By DALE FORTON. First of all I want to thank General Aviation News for offering the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) the opportunity to publish articles that will be of interest to mechanics, as well as some pilots. PAMA is an association for the Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT). We promote professionalism and recognition for the […]
Random thoughts
By STEVE BILL HANSHEW It takes roughly three hours to mow my 2,100-foot runway. This allows ample time to contemplate life and its mysteries, as well as issues of great importance to humanity, but mostly it’s stupid stuff. For exampel, if Henri Pitot invented the Pitot tube, then who invented the cover? Who checks a […]
A trip to pick up a new plane results in a true GA experience
By DAVID NIXON This past January, I purchased a 1941 Piper J-5A Cub Cruiser from a friend in Port Angeles, Wash. I thought that flying the airplane home to Lenhardt’s AirHaven in Oregon would be an easy task. After all, it’s only a couple hundred miles away and, even though the Pacific Northwest is not […]
Lessons learned during my iPad year
By BILL WALKER I received an iPad for Christmas last year and put it to use straightaway in my Skyhawk. Not knowing which aviation application to use, I tried several. I purchased ForeFlight, Flight Guide and Pilot My-Cast by Garmin, and did a 30-day trial of WingX Pro from Hilton Software. Now, nearly a year […]
Around the world with Air Journey
By J. DOUGLAS HINTON It is the dream of many pilots to fly around the world. But the task of planning such a trip is overwhelming, even for the most seasoned aviator. Just the thought of dealing with landing permits, customs and immigration, and navigating across the oceans can make a pilot hesitate in deciding […]
The 100th anniversary of Naval Aviation?
By Ann Holtgren Pellegreno Despite banner headlines proclaiming that 2011 is the 100th anniversary of naval aviation, sufficient evidence exists to challenge that concept. In my opinion, the first naval aviation flight occurred in November 1910 when Eugene Fly flew from the deck of the U.S.S. Birmingham, anchored in Chesapeake Bay, and landed on a […]
Flying Southern Arizona skies
By MICHAEL COHEN Southern Arizona has many attractions for the private pilot, one of them being the more than 300 flying days in the year. In the summer, admittedly, these may be half days, since the midday density altitude can reach a number close to the operating ceiling of a low-performance trainer, and your airplane […]
Pilots collect toys for Tree of Hope
By DEB KLIER The morning of Dec. 3 dawned overcast, with predictions of snow in the Flying Cloud, Minn., area. Flight service was reporting weather in the area was OK now, but would get worse later in the day. As we were heading out to the airport, we wondered if we would be able to […]
Remembrance: M. Gene Dow
By NORVAL G. KENNEDY M. Gene Dow, former editor and publisher of General Aviation News, “The Green Sheet,” died Nov. 27, at age 82. He was editor of GAN in Snyder, Texas, from 1972 through 1977, then GAN publisher from 1977 through 1983. As GAN editor, Dow wrote his GUMP (Gas Undercarriage Mixture Prop) column […]