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AVweb DENTON, Texas, January 12, 2021 – US Aviation Academy (USAA) welcomes their first class of student pilots from Pilot Flight Academy (PFA) in Norway. Fourteen Norwegian student pilots will be completing an extended Private Pilot curriculum that involves 45 hours of dual flight and 50 hours of solo flight.  USAA flight instructors are granted a special permit by the Norwegian Civil Air Authority (NCAA) and European Aviation Safety Administration (EASA) to teach a dual enrollment course. US Aviation’s Denton campus is an approved Aviation Training Organization (ATO) un...

01 January 2021 - 07 December 2020 PERSPECTIVE: Many in Singapore may think that flying in Singapore is reserved only for those working for the airlines and the military. A lesser known fact, however, is that it's possible to get a Private Pilot's License to fly on your own as well. 30-year-old Yeo Kheng Meng, an Internet of Things (IoT) engineer by profession, shares his journey of obtaining a private pilot license and the General Aviation scene in Singapore. By Yeo Kheng Meng Ever since I was young, I have had an interest in aviation. I joined the NCC(Air) uniformed group in secondary schoo...

Hans Harald Kopper WILLIAMSBURG — Dr. Hans Harald Kopper, 90, died Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, at home. Dr. Kopper, whose native tongue was German, was born in the Polish Corridor of Europe in 1930. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Hamburg and completed a Postdoctoral in Chemical Engineering at Princeton University. He was a distinguished member of a Max Plank Institute. Dr. Kopper enjoyed a long career with BASF, the world’s largest chemical producer. In 1979, he and his wife left Germany and came to the United States when BASF promoted him to an executive p...

AVweb Anyone who has seen the Cygnet SF-2A will remember the two-seat, side-by-side taildragger because it looks like no other. Contrary to the high- or low-wing choices favored by designers of Amateur-Built and certified aircraft, the Cygnet extends its wings from the shoulder like outstretched arms. Even more unusual, the wingtips are 14 inches ahead of and 11 inches above the wing root. And in the right light, looking across the 13-foot span of each panel, it is clear that the fabric is attached to diagonal members instead of fore-and-aft ribs. Each of these features serves...