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Support the General Aviation Pilot Protection Act
Contact your Senators and Representatives and urge them to co-sponsor and support S. 2103 and H.R. 3708, the General Aviation Pilot Protection Act. The newly introduced Senate bill is a companion to...
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FAA Launches New Rulemaking For 3rd Class Medicals
The FAA said on Wednesday it is starting a rulemaking project that will explore whether to allow private pilots, in certain instances, to use a driver's license instead of an FAA medical certificate....
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Hypoxia
The FAA Aviation Physiology group came to AirVenture with a very cool new "experiential" teaching device---a normobaric hypoxia training chamber. Every half-hour from 9 to 5 through the end of Oshkosh,...
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Back in the Saddle
Two weeks is a long time for me to go without flying. It doesn't happen very often - even most of the time when I go on trips or vacation - I'm flying. But every once in awhile, forces conspire to keep...
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EAA and AOPA Statement on Third Class Medical Reform, Proposed FAA Extension
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) released the following statements after the announcement that Congress will include third class medical...
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Another Step Forward for EAA/AOPA Effort: House Passes Aeromedical Reform
Part of FAA funding extension that heads to Senate vote this week The House of Representatives on Monday passed a bill that extends funding for the FAA through September 2017 and--in an another step...
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Sebring Pilot benefits: 2nd and 3rd Class Medical Exams To Be Offered
Highlands Regional Medical Center (HRMC) will be performing 2nd and 3rd class medical exams on-site at the Sport Aviation Expo. Sebring Airport is thrilled to have this option through HRMC for all...
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3rd Class Medical Final Rule Issued
The FAA has released the final rule on third-class medical reform which will take effect on May 1, 2017and the EAA issued a statement: Years of effort by EAA and AOPA culminated on Tuesday morning as...
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