SBs not mandatory, FAA counsel says
August 28, 2006 AOPA SBs not mandatory, FAA counsel says The FAA lawyers have spoken: Service bulletins (SBs) are not - repeat not - mandatory for most Part 91 aircraft operators. That's exactly the decision AOPA had encouraged and expected. That had been everyone's u...Tags: SB, mandatory, FAA, AOPA, Service Bulletin, Airworthiness Directive, Maintenance, Required, ELSA, SLSA, Part 91, issue, aircraft
Blocking your ASDI (N number Flight Tracking): FAA finalizes aircraft privacy policy
This link from AOPA, gives the story, the email request address and details I wrote this quick email, which you can copy Hello, I am the owner of NXXXXX an experimental light sport aircraft and would like you to block release of my ...Tags: Blocking, ASDI, N number, Flight Tracking, FAA, privacy, policy, number, blocking, operator, contact, block
Self Locking Nut (NyLock) Safety Alert- How to use them, from NTSB
Can you believe that re-using this cheap little part caused that P-51 to lose control into the crowd at Reno Air Races a couple years ago. Here is the general story: NTSB issues five new Safety Alerts And here is the specific Safety Alert article on Nylocks...Tags: Nylock, Maintenance, Safety, Locking Nut, FAA, NTSB, P-51 Crash, nylocks, safety, alert
WTF: Judge Says FAA Lacks Clear Authority on Commercial Drones
"Decision Complicates Agency's Job of Creating Policies for Nascent Industry ..." So who's going to regulate them and keep them out of my windshield and my window? Alternate LinkTags: Drones, UAV, Ban, No Authority, FAA
EAA to pay for ATC at AirVenture through 2022- bad Precedent!!!
A nine-year deal struck Friday between the Experimental Aircraft Association and the Federal Aviation Administration will provide air traffic controllers for the EAA's AirVenture event through 2022. The deal will require the EAA to pay a similar fee to the $450,000 it paid last year for th...Tags: EAA, FAA, Air Venture, Osh Kosh, Sun n Fun
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FAA proposes to add yet more restrictions - watch out SLSA and electric trikes!
The proposed policy effects everyone who owns a Special Light Sport Aircraft (SLSA) airplane, trike, glider, or powered parachute. It also effects anyone hoping to own an electric-powered experimental aircraft in the future. Because what this proposed policy does is direct FAA Safety Inspector...Tags: faa, slsa, rules
The FAA wants to regulate what you keep in your hangar - now is your chance to be heard...
Under Federal law, airport operators that have accepted federal grants and/or those that have obligations contained in property deeds for property transferred under various Federal laws such as the Surplus Property Act generally may use airport property only for aviation-related purposes unles...Tags: faa, hangar, regulation