Pilot protection services for AOPA members

The new Pilot Protection Services (PPS) program from AOPA, is designed to help members avoid problems that can threaten their pilot and medical certificates while also providing professional insights and assistance when they have a problem.

The core benefits are: year-round tips and advice from nationally-known medical and legal experts, the AOPA Legal Services Plan, and the most valuable elements of the former AOPA Medical Services Program.

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Charmed lives are chosen

Our choices can lead us to amazing destinations…or nowhere.

“This kind of flying,” was Bill Langdon’s answer to my asking, “What kind of flying do you mostly do?”

We’d just lifted off from the back country mountain strip at the Minam River Lodge en route to nearby Joseph, Oregon, with a load of trash. [You can read about the Minam Airlift here.]

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Winners and losers

Regardless of what kind of business you are in, there is one common component that has massive influence on whether you experience economic success or disaster. That component is known as the customer. Yep, customers are the magic elixir of business, regardless of whether you’re selling toothpaste, muscle cars, or flight lessons. In the end it’s all about the customer.

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Looking for Clint Eastwood

Folks haven’t seen us around the airport much for the past few weeks. An early and long spring has put the Old Man into a planting and building fervor. You name the vegetable and it’s probably planted in our garden. It’s really nice to have fresh produce, but many of the vegetables he planted in large quantities will be ready for harvest around mid-July. I hope he retains some of this enthusiasm when the temperatures are 90 squared (90°F and 90% humidity).

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BrightLine Bags debuts ‘Flex System’

BrightLine Bags has introduced its new modular flight bag system called “The FLEX System, which includes five different-sized interchangeable modules, a front and rear end cap, and a collection of four interchangeable external pockets.

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General aviation pilot input needed for survey

Researchers at the University of Michigan are surveying general aviation pilots on their experience with modern Primary Flight Displays (PFDs).

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Rotating iPad kneeboard debuts

MyGoFlight has introduced the iPad Kneeboard Folio series of kneeboards, designed from the ground up for use by pilots.

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More LSA news from Sun ’n Fun

Splogger (Sport Pilot Blogger) Dan Johnson continues his recap of what he found interesting at this year’s Sun ’n Fun. Today: Ultralights:

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International Learn to Fly Day May 19

EAA’s third annual International Learn to Fly Day will be held Saturday, May 19.

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Ranger Antique Airfield slates fly-in

The Ranger Antique Airfield Annual Fly-In and Airshow will be held May 25-26 at the airport in Ranger, Texas.

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