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Football season kicks off TFRs
Flight restrictions over NFL stadiums: With football season under way, pilots need to be mindful of TFRs around stadiums. The FAA’s blanket notam prohibits aircraft and parachute operations at and below 3,000 feet within three nautical miles of large stadiums. [List of Stadiums]
Flying south of the border
Mexican government providing VFR charts: Now is a great time to fly to Mexico. The country has just released new VFR charts, which show topography, airport information, navaids, and restricted or prohibited airspace. [Read More]
AOPA Expo 2008
Celebrate GA with us in San Jose: See the newest aircraft on the market, buy the latest pilot gear, learn from educational seminars, and find out what your association is doing to protect GA this year at AOPA Expo in San Jose from Nov. 6 through 8. [Register Today]
Essential Aerodynamics
Essential Aerodynamics online course: Getting a handle on aerodynamics doesn’t have to involve dry textbooks and dense equations. [Take the Course]
House committee: Eclipse certification premature
Despite a recent determination by an FAA review panel that the certification of the Eclipse Aviation 500 in 2006 was the “right call,” the House aviation subcommittee said it disagreed during a Sept. 17 hearing.
‘No airline would
ever hire me’
Logan Flood faced unimaginable obstacles to becoming a professional pilot—and his ultimate success is an inspiring story of hope, courage, and commitment.
Foreign flight students get alternative to J-1 visa
In an effort to allow foreign flight school students to continue flight training in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security said that it will create a new visa category, M, to replace the J-1 visa, which is set to end in June 2010.
AOPA goes to bat for small knowledge testing centers
AOPA is continuing to put pressure on the FAA to reinstate knowledge test privileges at certain CATS and LaserGrade testing facilities across the country.
Houma-Terrebonne Airport picks up after Ike, Gustav
Located southwest of New Orleans and about 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, Houma, La., suffered blows from hurricanes Gustav and Ike less than two weeks apart.
New quiz highlights spatial disorientation hazards
Humans are VFR-only creatures. Spatial disorientation can set in rapidly when our bodies are in motion without visual reference to the world around us. Test your knowledge of spatial disorientation and learn how to avoid it with the latest quiz from the AOPA Air Safety Foundation.
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GA security: What’s changed since 9/11
In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, tragedy [...]
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Fatal accidents in North Las Vegas spark public outreach
Within a one-week period, two fatal accidents occurred [...]
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Planning a flight? Use our FSS tips
AOPA has compiled 17 tips for using the flight service station system [...]
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Hurricane cleanup: How to help
In the wake of hurricanes Gustav and Ike, which dealt a one-two punch [...]
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FAA Eclipse certification was ‘right call’
An FAA-appointed team that reviewed the agency’s certification process [...]
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S.C. flight school closes
The North American Institute of Aviation has ceased flight training “temporarily” [...]
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Civil Air Patrol on hurricane duty
Even as Hurricane Ike takes aim at the Texas coast, Civil Air Patrol members [...]
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