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  2. Pilot licensing and certification - Wikipedia

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    Balloon pilot's licence issued by the Aéro-Club de France to Mr. Tissandier. Pilot licensing began soon after the invention of powered aircraft in 1903. The Aéro-Club de France was founded in 1898 'to encourage aerial locomotion'. The Royal Aero Club followed in 1901 and the Aero Club of America was established in 1905.

  3. Pilot certification in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Remote Pilot: an individual who may fly small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for compensation or hire; Recreational Pilot: an individual who may fly aircraft of up to 180 horsepower (130 kW) and 4 seats in the daytime for pleasure only; Private Pilot: an individual who may fly for pleasure or personal business, generally without accepting ...

  4. Aircraft registration - Wikipedia

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    A Van's Aircraft RV-7 displaying registration G-KELS. The G prefix denotes a civil aircraft registered in the United Kingdom. Geographic map of registration prefixes. An aircraft registration is a code unique to a single aircraft, required by international convention to be marked on the exterior of every civil aircraft.

  5. Aviation call signs - Wikipedia

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    Commercial operators, including scheduled airline, air cargo and air taxi operators, will usually use an ICAO or FAA-registered call sign for their company.By ICAO Annex 10 Chapter 5.2.1.7.2.1 - Full call signs type C, a call sign consists of the telephony designator of the aircraft operating agency, followed by the flight identification.

  6. Q&A: What we know about co-pilot’s mysterious mid ... - AOL

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    The pilots called air traffic control about the emergency. It’s not known whether Crooks or the pilot, whose name has not been released, was speaking but the caller confirmed there were two ...

  7. Why Is There a Cotton Ball in Pill Bottles? - AOL

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    The post Why Is There a Cotton Ball in Pill Bottles? appeared first on Reader's Digest. Here's what they were there to do then, and why they're still there now.

  8. Airline codes - Wikipedia

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    The IATA codes were originally based on the ICAO designators which were issued in 1947 as two-letter airline identification codes (see the section below). IATA expanded the two-character-system with codes consisting of a letter and a digit (or vice versa) e.g. EasyJet 's U2 after ICAO had introduced its current three-letter-system in 1982.

  9. What is the red fire retardant dropped by planes to fight LA ...

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    Authorities battling a series of large wildfires in the Los Angeles area have employed a bright red fire retardant to tamp the flames, leading to dramatic images of the material blanketing scores ...