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The Icon A5 amphibious light sport aircraft has met a spin-resistant standard beyond what is required for its certification, the company said on Thursday. Under the LSA standards, aircraft must be either “spin recoverable” or “spin resistant.” The A5 has met the criteria for “spin resistant,” which are spelled out in Part 23, the rules that apply to certified aircraft. “This milestone will make the A5 the first production aircraft in history to be designed to and completely comply with the FAA’s full-envelope Part 23 spin-resistance standards, developed from NASA’s work on the topic,” the company said. Icon engineers met the standard by creating a cuffed wing design that uses multiple proprietary airfoils across the span of the wing.

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Air Racers 3D, a 40-minute-long IMAX film about the Reno National Championship Air Races, will be coming to U.S. theaters in April, the filmmakers said recently. It’s the first film about the races ever shot completely in 3D, and “unprecedented access” to the course was granted, according to the filmmakers. The film will be shown at the National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Ga., and the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Fla., starting April 5, with other theaters to follow. The Reno footage was shot in 2009 and 2010, and has been in production for two years. The film also features many air show performers, including Canada’s Snowbirds, the late Greg Poe flying his MX2, and Kent Pietsch, known for landing his Cub on top of a moving truck (click here for an exclusive AVweb video of this stunt).

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This week’s question comes from an AVweb reader who wants to know about your confidence as a pilot. Dave Coriaty asks, “At what point in your flying career did you honestly feel to be at your peak of competence in all piloting situtations?”Plus: Last week, we asked AVweb readers which aviation innovation should take home this year’s Robert J. Collier Trophy; click through to read what AVweb readers had to say on the subject.

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