The Hansen Air Group (makers of the Tecnam LSA) have opened a west coast office in El Cajon, California.
Hansen AirGroup announces the West Coast Office opening. For many this is old news, but for those of you wanting info and demo rides on the west coast, Ron is now the official point of contact for […]
The critical condition of air traffic controller staffing levels at Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center was exposed in a dramatic and unsafe way early [yesterday] morning when the Federal Aviation Administration was forced to combine two busy sectors that handle trans-oceanic traffic due to lack of staffing. The resulting traffic crush left one air […]
Aviation has been developing and testing a new Aviat Husky MD with a 200hp engine. The Husky MD has been flying for over a year now and the 2005 production Huskys are fitted with new extending flap wings.
I can reliably say that at 10,000 feet this airplane will climb at least 300 feet per minute […]
CubCrafters will be having a Fall Open House at their headquarters in Yakima Washington Saturday October 8th and Saturday October 15th. Their invitation follows.
Over at GPS Review there is a good story about the increasing use of GPS technologies by glider pilots. It also has some interesting discussion about some new GPS technology as it relates to aviation by using flight path prediction based on current position, course, and velocity.
During ceremonies at EAA headquarters on October 21st Robert Bushby will be inducted into the EAA Homebuilders Hall of Fame. Bushby currently lives in Illinios and has been a pilot for 62 years.
“I think that’s the greatest thing that ever happened to me,” Bushby said. “This is the culmination of a lot of EAA work.”
AOPA is reporting that the FAA has worked out an agreement with the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide NOTAMS of “lights out” MOA operations. Previously the only way to get such NOTAMs were from the DOD website.
AOPA has been pressuring the FAA to provide the critical information to pilots. (“Lights Out” operations are special […]
Air traffic controllers are calling on the Federal Aviation Administration to renounce a dangerous procedure to squeeze through more traffic at Newark Tower and the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control facility. The unregulated procedure which permits simultaneous Instrument Landing System (ILS) approaches to intersecting runways at Newark Liberty International Airport is against the agency’s […]
Larry Mauro and friend split the $10 purchase price for a set of plans to build a Icarus II glider in 1927. Their $5 investment took them a long way… Mauro started the Ultralight Flying Machine Company which produced hang gliders. In 1975 he added an engine and a new breed of aircraft began.
The use of cellular phones aboard aircraft has always been a hot topic although interest has increased even more in the past few months. There is much rumor and speculation as to the technical reasons for the FCC ban. Some say it is due to potential interference with aircraft instrumentation while others say the cellular […]
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