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March 12, 2014

Airborne 03.10.14: WAI2014 Sets Record, NTSB Dumps FAA UAV Regs, Robinson TBO

Also: Russian 'Bear' For Sale, Project Morpheus, Bahamas Jacks Prices On GA, AC/DC Drummer Keeps Ticket

This year’s Women in Aviation Conference, the 25th such event, was to all appearances, well-attended, empowering, successful and even more diverse than the organization’s name suggests. The 10,000 member strong organization, under the direction of Dr. Peggy Chabrian, has grown from a handful of women attending an inaugural Arizona event 25 years ago to an international gathering (nearly 200 visitors from Nigeria, alone...) that attracts thousands of people (of both genders), annually. Last week National Transportation Safety Board Judge P

“(W)e hope that his sentencing, along with the future sentencing of his accomplice, will help to spread the message to others that intentionally aiming a laser at an aircraft is not a prank, but a federal crime with very serious consequences.” Source: Statement by ALPA following the imposition of a 14 year prison sentence against Sergio Patrick Rodriguez of Clovis, CA.

An aircraft's altitude, transmitted via the Mode C transponder feature, that is visually displayed in 100-foot increments on a radar scope having readout capability.

NOAA Aviation Weather

As one of those people who began flying before the "Internet" became a household word, I'm constantly amazed by what is available for free at the click of a mouse. Weather briefings 'back in the day' came from the telephone, if you couldn't drop into the local FSS for a look.