The National Business Aviation Association is keeping a watchful eye on developments following a formal ruling, issued by the Environmental Protection Agency on April 17, that greenhouse gases, including aviation emissions, threaten public health, said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. The ruling means that the agency could step in to regulate emissions from aircraft […]
The Seawind amphibian is back
In this time of bad news and economic slowdown, we are pleased to bring you some good news. The Seawind people don’t know how to give up, as a new flyer from the builders of that handsome amphibian tells us. A year and a half after the flight test prototype’s test pilot crashed it and […]
Sun ‘n Fun Today digital edition online
Find out the latest news from Sun ‘n Fun in Lakeland, Florida, by reading our digital edition of Sun ‘n Fun Today at GeneralAviationNews.com/snf. Sun ‘n Fun Today is the official daily newspaper of Sun ‘n Fun. It is produced by the staff of General Aviation News, in partnership with Sun ‘n Fun.
90th anniversary of historic parachute jump
On April 19, 1919, Leslie Leroy Irvin made the world’s first free fall parachute descent using a rip cord, rather than a canister or tether line attached to the aircraft to pull open the parachute. Working with the US Army Air Service parachute research team, Irvin made the historic jump from a plane over McCook […]
Lawyer calls Zodiac CH-601XL ‘Corvair of the Air’
The recommendation of the National Transportation Safety Board to ground Zodiac CH-601XL Special Light Sport Aircraft caught the attention of Lawyer Ladd Sanger, whose law firm describes him as “a leading air crash litigation attorney.” That could be bad news for Zodiac designer Chris Heintz, even though he lives in Canada, and for his U.S.-based […]
New Smyrna Beach’s unfriendly skies
Residents of Florida’s New Smyrna Beach are “abuzz over airport noise,” wrote Mark Johnson in the Daytona Beach News-Journal recently. “A breeze barely moves the palm fronds as Ken Petrie Jr. enjoys a beer on his pool deck when a muted drone interrupts the pleasant evening on the shores of Turnbull Bay,” Johnson wrote. “A […]
Historical marker for 1953 ANG crash
A few minutes after midnight on December 6, 1953, four F-84D jet aircraft of the Georgia Air National Guard 128th Fighter Bomber Squadron crashed on their approach to Dobbins Air Force Base near Marietta, Georgia. Recently, a historic marker was placed near this site, to mark the crash and the subsequent findings that changed aircraft […]
AOPA launches GA promotion featuring Harrison Ford
General aviation is an economic engine that pumps $150 billion into the United States economy each year, states an April 20 AOPA news release. In local communities, it brings outside business in, and lets local businesses extend their reach. It provides more than a million jobs nationwide and it provides services to all Americans through […]
Samson Motors redesigns flying motorcycle
After Samson Motors’ SkyBike flying motorcycle made its debut at last year’s AirVenture, a collaboration between Samson and Swift Engineering generated a new design, thanks to input from the company’s e-newsletter subscribers. “The survey indicated a preference for side-by-side seating, the new wing design, and the longer range that went with it,” said Sam Bousfield, […]