I met Bill Harrelson at the 2009 Copperstate Fly-In. Bill, an efficiency expert, sent me an email detailing the nearly non-stop flight home (Arizona to Virginia) in N5ZQ, a Lancair 320. That was more than three years and one N-number ago. In Thursday afternoon’s EAA e-Hotline I see that Bill is back at it. He […]
Flight Guide adds ADS-B in-flight weather
The Flight Guide iEFB (v5.0.4) has added ADS-B in-flight weather via Sky Radar single and dual band units from Radenna. Larry Garcia, owner of Airguide Publications said, “Flight Guide iEFB now displays live color coded weather and data such as NEXRAD, AIRMETs, SIGMETs, TFRs and Winds Aloft as an overlay on any VFR or IFR chart, providing increased situational awareness and flight safety.” Airguide Publications, […]
Satellite trackers integrate with Flight Service in Alaska
Do you own a SPOT or Spidertracks tracker? If so, you might want to keep an eye on the Enhanced Special Report Service (eSRS). Tom George, (AOPA’s Regional Manager in Alaska) and Adam White (Alaska Airmen’s Association past president) worked with Flight Service in Alaska to create eSRS which enhances a VFR flight plan with satellite tracking devices. Flight Service can now […]
A five, or seven, year ‘loophole’… some context
President Obama has called for changing the depreciation schedule for newly aquired non-commercial aircraft from five to seven years. Jay Carney, the president’s press secretary calls the current two-year schedule difference a special tax loophole. As you might imagine, this has pushed the aviation alphabet groups into damage control mode. Being of limited ability to comprehend “Washington speak” […]
Overhauling, and more, for 35 years
TULSA, Okla. – Aircraft Specialties Services is celebrating 35 years in business in 2013. Founded in December 1978 Aircraft Specialties Services started with a single Storm-Vulcan cam grinding machine and the goal of supplying reconditioned cams to local engine overhaul shops around the Tulsa airport. Word spread that the company was providing high quality work at a […]
IAA March newsletter now online
The March issue of the Idaho Aviation Association newsletter, The Flyline, is now online.
A first for Northwest Aviation Conference
PUYALLUP, Wash. – The Northwest Aviation Conference & Trade Show included a first this year. The inaugural Aviation Business & Career Forum kicked off the 30th annual conference on Friday. The forum was organized to offer a venue for people interested in the aviation industry to learn more about it, and for those already working […]
RAF Winter newsletter online
The Recreational Aviation Foundation has posted its Winter 2013 newsletter to its website.
Context is hard to find when the numbers are this big
We are all encouraged to “Write Congress” to support [fill in the cause here] from time to time. Often, the intention of the person seeking help is honorable. A post I just read on the Facebook page of Kyle Franklin from Franklin’s Flying Circus is a good example. It is a plea with the best […]