Walking sharks, komodo dragons: a tour of Indonesia
Submerged in the dark waters around the Raja Ampat Islands, pilot Richard Wood watched the region's elusive "walking shark"—some of the vast biodiversity that makes the archipelago what Wood calls "some kind of Mecca" among scuba divers. Read More >>
FAA marks GPS approach milestone
A milestone for the nation's transition to satellite navigation was celebrated Feb. 9 in an FAA office in Silver Spring, Md. - and in cockpits equipped with GPS around the country.
Aviation turns students' horror into passion
An Arizona community traumatized by a 2010 aircraft crashing into the local high school began to heal recently. First Flight Education and pilots helped inspire aviation enthusiasm in middle school children who once ducked whenever an aircraft would fly overhead. Now, they want to be pilots.
RunwayFinder to shut down citing costs
A free online digital charting service launched in 2005 is calling it quits, with founder Dave Parsons citing pending digital chart fees, and licensing fees as the primary reason.
In engine out, ATC 'there when you need them'
Vermont Rep. Janice Peaslee said she doesn't leave home without flight following. On Oct. 9, the precaution paid off. The private pilot was flying back from Fitchburg, Mass., when she heard the engine of her Cessna 150 start to sputter and lose power.
NBAA asks lawmakers to extend depreciation rule
A valuable tax incentive for business aircraft owners has scaled back for 2012, and a coalition of manufacturing groups led by the National Business Aviation Association is urging Congress to keep "bonus depreciation" intact.
Hawker Beechcraft protests trainer contract
After Embraer's A-29 Super Tucano won a bidding contest worth $355 million over Hawker Beechcraft's AT-6, HBC was stunned. The company launched an all-out effort to review and reverse the decision, but Sierra Nevada Corp., which partnered with Embraer for the Super Tucano bid, says the Air Force got it right.
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February 2012 AOPA Pilot Features
- Mooney M20E

- The bird and the leprechaun
- Fly-Outs: Big Bear City Airport
- On brand-new wings

- Rally GA: Pay Up

- Wx Watch: The problem with pireps

- Flying wild in Alaska

- Technique: Wind warrior
- Water dog

- AOPA Media
- B-ball to biplane
- Avionics: Pilot Friendly
- Turbine Logbook
- Cessna's Conquest of the turboprop market
- Fueling traps
- Gentleman's Choice: Cessna Conquest I
- Iced up and fast
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- Pilot Town Hall | Feb. 10 - Fort Worth, TX
- Sun-N-Fun | Mar. 27 - Apr. 01 - Lakeland, FL
- 9th Annual Low Cost Airlines World Asia Pacific | Feb. 08 - Feb. 10 - Marina Bay Sands, ,Singapore
- Wings of Freedom Tour | Feb. 10 - Feb. 13 - Venice, FL
- WINGS Seminar and EAA Young Eagles Event | Feb. 11 - Headland, AL
- Sporty's Saturday Hot Dog Fly-In | Feb. 11 - Cincinnati, OH
- What Every Pilot Needs to Know About Operating on a Wet Runway | Feb. 11 - Pacoima, CA
- Private / Sport Pilot Weekend Ground School | Feb. 11 - Feb. 12 - Stevens Point, WI
- Using your iPad in the cockpit. | Feb. 11 - Bakersfield, CA
- Navigating Los Angeles Area Airspace | Feb. 12 - Pacoima, CA
- Classic Aircraft and Car Display | Feb. 12 - Fullerton, CA
- Checking Out in Taildraggers | Feb. 13 - Van Nuys, CA
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AOPA urges changes to UAS-only airspace proposal
AOPA submitted several suggestions that would mitigate the impact of a proposed restricted airspace reserved for unmanned aircraft in North Dakota, but remains opposed to the creation of such an exclusive airspace.
ADS-B traffic, weather now available in 51 terminal areas
Real time weather and traffic information is now available for free in dozens of terminal service areas around the country.
Pro-GA bills clear Indiana House
Two AOPA-backed bills - one providing aviation sales-tax relief and the other establishing funding sources for airport ground-access maintenance - have won overwhelming passage in the Indiana House and are now before the Senate.

