Federal Aviation Regulations Threshold Turbulence 
AV Web
JULY 1, 2025
Special Light Sport (S-LSA) are factory-built aircraft that meet industry-developed consensus standards and not Federal Aviation regulations and are issued a Special Airworthiness Certificate. The airplane’s wing loading makes it feel busy in turbulence, but don’t overcorrect and simply “ride the bull,” as Wilkinson put it.
AV Web
APRIL 15, 2025
Seems the accident helicopter was the subject of a FAA Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR), which specified academic, flight training, qualification, and currency requirements for pilots acting as pilot-in-command. Seconds later, the main rotor disc severed the tailboom. Again, post-accident formalities proved awkward.
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