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Building a home for The Lost Squadron Museum

By General Aviation News Staff · December 10, 2004 ·

The folks at The Lost Squadron Museum in Middlesboro, Ky., are stepping up their annual raffle by offering three prizes this year.

Four new FAA rules take effect soon

By General Aviation News Staff · December 10, 2004 ·

Compliance with at least four important FAA mandates falls due during the first four months of 2005. One of them is particularly important to pilots flying over water or wilderness.

Open door policy: FSS and towers are open to pilots

By General Aviation News Staff · December 10, 2004 ·

Should Flight Service Stations and Air Traffic Control towers be open to pilots?

Pork to the rescue

By General Aviation News Staff · December 10, 2004 ·

Pork is great in barbecue, but generally undesirable in Congressional budgets.

G1000 certified for Mooney

By General Aviation News Staff · December 10, 2004 ·

The FAA has certified the Garmin G1000 in Mooney’s Ovation and Bravo aircraft. An STC was awarded to Garmin in November. Mooney has incorporated the approval into its Type Certificate.

101st anniversary coming up

By General Aviation News Staff · December 10, 2004 ·

A quick reminder: The 101st anniversary celebration of powered flight is set for Dec. 17 at the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kitty Hawk, N.C.

PA is cracking down on drunk flying

By General Aviation News Staff · December 10, 2004 ·

The Pennsylvania legislature has passed the Flying While Impaired Bill, which makes flying while drunk a misdemeanor, punishable by a $5,000 fine and possibly some jail time.

Safire assets auctioned off

By General Aviation News Staff · December 10, 2004 ·

Meanwhile, another very light jet hopeful, Safire Aircraft, saw most of its office equipment and shop tool inventory auctioned off late last month. The sale was forced by the owner of Safire’s former headquarters in Opa Locka, Fla., in an effort to recover some $60,000 in unpaid rent.

Retired Cessna president joins Javelin management team

By General Aviation News Staff · December 10, 2004 ·

Another coup for Aviation Technology Group, the Colorado company that’s bringing the Javelin jet to market: Charlie Johnson, former president and COO of Cessna, just joined the company as executive vice president of operations. Just two weeks ago, Horst Bergmann, former president and CEO of Jeppesen, also joined the company’s executive management team.

Sport Pilot: A disaster waiting to happen

By General Aviation News Staff · December 10, 2004 ·

I fear that I may be one of the few pilots in the country who does not warmly welcome the announcement of the new Sport Pilot ruling by the FAA. My concern is not with aircraft that fall in the lighter-than-air, weight-shift, gyroplanes and powered parachutes categories. Rather, my fear resides with the proposed Sport […]

Placing the blame

By General Aviation News Staff · December 10, 2004 ·

Cork Biemond makes a good point about the unfairness of the Sport Pilot driver’s license medical ruling excluding pilots who have previously been denied (Unelected bureaucrats pervert sport pilot) in the Oct 15 issue. He puts the blame on the wrong agency, however.

Who are they trying to kid?

By General Aviation News Staff · December 10, 2004 ·

Just wanted to add my two cents to your latest Letters to Editor about Bush vs. Kerry and the state of GA. Neither of the two will have a significant effect on GA. We need to focus our attention on those members who supposedly support us in Congress. They will by far impact us more […]

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