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OCHOPPEE, Fla. (from local10news) – October 2022 - Federal agents are investigating how a pilot managed to fly from Cuba to Florida on Friday morning in a single-engine biplane. A witness fishing in the Florida Straits shared a video showing the Soviet-era biplane flying low over the water. The pilot...

By Scott Bretthauer, NAAA Director of Policy, Education and Safety   The 2022-2023 PAASS Program will be the 25th season—a quarter century—of PAASS. Since the first season in 1998-1999, the goal of PAASS has remained the same—to reduce ag aviation accidents and drift incidents through education to keep increased rules...

Agriculture is much more than just food on your plate. Nearly everything you interact with daily comes from a farm in some way, shape, or form. For example, think of the clothes on your back, the make-up or lip balm you may be wearing, and the leather watchband on your...

The family and friends of Charles Stokes have recently established a scholarship fund. They plan to endow the Charles Garland Stokes Scholarship for Aviation Maintenance at ASU Mid-South, When fully funded, the endowment will continue in perpetuity and create a lasting memorial to Charles. The purpose of the endowment is...

CLEVELAND, Miss.— Delta State University’s Department of Commercial Aviation was recently appropriated $2 million by the United States Senate to implement an Agricultural Aircraft Operations Career Pathway (AAOCP) program in the Mississippi Delta. Requested by U. S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, the funding will establish a partnership-based program to increase the number...

By Frances Anne Manning Who would have thought that bunny ears were the coveted prize during Transland's trivia game? Definitely not James Frank, the CEO of Transland and that night's emcee. During Transland's Annual Dealer Meeting, the dealers teamed up to compete with their friends and rivals. The team names...

via SpectrumNews1 BANCROFT, Wis. — Jim Perrin has been busier than ever in 2022. Perrin is an agricultural aviator based out of Bancroft in Portage County. His company, Agricair Flying Service, has been working nonstop for weeks to treat Wisconsin’s cropland. Fields that are untreated with pesticide can fall to disease...

Mr. David Gayle Habig, 65, of Grenada, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 1, 2022 at his home following a tough battle with colon cancer with his family by his side. David was born June 22, 1957 in Greenwood and honorably served our country in the...

Promising research suggests UV lights mounted on helicopters and planes drive birds away from aircraft…and danger.   By Jim Tise, FAA The FAA is researching new and potentially game-changing technology that significantly reduces the chances of birds striking general aviation aircraft. The technology inverts the customary approach to bird hazards,...

The corn run of the American Midwest is a colossal event that shakes the aerial application community from coast to coast. Months of preparation have been spent readying to begin at a moment's notice, as signaled by the tasseling of the corn. Applicators journey from every corner of the country...