AOPA Taking on the FCC… AOPA President Craig Fuller testifies before Congress
Continue readingBoeing Warns Airlines Time’s Running Out for Training
Pilot shortages facing the industry. Keep the seed grounds open. Now is not the time to stifle the germination of the wonders of flight through unnecessary and overreaching MA regulation.
Continue readingLightSquared Agrees To Change to Spare GPS
Yesterday, 6/20, Sanjiv Ahuja, chairman and CEO of LightSquared announced that the company will move to a different location on the spectrum to avoid interference with GPS by its wireless-broadband network. “This is a solution which ensures that tens of millions of GPS users won’t be affected by LightSquared’s launch.”
Continue readingRisk Management vs Safety
Great article in Flying magazine by John King on… Risk Management Vs Safety. The article is written for manned aviation; however, the principles equally apply to MA.
Continue readingPossible Threats to GPS Flight
FCC grants LightSquared an extension on its report on the threat its new wireless broadband network might pose to GPS operations….What does this mean for UAS?
Continue readingDetails of WWII Bomber Force Landing
On June 13th the media reported a “WWII bomber (the Liberty Belle) crashes, bursts into flames” in Oswego, IL. The photo to the left is the photo released by the media that millions saw. The photo on the right is the photo taken by the crew and passengers after a safe forced landing and egress from the A/C.
Continue readingWhere do they go from here… ?
This is where MA and AMA shine bright. AMA is working directly with EAA in a partnership program that will tie EAA Young Eagles to AMA’s educational programs and our local clubs. Interested? Contact AMA Education Director, Bill Pritchett, at: billp@modelaircraft.org for more details…
Continue readingAMA’s host city newspaper weighs in
The Muncie StarPress, AMA’s host city newspaper weighs in… Click the link below to read an article, editorial and related comments on the AMA, model aviation and government regulations.
Continue readingNational spotlight getting bright on Model Aviation and FAA’s proposed sUAS regulation
Aeromodeling, AMA, and the FAA were subjects of a couple high profile international publications including today’s front-page Wall Street Journal, and a more troubling article on FPV in the latest issue of the Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine.
Continue readingsUAS Rulemaking Updates
On May 12th representatives of FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Program Office (UAPO) attended the Joe Nall fly-in at the Triple Tree Aerodrome and met with the attendees at the AMA annual meeting. For the most part they appeared very impressed with the professional manner in which the event was conducted and the level of safety achieved at the various venues and concurrent MA operations.
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