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F-104S ASA-M Starfighter makes first post-restoration flight on April 28th, 2023.

AVweb AOPA is warning flight instructors they can’t provide instruction for free in limited, experimental and primary category aircraft without risking sanctions from the FAA. AOPA says the agency has gone after CFIs who have given instruction as volunteers, citing regs that say money doesn’t have to change hands for them to have received “compensation.” According to AOPA, FAA prosecutors told a court that Advisory Circular 61-142, which covers expense sharing in privat...

The groups are urging the FAA to rethink its recent guidance on compensation for flight training in warbird and other aircraft.

GA Groups: FAA Flight Training Policy Changes Threaten Safety GA Groups: FAA Flight Training Policy Changes Threaten Safety Thom Richards beautiful TP-40 Warhawk, American Dream, on its take off run. (photo by George Land) PRESS RELEASE – EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (June 9, 2021) — Federal Aviation Administration policy interpretations on flight training arising out of a recent court decision will have a chilling impact on general aviation safety and create a bureaucratic n...

NBAA was pleased that the FAA made some modifications in its final pilot records database rule as a result of industry concerns.

 - May 26, 2021, 11:51 AM The FAAs new rule calls for operators, including corporate flight departments, to load in current pilot records within a year. (Photo: Chad Trautvetter/AIN) The FAA released its final electronic Pilot Records Database (PRD) rule today, scaling back some of the reporting requirements but—despite an outpouring of opposition—maintaining corporate flight departments in the applicability. Released a little more than a year after first proposed, the final rule requires...