world. With over 414000 members, representing more than two thirds of all certified pilots in the United States, the AOPA provides a variety of services to its worldwide membership including legal representation, medical resources, safety courses and seminars, aircraft insurance, and more. In ad...
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Trends in GA On July 30th, 2009, Randy Babbitt took to the podium for the first time as the FAA Administrator, addressing EAA AirVenture attendees in the Honda Pavilion. With nearly 70000 operations every day, and over 753 million people transported each year, Babbitt explained that the overall ...
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to clear the stereotypical 50 foot obstacle), and 656 feet for landing roll out (a total of 1279 feet over the 50 foot obstacle). The retractable gear system is electric. The P2006T has a 400 liter fuel capacity (about 105 gallons) and offers 620 nm range. In addition to the fact that the Rotax ...
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Light, Quiet and Sophisticated: Aero-TV Checks Out The Clarity Aloft Headset How Come Something This Light and Small Work So Well??? For the last few weeks, you may have read us extolling the virtues of a headset that was the target of our ...
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Educational Director, Larry Wood, Profiles the Infamous Spruce Goose In July of 1942, while the United States remained embroiled in World War II, famed industrialist Henry Kaiser proposed a fleet of flying transports to safely protect troops and supplies from German U-boats. Joining forces with ...
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advancement of model aviation as a recognized sport and worthwhile recreation activity. As the worlds largest model aviation association, the Academy of Model Aeronautics represents more than 150000 members, chartering more than 2500 model airplane clubs internationally. Open to anyone intereste...
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quarters. Eliminating electrical cords, fueling, or hard starting, the TowBot is guided by a handheld, remote control device. With the increased flexibility, owners can observe the towing process from a better vantage point often eliminating the need for wing-walkers. Powered by a 24VDC motor wi...
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MIT May Have The Answer To The Question About What Tomorrow's Space Travelers May Be Wearing During the 2007 World Space Expo, ANN's Aero-TV teams came upon something that would have looked like a space suit... if only there had been more of it -- ...
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$20K Gets You A Full-Fledged FlightSim WITH A Motion Base! Let's face it, there isn't a pilot out there who hasn't spent time in front of a PC flying one flight sim or another and the grand-daddy of all flight sim products is, of course, ...
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New Military and Defense Flight Simulations Are Being Built on Microsoft ESP Throughout last fall's I/ITSEC convention (Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference), one sign in particular became a familiar one... adorning a ...
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crew... though later flights will be accompanied by a virtual army of flight test engineers. The first Boeing 787 is registered as N787BA and will be under the command of Boeing’s Chief Pilot Mike Carriker, and Engineering Test Pilot Randy Neville. The aircraft departed Paine Field's Rwy 34L and...
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2007 Was Another Record Year (Thankfully) For GA Manufacturers Just this past week, leaders of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced that the 2007 year-end shipment figures for the general aviation industry have led to ...
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