The Aircraft Electronics Association is rolling out the red carpet for attendees of its 54th annual AEA International Convention & Trade Show in March at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nev., with lower hotel room rates; a $175 discount for early bird convention registration; and by giving attendees and exhibitors the weekend off. AEA […]
Restoring a special B-17
By BILL WALKER, For General Aviation News The man was in his 80s, too frail to lift himself through the door of the iconic aircraft being restored in the gallery of the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Savannah, Ga. “What if he hurt himself?” someone asked. “The museum might be liable,” someone else worried […]
Setting the record straight
FlightPrep has been in the news lately about enforcing its Online Flight Planning Patent. Some of the news has been wrong, according to company officials, who sent an open letter to the aviation community to clarify information. The letter states: Stenbock and Everson, Inc., or FlightPrep as people know it today, is a small company, […]
Want to live like the Lears?
Bill Lear Jr.’s last residence at Spruce Creek Fly-In in Florida has been put for sale by his widow, Brenda. There are plenty of photos of the hangar home online, which should give you a chance to see how the other half lives. Check it out at 1780doolittle.com
FAA loses track of 119,000 aircraft
According to an Associated Press story, the FAA is missing key information on who owns one-third of the 357,000 private and commercial aircraft in the U.S. — a gap the agency fears could be exploited by terrorists and drug traffickers. The story notes that “About 119,000 of the aircraft on the U.S. registry have ‘questionable […]
Go ahead and fly
LETTER TO THE EDITOR I’d like to express my deepest thanks to Lycoming for taking this positive “can co” attitude” (Guest Editorial: Go ahead and fly) and all their efforts in research and in educating the flying public on what’s happening with the issue of unleaded fuel. Over the past few years I’ve heard many […]
A puzzling problem
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Just read Ask Paul’s post (A puzzling compression problem) and it reminded me of an problem I found several years ago. I had a Lycoming IO-360 180 hp in a Pitts that began to use some oil. It increased gradually from a quart in 15 or 20 hours to 10, then […]
Skycatcher highlights EAA sweepstakes
A Cessna 162 Skycatcher tops the list of prizes in the 2011 EAA Share the Spirit Sweepstakes, open at WinAPlane.com now through the end of EAA AirVenture 2011. The Cessna 162 Skycatcher light-sport aircraft (LSA) features: Garmin G300 glass cockpit 1,320 maximum gross weight Teledyne Continental Motors O-200D engine LED overhead panel lighting Dual flight […]
Extra 500 introduced in Australia
Extra Aircraft has appointed Extra Aviation Australasia as the exclusive distributor of the Extra 500 Spirit for the Asia Pacific Rim. Based at Brisbane’s Archerfield Airport in Queensland, Extra Aviation Australasia will introduce the first certified, carbon fiber turboprop to the Australian market and support the aircraft with a service center network in each major […]