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AVWeb
Every pilot has the message drummed into him or her that if it suddenly goes quiet, they must "aviate, navigate, communicate" and "fly the airplane." A Taiwanese pilot of a two-seat aircraft epitomized those qualities during a recent off-airport landing that was naturally captured from start to finish by his passenger's cellphone. Many of the shots from the right seat show the perfectly centered prop just beyond the windscreen and others show the steely nerved pilot's concentration on getting them down safely.
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FLYING Magazine
With the airlines currently hiring hundreds of pilots each month, the next decade is shaping up to be incredible for experienced aviators searching for a cockpit job. Many think only of an airline career. But not every young pilot is thrilled at the idea of spending 30 years cruising at FL350 for hours on end, despite the chance to visit some exotic destinations.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection people think they offer a career with a little more variety, not to mention some adventure.
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I Fly America
There's a new way to manage your postal mail and packages. No more hassles and worries about the mail when you're away from home. Now, you can safeguard deliveries, forward mail on demand to arrive at your next destination when you do, or see a PDF of important mail content in just a few hours. It's time for you to get your personal Digital Mailbox.
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I Fly America
No matter when, no matter where, you’ll find it in our database of air shows scheduled in your area and around the country.
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I Fly America
Some things about flying are just fun to know, others are necessary when taking biennial flight reviews or other tests. On your next biennial, throw some of these questions at your instructor.
1. What is the origin of the term "dead reckoning?"
a. Straight navigation, so the compass is "dead"
b. Deduced reckoning
c. From term "Direction Estimates And Distance"
2. Cal Rogers was the first person to fly an airplane coast to coast. For what other first is he known?
a. First to use a parachute
b. First to fly a float plane
c. First to die from bird strike
Continue the quiz and find out the answers.
I Fly America
At 1610 eastern standard time, an Aeronca CH-7A was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain shortly after taking off from Mexico Farms Airport (1W3), Cumberland, Maryland. The certificated private pilot/mechanic was seriously injured, and the passenger received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local test flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
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AVweb
Lots of strange aircraft have turned up at airports in California's high desert but they usually get identified so there's some intrigue surrounding this image shot at Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville. The aircraft, which has a streamlined bullet-shaped fuselage, high aspect ratio wings, a huge tail and a pusher prop, was seen at transient parking at Victorville so it presumably flew there.
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FLYING Magazine
Mooney informed employees by email that CEO Vivek Saxena and the company "have decided to part ways," ending a tenure that lasted less than a year but saw significant positive developments at the Kerrville, Texas, light plane manufacturer with the recent certifications of the M20 Acclaim and Ovation Ultra models.
Mooney's new owner, the Chinese conglomerate Meijing Group, is spending millions of dollars to revamp the company with modern manufacturing equipment after a lengthy production hiatus.
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General Aviation News
The field is set for the 41st Air Race Classic (ARC), the annual all-women cross-country airplane race.
Fifty-four teams, consisting of 118 women pilots from across the country and around the world, will take off Tuesday, June 20, 2017, from Frederick, Maryland, for a 2,648-mile sprint across the United States that ends Friday, June 23, 2017, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Air & Space Magazine
According to author Dan Aldridge: In 2007, While I was waiting to board a flight at the Atlanta airport, I happened to notice a photograph in the local newspaper, left on the seat next to me. The picture appeared under the headline "Do you have a dream like teen pilot in 1907?" It showed a young Ben Epps standing on Washington Street in Athens, Georgia, next to the craft he'd built and flown a hundred years ago — the first airplane in the state to fly.
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AVweb
Uber drew lots of attention this week with their three-day Elevate conference about how to create an urban network of flying taxis by 2020, but as ambitious as their goals are, John Langford, the CEO of Aurora Flight Sciences, says they are "doable." The vision won't come to pass, though, he told AVweb in an interview from the conference, unless there's a deadline.
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