New Aviation Degree Combines Flight, Aircraft Mechanic Training Into Four-Year Program

Beginning this Fall, the Liberty University School of Aeronautics will offer a versatile new degree that combines flight training and maintenance. The Bachelor of Science in Aviation Technology provides students with the requirements needed to pursue their commercial pilot license and aviation mechanic certification. Steven Brinly, chair of aerospace technology, said the degree is unique because it qualifies students in both areas in four years rather than the more traditional five-year track for the combined degree.

FAA Administrator Stephen M. Dickson to Keynote

Like many events these days, Commercial UAV Expo Americas 2020 is going virtual. “Due to ongoing health and safety concerns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the commercial drone community we serve have made it clear that it would be impossible to hold the live event as originally planned. In the interests of ensuring our community still has an opportunity learn from and connect with each other, we have reimagined Commercial UAV Expo Americas as a fully virtual event taking place September 15-17, 2020,” said Lisa Murray, Group Director at Diversified Communications, organizer of Commercial UAV Expo Americas. These are the same dates the live event had been scheduled for in L

Aircraft Is Being Used To Transport Fabric Needed For The Production Of Face Masks

Dassault Falcon Service (DFS) recently completed the conversion of a Falcon 900B from passenger configuration to full cargo in record time. The conversion, involving a company-owned aircraft, took eight days from reception of the order to approval by French Civil Aviation authorities, granted under a fast-track exemption. The project entailed stripping passenger seats and furnishings and installing equipment to stow and secure freight. No major modifications to access doors or other systems were undertaken and the conversion is readily reversible back to passenger configuration. The modification involved customer service, engineering and operating teams from DFS as

"Unauthorized 135 Operations Continue To Be A Problem Nationwide"

The FAA has been cracking down, aggressively, against unlawful and unlicensed aircraft charter scams and schemes -- and a recent advisory letter to pilots drives that point home. "The FAA recognizes that there is a trend in the industry towards using computer and cell phone applications to facilitate air transportation by connecting potential passengers to aircraft owners and pilots willing to provide professional services. Some of these applications enable the provision – directly or indirectly – of both an aircraft and one or more crewmembers to customers seeking air transportation...