Micro AeroDynamics has crossed the 500 mark in the number of aircraft models eligible for installation. Since the company was founded in 1989, Micro AeroDynamics has shipped more than 5,000 VG kits to aircraft owners all over the world. In all cases, the stall speed is lowered and slow speed handling of the aircraft is […]
Buy FAA charts online
The FAA’s National Aeronautical Charting Office (NACO) has launched its online ordering service for aeronautical charts, flight publications, and digital products. U.S. nautical charts produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and worldwide aeronautical and hydrographic charts and publications produced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) also can be purchased through this service. […]
A powerful decision
By PETER M. BOWERS. This is a classic Of Wings & Things from the 1980s. GAN will continue to run the late Mr. Bowers’ column for the enjoyment of his readers. One of the major decisions for any airplane designer is powerplant. Sometimes the choice is made for the designer when the customer who ordered […]
What about the ADIZ?
You missed a big opportunity to make a better case for “bureaucratic overreaction” (Truth or consequences: Where zeal can compromise safety, November issue) when you failed to mention or discuss the one issue that concerns all pilots in the “Southern” area: FAA’s and the Secret Service’s attempt to make permanent the Washington ADIZ. There was […]
Cameras provide valuable data
I would like to suggest another camera coverage that could provide significant and unmatched aircraft flight data (The eye of the camera, November issue). Digital cameras, with wide angle lenses, could be mounted on the exterior of commercial aircraft. Possible locations are the vertical stabilizer and the fore end of the underside fuselage. With the […]
Upsetting article
Just thought you should know that for quite a few years now I have enjoyed your magazine. I am currently a 767 captain for a major airline (luckily one enjoying high profits) and was quite upset to read the article “The eye of the camera” by Joel Elman in the November issue. Your advertisers are […]
Solo pole-to-pole flight scrubbed
A contaminant found in the fuel of Gus McLeod’s Firefly appears to be sabotage, the Maryland pilot said on Nov. 18. The mysterious incident has forced further postponement of McLeod’s planned pole-to-pole solo flight around the world. “After an analysis of the contamination, and cutting the tanks open for inspection, the verdict is inescapable,” he said. […]
Potomac Airfield remains closed
The Transporation Security Administration closed Potomac Airfield (VKX), which is in the ADIZ, for alleged security violations in early November. One of the “DC-3,” the airport had been notified repeatedly about its failure to comply with security regulations, according to federal officials. Airport officials say its security procedures actually go beyond what the TSA requires.
Mustang gathering postponed
Stallion 51 made history in 1999 with its “Gathering of Mustangs and Legends” at Kissimmee, Fla. Since then, the group has been planning another gathering – “The Final Roundup” – for Stead Field, Reno, but “the interest and enthusiasm has expanded well beyond our original plans,” said organizer Angela West. “Due to the event exceeding […]