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Warbird pilots got some good news from the FAA during EAA AirVenture last month. “The FAA has proposed removing the proficiency area requirements currently in place for warbirds,” said EAA Warbirds of America (WOA) Executive Director Bill Fischer. “It will mean that a civilian pilot who flies a military or surplus aircraft can fly it […]

Monday’s AVweb story about the lack of new pilot starts drew a response from multiple sources, including the folks at Pilot Journey, who have been busy thinking up multiple ways to help flight schools keep busy. Latest from the Nashville, Tenn., company is an effort to help international students locate and apply to U.S. flight […]

Several crashes this year of unmanned aerial vehicles have raised questions about their safety, as the drone aircraft continue to proliferate. According to a USA Today story this week, a Customs and Border Protection Predator B drone, which is 36 feet long with a max weight of 10,000 pounds, crashed within several hundred feet of […]

LoPresti Aviation, based in Vero Beach, Fla., will soon start building a 100,000-square-foot production plant at the Belen airport in central New Mexico, the Albuquerque Journal reported last week. The company, which for years has been in the aviation business as LoPresti Speed Merchants, plans to start production on the LoPresti Fury, a sporty two-seat […]

https://avweb.com/avmail/ Reader mail this week about Oshkosh, glider ratings, user fees and more.

COLUMNS Probable Cause #12: Siren SongAs home beckons, a commuting pilot slugs through storms and delays before finally meeting his match a half-hour from home.

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Our story in Thursday’s news about the fatal taxiway accident in Oshkosh on July 30th inadvertently gave the impression that EAA hasn’t reviewed its safety procedures following the accident. EAA is awaiting the results of the NTSB’s investigation of the accident before considering any changes in safety procedures. EAA President Tom Poberezny told AVweb on […]