A recent graduate of the US Air Force Academy is still in
critical condition after the Diamond DA20 (file photo of type,
below) she and her instructor were flying went down Wednesday
morning after impacting power lines outside San Antonio.
The highly respected Congressional Research Service (CRS) has
raised questions concerning the effectiveness of the Washington,
DC, Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) and its effects on
general aviation.
The FAA has all but eliminated the backlog of special issuance
medical certificates by pulling in staff resources to clear out the
queue. But FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine sources have told AOPA
that while that backlog was significantly reduced, that resource
concentration means the delay in issuing deferred medical
certificates is now up to about 120 days.