The FAA has released long-awaited final rules for drones.
The new rules will require Remote Identification (Remote ID) of drones and allow operators of small drones to fly over people and at night under certain conditions. These rules come at a time when drones represent the fastest-growing segment in the entire transportation sector – with currently over 1.7 million drone registrations and 203,000 FAA-certificated remote pilots. Remote ID will help mitigate risks associated with expanded drone operations, such as flights over people and at night, and both rules support technological and operational innovation and advancements. We’ve teased this for a while but ANN will be returning to a daily webcast schedule right after we start 2021. which we hope will be a much better year than what we’ve just been through. With much of aviation still struggling, increasing our schedule may not seem to be all that careful a move, but the fact is that our aviation community deserves all the
ANN Flight Test Report on Pipistrel Panthera is now Complete! OK. it took a LOT longer than expected, but with a pandemic affecting so much of our industry, as well as other factors, ANN’s massive 12,000 word flight report on the 200 knot Pipistrel Panthera is now complete as a humongous six part series on the ANN web site.
One reason it took so long is the exacting standards we maintained throughout the flight and documentation period surrounding this plane. as we have for each and every one of our flight tests. With so much YouTube baloney being published by unqualified, if not ignorant, pilots (if they are even real pilots), SportPlane Resource Guide Author, and National Test Pilot School graduate, Jim Campbell, simply refused to do anything less than a thorough job documenting all pertinent aspects of the aircraft in the air, and on the ground. Tecnam is expanding the mission profile for their P2012 aircraft series with Apex Flight Academy in Taiwan, after signing a contract f
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As demand for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s collegiate professional Aviation programs continues to grow, so does their fleet.
Since March 2020, 12 new Cessna 172 Nav III “SkyHawk” aircraft and three Diamond DA42 NG VI “Twin Star” aircraft, from Diamond Aircraft, have been added to the fleet at Embry-Riddle’s Prescott Campus. At the Daytona Beach Campus, one new Diamond and one new Cessna were added during the same timeframe. With these additions, the Prescott Campus’ Department of Flight now houses a total of 45 aircraft. The Daytona Beach Flight Department’s fleet includes 63 Cessnas and 11 Diamonds. EAA has joined with NAFI, ICAS, the North American Trainers Association, GAMA, and AOPA in filing an amicus curiae ( friend of the court ) brief in the case of Warbird Adventures, Inc., et al v FAA. The case is challenging a cease and desist order issued to Warbird Adventures by FAA in which the FAA alleges that the company is operating a Limited Category aircr