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April 01, 2022

Here It Is! Our April 1 Edition Is Back In Action For 2022… With A Twist

In Honor Of ANN's Next Quarter-Century, Here Are A Few Of Our Best Classic April First Stories

A few weeks back, when we should have normally been starting the oft-hysterical brainstorming sessions that ultimately resulted in 40 or 50 story prospects that would then have been boiled down to two dozen actual topics, we came up with something of a harebrained but nonetheless novel idea… Which is appropriate when we are talking about our annual April 1st efforts. As you all well know, with very few exceptions, we have celebrated April 1st with a bit of whimsy, more than a slight amount of insanity, while conjuring up an assortment of tongue-in-cheek crazy notions about the world of aviation.

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04.01.11 Special: Stranger Than Parody? FAA Demands We 'Stop Writing' About Them

From April 1st, 2011: OK... This Story Is NOT Parody--This Really Happened -- FAA Spokesperson Can't Quite Grasp The Concept of Parody

Under the heading of "we can't make stuff up that's this crazy," ANN finds itself in the midst of a genuine 'WTF' moment (to use colloquial Internet parlance). Shortly after noon this day (Monday), ANN Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell got a phone call from a person claiming to be calling on behalf of the Administrator of the FAA. The initial tone was serious and somewhat stern... and the caller claimed to be Sasha Johnson, currently the FAA Assistant Administrator for Communications. Ms. Johnson seemed to be upset over a parody piece...

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04.01.11 Special: Babbitt Mulls Fees For Low-Time Pilots

From April 1st, 2011: Money Collected Would Offset Fuel Taxes Not Paid By Pilots Who Don't Fly Regularly

ANN’s April 1 “April Fools” Special Edition Classic FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt is reportedly considering tacking a surcharge onto renewal fees paid by pilots. The surcharges would be based on the number of hours a pilot flies in any given year. Due to decreasing revenues to the federal government, and because the President and Congress has asked all government agencies to come up with ways to not only save money, but to also increase revenues, the FAA has developed this fee scale for nearly ALL pilots, most of them holding GA-related certificates and ratings, with different

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04.01.11 Special: ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.01.11): Wing

From April 1st, 2011: Aero-Terms!

ANN’s April 1 “April Fools” Special Edition Classic Aero-Terms are designed to be a daily reminder of the terms, names, acronyms and explanations of the unique language that populates the aviation world. Aerospace, sport aviation, fixed wing, helo, you name it... it's all fair game.

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