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All applications for medical and student pilot certificates will be filed electronically instead of on paper by October 1, the FAA said last week. In the January issue of the the FAA Medical Bulletin (PDF), Federal Air Surgeon Dr. Fred Tilton said the paper system “allows for too many errors, leads to storage problems, and creates security risks.” It also costs the FAA $150,000 every year to print, store, distribute, and mail Form 8500-8. The electronic MedXPress system will eliminate those problems and expenses, and will make it possible to offer new services — for example, Tilton said, pilots and AMEs will be able to track the status of applications online. EAA and AOPA raised concerns about the change.

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This is the sixth in a series of articles looking at the impact of NextGen on GA pilots. Over the last six months, we have demonstrated how aviation history has contributed toward the development of our National Airspace System, including new technologies and procedures yielding a safer and less expensive way to fly. Every step of the way has been a major leap, not only on the side of safety and operations in this aeronautical equation, but also benefiting the industry and aviators by incorporating current-day technologies.
We started with bonfires and slowly graduated through electric visual aids and finally to radio navigation, with the use of state-of-the-art electronics available at each point within this aeronautical time line. This will eventually culminate in the developing Next Generation Air Transportation System, known as NextGen.
However, now we turn the pages way back — and I mean way back — so far back we meet up with our early mariner explorers who used stars in the sky to get from point A to point B. Continue Reading »

===> Posted on January 30th, 2012 by Jeffrey Boccaccio. No comments. © GAN 2012.

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Heard this at John Wayne Airport recently. The airliners often like to take off from runway 1L if the wind is within their take-off limits to save fuel.United 123:”John Wayne ground, say winds please.”John Wayne Ground:”Winds are variable between 110 and 120 at 6 knots.”John Wayne Ground (after a pause) :”Actually, I guess they aren’t that variable, are they?”Mike Bannervia e-mail

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