The new Pilot Protection Services (PPS) program from AOPA, is designed to help members avoid problems that can threaten their pilot and medical certificates while also providing professional insights and assistance when they have a problem. The core benefits are: year-round tips and advice from nationally-known medical and legal experts, the AOPA Legal Services Plan, […]
Keep your electronics charged
Pilots have plenty of batteries to keep charged these days, from iPads to smartphones to portable ADS-B receivers. Many of these gadgets require special high amp charging devices, and Sporty’s now offers a complete selection of pilot-tested gear to meet these needs. The Dual 2.1 Amp Cigarette Lighter Adapter [#7565A – $14.95] plugs into any cockpit […]
Spring edition of General Aviation Security available
The second edition of ‘General Aviation Security‘ from GA Security blogger David Hook is available for free, as a download, or for $5 as a print magazine. Among the stories included are: Security by the Numbers, Firearms in Checked Baggage, Right Words Make Right Regs, Gold Nuggets for Airshow Planning, and more.
Charmed lives are chosen
Our choices can lead us to amazing destinations…or nowhere. “This kind of flying,” was Bill Langdon’s answer to my asking, “What kind of flying do you mostly do?” We’d just lifted off from the back country mountain strip at the Minam River Lodge en route to nearby Joseph, Oregon, with a load of trash. [You […]
‘FIFI’ dustup leaves more questions
The truth is out there… somewhere. Last week, a proposed amendment to the House’s National Defense Authorization Act caused a bit of a firestorm. The proposed amendment from Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio) would “bar the Department of Defense from loaning or gifting any U.S. military aircraft or parts to any entity except those that would put the […]
The Minam Airlift
Serendipity can be a marvelous thing. Rumor had it that the Minam River Lodge, which dates to 1950 and is completely surrounded by the 560-square-mile Eagle Cap Wilderness in northeast Oregon, was to be auctioned off. The last operating wilderness lodge in eastern Oregon, there are only two ways to gain access to the lodge […]
Mogas sales on ‘temporary hold’ at Sonoma Jet Center
Sonoma Jet Center (SJC), located at Charles M. Schulz – Sonoma County Airport (STS) in Santa Rosa, Calif. reported in March they were selling ethanol-free 91 octane unleaded gasoline for aircraft use. According to SJC general manager, John Bridi, “a temporary hold has been placed on sales.” Paperwork and permitting appear to be the cause […]
Seattle looks to protect floatplanes
The City of Seattle is considering development restrictions near South Lake Union to preserve floatplane operations, according to a story in the April 13-19 issue of Puget Sound Business Journal. Kenmore Air operates as many as 100 flights a day, in the busy summer season. Proposed requirements include: Establishing a flight corridor southwest of the lake, […]
MMA and Cylinders?
Leave it up to the good folks in at San Antonio-based ECi to write a post for their website titled, “Cage Fighting for Cylinders“. In the post, ECi’s Tim Moreland acknowledges that “ECi has gotten a black eye for some cylinder failures so we went to the gym to toughen up.” Using the growing popularity […]