Premier/West Star has acquired Jet Aviation’s Dallas MRO services. Located at Love Field Airport (KDAL), Jet Aviation’s Dallas location is a full service FBO offering heavy aircraft maintenance, light repairs, avionics installations and support, electrical installations, and sheet metal repair work. Premier/West Star will now provide aircraft maintenance services at this location. Jet Aviation will […]
FAA gives aproval to Shadin Avionics’ RSVM upgrade for Citations
Shadin Avionics has received FAA approval for the RVSM ADC 6000 software upgrade that provides ARINC 429 data to the Chelton Flight System’s Synthetic Vision EFIS. This installation is currently flying on the Citation 500 series aircraft. Shadin Avionics’ RVSM-capable ADC 6000 Airdata system for the Cessna Citation offers a simple and economical path to […]
Cold weather training program unveiled for Cessna Caravan
Cessna Caravan pilots now have a detailed cold-weather training program they can use to enhance their understanding of how the airplane handles winter weather. The new program is a direct result of a months-long joint effort involving the Cessna Aircraft Co., the FAA and the Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association (RACCA). In response to operating […]
Bill Lear and surplus WWII aircraft-what’s the connection?
Finding the real story behind a specific work of art often can be as satisfying as a good mystery thriller, especially when seemingly unrelated events leads one to the image being depicted. I don’t remember exactly how it happened, but there I was talking on the phone to William P. Lear Jr. During the conversation […]
Ethanol warning
In your Dec. 1 issue Thomas Norton had a brief article, “FAA warns ‘mogas’ users about ethanol.” I was glad to see an article informing readers about the growing usage of ethanol in auto fuel and how it will violate the STC allowing its use. However, Mr. Norton was in error when he stated that […]
Thanks for the review
Many thanks for the review of my book in the Dec. 15 issue (Anne Morrow Lindbergh: First Lady of the Air). I found it informative and insightful, and appreciate your comments. An avid reader of the above and other aviation magazines, I enjoy your articles and look forward to your future bylines. I hope to […]
WHERE’S THE ADDED VALUE?
This is the first column feedback for any publication I have ever sent but I just had to. I believe Clint Adkins hit the nail on the head (Where are the expert answers? Ask Paul, Dec. 1, 2006). From the first copy of GANews I ever received I wondered what law school did this guy […]
The Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
“An average of two accidents a week is not a record to be proud of, nor one easily explainable to an insurance company or the FAA.” — the 2006 Nall Report on the number of accidents caused by fuel mismanagement. “This law is unnecessary, discriminatory, anti-business and ineffective — and it violates the U.S. Constitution.” […]
Is your headset canceling too much noise?
The FAA has issued an Information for Operators (InFo) that advises pilots who use noise-canceling headsets of the potential for missing audible alarms and other sounds. While the InFo is intended for commercial operations, the warning is just as important for GA pilots. It notes that noise-canceling headsets use a combination of padding and electronic […]