanics, designers and builders are asked to contact the museum, and they will be recognized at a […]

Air Midwest will resume doing its own routine maintenance, instead of outsourcing to contractors, it was reported this week. Maintenance has been a major focus of the NTSB investigation into the crash of an Air Midwest Beech 1900 in January 2003 in Charlotte, N.C. The investigation has focused on work that was done to the […]

Groen Brothers Aviation (GBA), of Salt Lake City, Utah, announced yesterday that its SparrowHawk Gyroplane has made its first flight. GBA said the enclosed, centerline-thrust, two-place kit-built gyroplane is dynamically and statically stable, making it safe and easy to fly. Jim Mayfield, GBA’s chief test pilot and principal designer, said, “During the first flight, basic […]

Poor proficiency in English, the international language of aviation, contributed to major accidents that cost the lives of over 1,100 passengers and crew between 1976 and 2000, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Misunderstandings are also a factor in many close calls and runway incursions. To address the problem, ICAO has written new […]

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