Aero Linx: Auxiliary-powered Sailplane Association ASA, Inc. is a non-profit organization founded to encourage the design, development and safe use of self-launching and sustainer engine sailplanes to advance the art of soaring by promoting: Participation in World, National, and Regional championships Mutual exchange of safe flying procedures, servicing, repair and maintenance information The establishment of Soaring Records The development of friendly relations between U.S. and foreign pilots who fly self-launching and sustainer engine sailplanes

Glideslope Intercept Altitude The published minimum altitude to intercept the glideslope in the intermediate segment of an instrument approach. Government charts use the lightning bolt symbol to identify this intercept point. This intersection is called the Precise Final Approach fix (PFAF). ATC directs a higher altitude, the resultant intercept becomes the PFAF.

“The United States has the strongest aviation safety record in the world in part because of decades of bipartisan cooperation and coming together to make the system safer and better, and this legislation is a next step in that tradition. By evaluating and adjusting our incorrect assumptions about how pilots interface with the flight controls in emergency situations and ensuring that more realistic assumptions about human factors are integrated into system design, we will raise the bar even higher on the safety of our aviation industry.” Source: Rep. Garret Graves (LA-06), who is a partner in legislation to introduce the Human Factors Improvements to Aircraft Certification Act, bipartisan legislation to prioritize the consi