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Life & fun · June 20, 2014

Flytenow

Go flying with local pilots

Flytenow launched on June 20, 2014 with 95 votes, #264 of 1,531 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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Flytenow is a platform that connects people with local pilots for shared flights. Users can arrange to fly with pilots in their area while splitting aircraft operating costs. The service facilitates direct communication between pilots and passengers seeking to share flight expenses, operating within aviation regulations that allow pilots to cost-share with passengers.

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Go flying with local pilots.

AOPA claims to “have no issues with how pilots communicate” yet they directly contradict themselves by opposing the Aviation Empowerment Act which addresses a pilot’s freedom to communicate, and nothing more. The question remains, why does AOPA oppose the *revised* Aviation Empowerment Act ? The Administrator shall permit a person who holds a pilot certificate to communicate with the public, in any manner the person determines appropriate, to facilitate an aircraft flight for which the pilot and passengers share aircraft operating expenses in accordance with section 61.113(c) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation) without requiring a certificate under part…from blog.flytenow.com

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