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EAA has submitted written comments following a public meeting last week on an Advisory and Rulemaking Committee (ARC) final report that provides recommendations to the FAA regarding the integration of beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations by UAS into national airspace.

Every year, dozens of FBOs throughout the country offer fuel price discounts and other amenities to pilots flying to and from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

The EAA Aviation Museum is participating in the annual Blue Star Museums program, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and museums across America to offer free admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel and their families this summer. 

EAA is closely monitoring an ongoing FAA enforcement case involving social media personality Trent Palmer. While the case has been quietly underway since 2019, Palmer disclosed details of the case in a widely circulated YouTube video published late last week.

A new exhibit that opened April 23 in the EAA Aviation Museum’s Eagle Hangar honors the late Thomas Hudner, a Korean War naval aviator, with a Corsair aircraft that replaced the one Hudner used in his heroic actions that earned him the Medal of Honor.

The FAA has just released updates to its airport design standards, and among the policy updates is a long-awaited acknowledgment to allow turf operations on unpaved runway safety areas (RSAs). This is a policy update first suggested by EAA several years ago during the annual EAA/FAA Winter Recreational Summit.