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Electric Plane is Test Flown over Spain
Boeing has completed test flights of a two-seater airplane powered solely by fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries. During liftoff the plane used both of these power sources. Upon reaching a cruising...
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Aerial Seeding: Rice Farming Turns High-Tech
Seeding PlaneWith skyrocketing rice prices, California farmers are turning to agricultural aviators to plant over 500,000 acres this spring. The work is dangerous and grueling and requires pilots to...
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Flying Cars - The Dream is Still Alive
Flying cars have never seemed to move out of the concept phase and yet they remain a fascination for many. The challenge is kind of like designing an all-in-one printer/fax/scanner. At the end of the...
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Smiling Flyer
Just read about this journey around the world in a single engine plane. Nine adventurers flew 60,000 km in a 3 1/2 months. These are the basic legs: Leg 1: 3rd of November - 17th of November Palma de...
View ArticleIs Obama good for private pilots?
President Obama's recent budget proposal plans to raise $7 billion in "direct user charges". In the spirit of transparency, the Obama administration has made the budget proposal available for public...
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Aviation Tax Ideas for 2009
Well, we're less than a month away from the 2008 tax deadline. I had the opportunity to ask Daniel Cheung, of Aviation Tax Consultants, LLC, a few questions that Pilot Advice readers might find helpful...
View ArticleHelp! PPL Exam Preparation
One of our readers, who's getting ready for their private pilots license exam, just wrote in with a few "disambiguation" questions. Can anyone help him out? Please respond by commenting on this post....
View ArticlePastor Teaches Teens to Fly
This is a nice story about flight training. A pastor living in rural Alaska is working to train young people in becoming pilots and flight mechanics.Grant Funk is a 53 year-old Covenant Church pastor...
View ArticleAm I too old to enroll in an integrated pilot program?
I'm 32 years old and I have a school offer to do their integrated pilot program. My concern is, is it too late especially since airliners tend to employ younger pilots. By the time I graduate I will...
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