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Ben Lovegrove

AOPA General Aviation News and Customized Pilot Plaques

Published 2 months ago • 3 min read

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News from AOPA

​Training and Safety Tip: Remove frost before flight​

Published on January 22, 2025

The name of everyone’s favorite snowman—Frosty—is not the word we want to use to describe the wing surfaces of an airplane we’re preparing to fly.

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​Help extend Virginia's maintenance tax exemption​

Published on January 17, 2025

With Virginia's aircraft maintenance sales and use tax exemption due to expire in July, AOPA urged members to contact their representatives and support legislation to remove the end date.

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​Pass the Vision Portion of Your Medical​

Published on January 17, 2025

It’s unbelievable how one simple change can dramatically improve your performance.

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​Landing fees ruled out in Buckeye, Arizona​

Published on January 16, 2025

Buckeye, Arizona, Mayor Eric Orsborn made it clear that landing fees will not be imposed at Buckeye Municipal Airport.

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​GA-friendly drone management​

Published on January 16, 2025

The University of North Dakota’s John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences formed a partnership with Vigilant Aerospace Systems to improve airspace safety through the management of uncrewed aircraft systems.

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​Aerial attack crucial to fighting Los Angeles fires​

Published on January 16, 2025

The devastating fires in Southern California had Cal Fire and other cooperative firefighting organizations working around the clock to contain the quickly spreading flames.

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​Hartzell offers new composite prop for Cessna singles​

Published on January 15, 2025

Hartzell's new lightweight, three-blade Carbon Voyager propeller has been approved by the FAA to retrofit Cessna 180, 182, 185, 206, and T206 singles.

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​Aircraft Maintenance: Managing oil temps for a healthy engine​

Published on January 15, 2025

Oil is a multi-role actor in the cast of characters that keep an aircraft engine healthy and happy. It plays the leading role in lubricating critical parts, but also handles 25 percent of the heat produced by the engine, controls the propeller, carries away contaminants for filtration, and protects vulnerable metal parts from corrosion when the plane sits idle in between flights.

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Ben Lovegrove

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Aviation, aircraft, airlines, air travel, tourism, aerospace, UAM, UAP, AI and Generative AI, and various other related subjects. I've been online since the 1990s and enjoy sharing useful and informative content to a wide audience.

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