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July 06, 2013

John King Weighs In On Airman Certification Standards

You Can Help Determine The Future Of FAA Testing

You can help the future of aviation by providing your comments regarding FAA testing. For years pilots have complained about the FAA knowledge test questions. While there are so many important things to ask pilots about, many test questions have made trivial distinctions. Worse yet, some test questions, by requiring interpolations on takeoff performance charts, have implied that takeoff distances can be relied on to the foot. Pilots relying on that level of precision from their airplane might be in for a very scary surprise or worse.

Spirit Airlines A319 Took Emergency Evasive Action To Avoid The Smaller Plane

The owner of the skydiving company that owns the plane that was involved in a near collision incident with a Spirit Airlines A319 over Michigan Wednesday says that his pilot did nothing wrong, and is not responsible for the incident.

Latest Update Also Includes Heli Charts, Distance Rings And Doc Search

The latest update from ForeFlight which has just hit the App Store offers a variety of new features, including NAV CANADA Visual Navigation Charts (VNC) and Visual Terminal Area (VTA) charts; FAA helicopter and Gulf of Mexico VFR/IFR charts; document search; distance rings; and a redesigned FBO view.