Website Connects People Going Places With Private Pilots With Empty Seats
It seems like it should be pretty intuitive. Let's say you're a private pilot flying to your favorite getaway, and you've got a couple of empty seats in the airplane. You go onto a website and post that you're flying to that destination and see if anyone else is looking to go to that place. They are. You offer them a ride, asking only that your passengers help pay for gas and incidental expenses, if any. Sort of like offering a ride to your best friend ... except you don't know them until you meet at the airport.
Flight Restrictions To Be In Place August 31 To September 2
The FAA says it will be issuing multiple Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR) in support of a VIP visit to Anchorage, Seward, Dillingham and Kotzebue, on August 31st through September 2nd, 2015. These restrictions are designed to provide a safe and secure environment for the VIP visit while enabling fair and equitable access by other airspace users to the greatest extent possible, the agency says.
City Of Frederick, MD Considering 'Mixed Use' Development Near Frederick County Airport
After a housing developer asked the city of Frederick, MD to rezone land near the Frederick County airport from "Light Industrial" to "Mixed Use" ... AOPA president and CEO Mark Baker saw the potential for in influx of residents who could potentially complain about noise from the airport AOPA calls home.
Using a Cessna 172 dropped from a height of 100 feet, NASA’s Search and Rescue Mission Office will simulate a severe but survivable plane accident Wednesday, Aug. 26 to test emergency locator transmitters (ELTs).
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