For your review, an FAA presentation from Sue Gardner (AFS-800) and Lynda Otting (ATO AJV-E2) that was given at the ICAS Convention in December 2012. Aerobatic box waiver information is on page 21.
December 12, 2012
Today, at the International Council of Air Shows ICAS) annual convention, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Aviation Events Specialist (NAES), Susan Gardner, announced upcoming changes to FAA regulatory policy and guidance.
Among those changes are much anticipated and, long sought by the IAC, significant modifications to aerobatic practice area (APA) guidance found in FAA Order 8900.1,Volume 3, Chapter 5.
With the issuance of new, revised FAA guidance, expected in early 2013, we may anticipate the following:
1. Elimination of the 500' APA floor restriction…
December 10, 2012
The agenda packets from the latest IAC Board of Directors meetings have been posted in the Members Only area of the website. Look for them toward the bottom of the homepage in the Leadership section.
October 26, 2012
CIVA's proposals for the 2013 Advanced and Unlimited Known sequences – for both Power and Glider – are now published on the Unusual Attitudes forum on EAAForums.org. Your comments are welcome, but the window to do so is short. (CIVA's fall meeting, at which sequences will be selected, begins on November 2.)
Please post your comments on the EAA Forums site. (You'll need an account on the site to post; press the "Register" button in the upper right-hand corner to create one.)
