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Transport Canada has announced temporary provisions for the renewal of medical certificates permitting the use of virtual visits... Government documents note that the program has resulted from the need, "... to adopt measures in the public interest to reduce the immediate and longer-term regulatory demand on healthcare resources in Canada following the declaration of a pandemic outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020 and reduce the unnecessary ex

Aero Linx: International Aviation Fire Protection Association The International Aviation Fire Protection Association was formed in 2000 by a group of airport / municipalfire service professionals and industry specialists as a professional and fraternal association of international airport, municipal, and military fire and emergency services professionals to promote the information exchange, study, and improvement of aircraft rescue fire fighting and airport facility fire protection. The IAFPA believes that through closer personal interaction of worldwide airport, municipal and industry specialists we can foster and enhance all aspects of training and operational procedures dealing with aircraft rescu

Class B (Airspace) Generally, that airspace from the surface to 10,000 feet MSL surrounding the nation’s busiest airports in terms of airport operations or passenger enplanements. The configuration of each Class B airspace area is individually tailored and consists of a surface area and two or more layers (some Class B airspace areas resemble upside-down wedding cakes), and is designed to contain all published instrument procedures once an aircraft enters the airspace. An ATC clearance is required for all aircraft to operate in the area, and all aircraft that are so cleared receive separation services within the airspace. The cloud clearance requirement for VFR operations is “clear of clo

“The type certification of the Pipistrel Velis Electro is the first step towards the commercial use of electric aircraft, which is needed to make emission-free aviation feasible. It is considerably quieter than other aeroplanes and produces no combustion gases at all. It provides optimism, also to other electric aircraft designers, that the type certification of electric engines and aeroplanes is possible.” Source: Ivo Boscarol, founder and CEO of Pipistrel Aircraft, commenting following the long-awaited announcement by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency about their certification of an electric airplane, the Pipistrel Velis Electro -- the first type certification world-wide of a fully electric aircraft and an import