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April 01, 2014

FAA To Impose Simulated Airspace Fee

Will Charge Flight Schools For Operation In Simulated Controlled Airspace

The FAA has posted an NPRM in the Federal Register proposing a $25 per flight user fee for every simulated flight in controlled airspace.

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AOPA Finds New Niche As A Direct Mail House

May Also Expand Into Infomercial Market

AOPA on April 1 announced plans to abandon its aviation advocacy efforts and refocus its core business in an area in which it has recently gained a lot of experience ... direct mail marketing.

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FAA Addresses Multi-Switching Problem During Medical Examination

A Fat Finger Could Keep You Grounded

As airliners have become equipped with more and more press switch devices a problem has been recognized called multi-switching. Multi-switching is when a pilot accidentally presses more than one switch when attempting to complete a system function. After concluding a five-year, multi-million-dollar study of  the problem, the FAA determined the primary cause of multi-switching is an oversized index finger.

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FAA To Monitor Model Airplane Fields For UAS Violations

Will Your Remote Control Model Be In The Line Of Fire?

The FAA has announced that they will start monitoring the operations at model airplane airfields for illegal unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) violations. A UAS may also be defined as a UAV or a drone; but whatever you call it, radio controlled model aircraft enthusiasts are now on the watch list.

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EPA Issues Electric Airplane Mandate

Will Require 10 Percent Of The Fleet To Be Electric By 2025

The EPA will require ten percent of the GA fleet to be solar- or electric-powered by 2025, according to a source within the agency.

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FCC To Regulate Airborne Banner Towing

The FCC Steps In To Assure Truth In Airborne Advertising

Since the days of the early barnstormers banner towing by airplanes has been a fun way to get your short message seen readily by a lot of people. Banner towing operations have always been regulated through the aviation system of rules, but now that is changing.

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Garmin Introduces Affordable G100 Pay-As-You-Go GPS

Says Portable Device 'Perfect For The Weekend Pilot'

Garmin has introduced a game-changed portable GPS the company says is perfect for the weekend pilot who does not spend hours every week in the cockpit.

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NSA Mandates Additional ADS-B Data Stream

'You Don't Need To Know What We Need To Know', Official Says

Sources inside the security community say that the National Security Agency (NSA) will mandate an additional encrypted data stream enabling it to track any airplane anywhere at any time.

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