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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/august/21/lights-out-at-triple-tree?=utm_source=News&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=RSS" target="_self">Lights out at Triple Tree</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Mon, 21 Aug 2017 19:57:19 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('Approaching Triple Tree Aerodrome in Woodruff, South Carolina, a controller&rsquo;s voice directing aircraft from Enoree&mdash;a small town east of the field that&rsquo;s the last point on the published approach&mdash;to the downwind for Runway 3 was as welcoming as her words, &ldquo;Welcome to Triple Tree.&rdquo; The private aerodrome, made famous by its 7,000-foot-long-by-400-foot-wide manicured grass strip, camping facilities, and southern hospitality, opened its runway for total solar eclipse viewers Aug. 20 through 22.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/august/21/surprised-on-a-solo?=utm_source=News&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=RSS" target="_self">Training Tip: Surprised on a solo</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Mon, 21 Aug 2017 04:00:00 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('A student pilot was soloing a Piper PA-28 in an airport traffic pattern when the tower threw him a curveball.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/august/18/first-flight-reactions?=utm_source=News&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=RSS" target="_self">AOPA STAFF REFLECT ON THEIR FIRST FLIGHT REACTIONS</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:48:45 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('In celebration of National Aviation Day on August 19, a time to celebrate the history and development of aviation, we recently asked some of our staff to reflect on how they reacted to their first General Aviation Experience. Here are some of their reflections below:');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/august/17/take-someone-flying-for-national-aviation-celebration?=utm_source=News&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=RSS" target="_self">Take someone flying during National Aviation Day celebration</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:31:00 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('There may not be a reminder about this when you check your Facebook feed the morning of Aug. 19, but be sure to wish Orville Wright a happy birthday when you get up and put on the coffee.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/august/17/get-your-privatization-checklist?=utm_source=News&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=RSS" target="_self">Get your ATC privatization checklist</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:28:15 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('Most pilots will never face a real in-flight emergency, but they still train for them and develop procedures to deal with potentially dangerous situations. Engine failure, cabin fire, inadvertent icing&hellip; no matter what the scenario, pilots always rely on the checklist. Today, the entire general aviation community is facing a new type of emergency in the name of air traffic control privatization. Don&rsquo;t worry, AOPA has developed an emergency checklist.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/august/17/funds-sought-to-build-hangar-for-doc?=utm_source=News&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=RSS" target="_self">Funds sought to build hangar for ‘Doc’</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:54:14 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('Rescued from a desert bombing range then painstakingly restored over many years, the B-29 Superfortress Doc brought vintage strategic air power to EAA AirVenture in July. Doc and crew flew away from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with the &ldquo;Best Bomber Award,&rdquo; among others, returning home to temporary quarters as Doc&rsquo;s Friends Inc., pass the hat to build a permanent home for the beloved bomber in Wichita, Kansas.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/august/16/pilots-ready-for-aug-21-solar-eclipse?=utm_source=News&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=RSS" target="_self">Pilots ready for solar eclipse</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 16 Aug 2017 22:31:10 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('Pilots planning to view the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse as it tracks across the country from Oregon to South Carolina are in the final stages of gearing up for the celestial phenomenon. For aviators without a plan&mdash;or an airplane&mdash;there is still hope.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/august/16/cbo-says-privatization-would-add-almost-100-billion-to-deficit?=utm_source=News&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=RSS" target="_self">ATC privatization would add almost $100 billion to deficit</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 16 Aug 2017 21:44:59 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('The Congressional Budget Office revised its cost estimate of the 21st Century AIRR Act (H.R. 2997), which would remove air traffic control from the FAA, to say the legislation would increase the deficit by almost $100 billion. The new analysis is an increase of nearly $80 billion from the previous evaluation.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/august/16/pilots-obtain-navworx-amocs?=utm_source=News&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=RSS" target="_self">Pilots obtain NavWorx AMOCs</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 16 Aug 2017 20:06:36 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('The FAA has approved several alternate methods of compliance (AMOCs) for the airworthiness directive (AD) issued June 6 that affects certain NavWorx Inc. universal access transceivers (UATs). The UATs provide Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out and In on 978 MHz. By Jan. 11, 2018, owners of aircraft with the affected UATs must disable the unit; modify the software, which makes the unit noncompliant with the FAA&rsquo;s 2020 ADS-B Out mandate; or couple the UAT to an approved GPS position source.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/august/16/pistons-prop-up-airplane-market?=utm_source=News&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=RSS" target="_self">Pistons prop up airplane market</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:58:47 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('An uptick in piston airplane shipments (5.6 percent) drove a modest overall increase in world airplane sales despite flat or declining results in other segments. Overall, the first half of 2017 produced another period of &ldquo;mixed&rdquo; results, and General Aviation Manufacturers Association President and CEO Pete Bunce expressed hope that certification reform already accomplished, along with further action in that vein by Congress, will spur increases.');
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