联邦航空局将试点退休年龄维持在65岁,而新飞机和设施开发工作则提前进行。 The FAA maintains pilot retirement age at 65, while new aircraft and facility developments advance.

国际民用航空组织拒绝了关于将试点退休年龄从65岁提高到67岁的提议,以保持目前的标准。 The International Civil Aviation Organization has rejected a proposal to raise the pilot retirement age from 65 to 67, keeping the current standard. Duncan Aviation的战溪(密歇根州)中心现在是一个FAA测试中心,可以进行现场认证考试。 Duncan Aviation’s Battle Creek, Michigan, center is now an FAA Testing Center, enabling on-site certification exams. Piper飞机获得美国首次订购的柴油机Seminole DX,有五架飞机飞往佛罗里达的Skyborne航空学院;飞机使用喷气式燃料,比Avgas发动机的燃料效率高40%。 Piper Aircraft secured its first U.S. order for the diesel-powered Seminole DX, with five planes going to Skyborne Airline Academy in Florida; the aircraft uses jet fuel and offers 40% better fuel efficiency than avgas engines. 英国可能正在缩减一般航空计划, 美国联邦航空局正准备将员工迁至 DOT 总部. The UK may be scaling back general aviation plans, and the FAA is preparing to move staff to DOT headquarters. 纳什维尔附近的坠机事故中 一名跳伞教练死亡 A skydiving instructor died in a crash near Nashville.