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August 22, 2015

FAA Ending Universal Flight Watch Weather Frequency October 1

EFAS Will Continue On Charted Frequencies

The FAA will discontinue the universal Flight Watch frequency 122.0 MHz for in-flight weather services on Oct. 1. Weather services provided under the Flight Watch program En route Flight Advisory Service (EFAS) will continue to be provided via charted frequencies pilots use to obtain weather information, open and close flight plans, and for updates on notams and temporary flight restrictions (TFRs).

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Congress Considers Slashing GI Bill Flight-Training Benefits

Sudden Enforcement Of VA's 85/15 Rule For Flight Training May Reduce Pool Of Potential Helicopter Pilots

The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to drastically overreact to a loophole in the Post 9/11 GI Bill that Congress itself created. The changes likely to be enacted threaten the ability of veterans to join the aviation industry (especially the vertical-lift sector) — and may cause one of the best potential pools of new pilots to dry up.

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Unions Urge Congress To Fund FAA

Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO Posts Open Letter To Lawmakers

The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, which is made up of a group of 32 unions dealing with all facets of transportation, has posted an open letter to the U.S. Congress urging them to quickly reauthorize the FAA when they return to work next month.

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Bell Delivers Final Bell 412EP Aircraft To The Philippine DND

Last Of Eight Helicopters That Had Been Ordered Under Modernization Program

Bell Helicopter has completed the final delivery and acceptance of eight Bell 412EP helicopters to the Philippine Department of National Defense (DND). The final delivery was acknowledged during the flag raising ceremony at the Villamor Air Base.

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NBAA Efforts Helped Lessen Impact Of Upper Midwest Airspace Changes

Changes Coming In September

A significant revision to airspace over the upper Midwest will take place in September, but its effects on business aircraft operators should be minimal, thanks in part to engagement efforts by NBAA.

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FAA SAIB Targets Helicopter Air Conditioner Systems

Focus Is On Connectors That Could Overheat During Operation

The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) following reports of possible overheated and melted connectors in the air conditioning wiring of some helicopters with Air Comm Corporation (Air Comm) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) installed.

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FlightSafety's Embraer Legacy 650 Simulator In Paris Receives Level D Approvals

FAA And EASA Both Greenlight Use Of The Full Flight Simulator

FlightSafety International and Embraer announce that the Legacy 650 simulator located at the Paris-Le Bourget Learning Center has been qualified to Level D by EASA and the FAA.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (08.22.15)

"We know from painful experience that without a multi-year bill, the FAA will be faced with more patchwork extensions — something lawmakers vowed they would never let happen again after the last fiasco." Source: AFL-CIO TTD President Ed Wytkind.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.22.15): Moment

A measurement of weight at a specific distance (moment arm) from a reference point.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.22.15)

All the World's Rotorcraft

Started in 1997 by an aviation enthusiast in Estonia, the site claims to be "the biggest helicopter collection in the world, more than 700 helicopters and autogyros."

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