In regard to your most recent article in the Oct. 5, 2007, edition, “Fosset presumed dead,” I find it interesting that Steve or his aircraft have not been found to this point. There was no ELT activation and he filed no flight plan. I would like to submit that Steve and his aircraft might have […]
QUIT YOUR NIT-PICKING
I am writing regarding the letter by James Jackson of Carlisle, Ind., “Physicists cause the confusion” in the Oct. 5 issue. Again I had a good hearty chuckle at Mr. Jackson’s response and his apparent obsession with the term “Zero-G.” Now, it would seem, Mr. Jackson has some sort of issue with physicists as well. […]
NO FREE LUNCH
Any discussion regarding user fees would appear to require an alternative for those types of airport owners who provide community access but find it impossible to recover costs of airport operation. The type of airport, which my surveys have shown to be at risk of closing, is the smallest type community sole proprietorship. This type is simultaneously most […]
STRUCTURAL FAILURES IN ALL AEROBATIC AIRCRAFT
If I may, I would like to continue the thread of the letter by Dan Bierly, “Success of Edge speaks for itself,” in the Oct. 19 issue, a bit further and shed some historical information that I feel paints a more accurate picture of airframe integrity in our unlimited aerobatic aircraft. The truth is that […]
the buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
“I am going to wear my old uniform if I can find it and still fit into it!” — a World War II veteran preparing for a USO-style hangar dance to raise money for the North Carolina Air Museum “It seems I was born to go fast — fast cars and fast airplanes.” — NASCAR […]
A pride of pilots
You know that photograph of a pride of lions under the wing of a Twin Otter? This is the Copperstate Fly-In version; a “pride” of EAA members, Chapter 691, the Green Chile Chapter from Santa Fe, N.M., to be precise. The gaggle of guys took shelter from the Arizona sun in the shade of a […]
True Flight Aerospace plans summer roll-out for Tiger
As more of the tooling for the well-regarded Tiger arrives in Georgia from the airplane’s most recent manufacturing plant in West Virginia, True Flight Aerospace – the new owner – is projecting that production there will start “early in 2008.” True Flight’s chief executive, Kevin Lancaster, says the four-seat, single-engine Tiger will be manufactured “in […]
‘Candy Bomber’ becomes LSA owner
Col. Gail Halvorsen, who became known as the “Candy Bomber” during the Berlin Airlift, is now the owner of a Remos G-3. During the Soviet blockade of Berlin in 1948-1949, Halvorsen dropped candy attached to small parachutes to the children of Berlin. These days the 87-year-old visits schools and gives talks about the Berlin Airlift. […]
Opposition grows against proposed requirements for international flights
More than 2,000 comments have been submitted to the U.S Customs and Border Protection Agency regarding proposed requirements for international general aviation flights. Opposition to the proposal was nearly unanimous. Deadline for submitting comments has been extended to Dec. 4 for the proposal, which would require GA pilots to file online pilot and passenger information […]