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FLYING Magazine
A product liability decision handed down by a U.S. Court of Appeals in North Carolina earlier this year could upend how state courts, as well as aircraft OEMs, view a manufacturer's responsibilities for aircraft and the parts they create.
At issue is whether a state can impose tougher safety standards on aviation than those already mandated by the FAA. Until recently, the aviation industry believed it had years ago found a point of balance on how it wrestled with product liability issues.
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AVweb
The pilot of an Aerostar 601P landed his twin alongside a highway in Georgia after he may have run out of fuel. Area news outlets photographed Ian McMahon standing by the aircraft as local law enforcement officers milled about and motorists passing by looked on. The Times-Georgian reported that McMahon, who was otherwise fine as he waited for the FAA to have a talk with him, ran dry while en route from Hampton, Georgia, to West Georgia Regional.
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I Fly America
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Source: FAA Safety Briefing, by Susan Parson via I Fly America
When I enrolled as a flight student in the summer of 1991, my newly-assigned flight instructor handed me a small, gray-zippered bag filled with items that now seem like archeological artifacts. There was a thick and heavy textbook, albeit one with glossy pages and full-color photos to illustrate things like piston engine parts. There was a clear plastic plotter that looked like a souped-up version of my high school geometry class protractor. There was an odd and, at the time, utterly inscrutable circular slide rule that was pretentiously and improbably known as the "E6B Flight Computer." There were crisp new copies of the sectional and terminal area charts for my home airspace. And there was a little rectangular book of pristine green pages that sported a sturdy black cover and bright gold lettering proclaiming itself to be a Pilot Logbook.
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| IFA Pilot Quiz — Busted FAA regulations
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I Fly America
It has been said many times that no flight ever takes off without unknowingly violating several FAA regulations. This is understandable considering there are 1,603 flight rules and sub-rules about pilots. Then there are rules for mechanics, aircraft certification, air carrier operations, etc. So, how is your flying? Have you ever unknowingly busted a regulation? Here are just a few questions relating to piloting. Test yourself.
1. What category of aircraft always has the right-of-way?
a. Gliders
b. Balloons
c. Any type aircraft on the right
2. Except for takeoff and landing, what is the minimum altitude that may be flown over congested areas and open-air assemblies?
a. 1,000 feet above highest obstacle within radius of 2,000 feet
b. 500 feet if open areas exist on terrain to permit emergency landing
c. Powered parachutes, balloons, and weight-shift aircraft have no restrictions
Continue the quiz and find out the answers.
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I Fly America
According to the pilot, on the first landing attempt he was going to do a three point landing. On touchdown the airplane "darted" to the left. He then came back across the runway going toward the right side, but got it airborne before it could go off the runway. He climbed out and continued in the pattern for another landing. He said he wanted to get the airplane on the ground to try and find out why it darted to the left. His second landing attempt was going to be another three point landing. On touchdown the airplane darted to the right. The airplane was angled toward a two story house. He then pulled the control wheel aft to keep it on the ground and "ride it out."
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I Fly America
Be sure to visit I Fly America on Facebook. You will be able to read the latest news from IFA, network with other IFA members, and connect with fellow aviators by sharing your favorite aviation photos and flying destinations. Make sure to "Share" our information with your friends and remember to "Like" us.
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FLYING Magazine
The migratory white stork has been a welcome visitor to Europe for centuries. It seems to display a peculiar affinity for human beings, building its huge stick nests on their rooftops and chimneys, foraging in their fields, and playing starring roles in their myths and legends. It eats mice and rats, is thought to bring good luck and provides prudes with a polite explanation of the provenance of babies.
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AVweb
According to author Paul Bertorelli: Just before I hurt my foot, I was at the dropzone sitting across the lunch table from a friend who was filling in his logbook, complete with little stickman icons showing the jumps we'd done for the day. I couldn't resist. "Dude, seriously?" He looked startled, not realizing that my comment was really a defensive measure construed entirely to hide my own inadequacies in logging anything.
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General Aviation News
There doesn't seem to be a great number of Stits Flut-R-Bugs flitting about the skies today, but one did join the field of flying machines this past Labor Day at the Antique Airplane Association fly-in at Blakesburg, Iowa.
At age 85, owner/builder John Banes of Fairfax, Iowa, no longer flies, so his private pilot/homebuilder son, "JR" Banes of Toddville, Iowa, was flying the Flut-R-Bug.
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FlightGlobal
Cessna will sell the most new business aircraft over the next 10 years, beating previous market leader Bombardier into second place, according to a market forecast released ahead of the NBAA convention in Orlando, Florida, by resell organisation Jetcraft.
The Textron brand will secure a market share of 24.4 percent, compared with 21.8 percent for the Canadian airframer.
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