One of the greatest challenges at an airport is creating open lines of communication between airport tenants and the airport sponsor. In today’s busy society it can be difficult to get the parties in the same room for a discussion, much less on the same page. One way to facilitate communication is to have conversations […]
Time to upgrade? NTSB pushes pilots to put new ELTs in their plans
Have you made plans to upgrade the Emergency Locator Transmitter in your aircraft? You may want to consider it. The National Transportation Safety Board advocates replacing the 121.5 and 243.0 MHz ELTs in the country’s general aviation fleet with digital 406 MHz models. Deadline for the conversion is Feb. 1, 2009. The reason? The new […]
“Welcome to sunny Florida.”
The fellow who uttered this statement was wearing long pants and so many shirts, sweaters and jackets that he did not appear able to bend his elbows. And rightly so. It was COLD, I tell you, on the last day of the Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Fla., which took place Jan.17-20. On that day […]
How to put on an air show: The experts speak
Have you ever been to an air show or fly-in where the experience was so bad that it wouldn’t matter if your favorite air show performer and every airworthy warbird in the United States was scheduled to be there — and giving free rides — you STILL wouldn’t go back? It happens. It’s the little […]
Air Victory Museum in danger : State ups rent to $2,000 a month
Have you ever rented a house, had the landlord sell the property, and the new landlord increase the rent so much you wondered how you were going to pay it? In a nutshell that’s what’s happening to the Air Victory Museum at South Jersey Regional Airport (VAY) near Mount Holly, N.J. Until recently the museum […]
The perfect museum experience
Planning a visit to an aviation museum is a lot like making a cross-country flight. The better your planning is, the better your visit will be. Getting started Start your visit by getting as much information as you can about the exhibits, including when they are open. That way there are no unpleasant surprises, such […]
Kansas Aviation Museum begins restoration of B-47
Last spring the Kansas Aviation Museum began the task of raising $110,000 to move a B-47 to the museum from a parking lot at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. That mission was successful and today that WB-47E is on the ramp at the museum, where it is undergoing restoration. Once that’s complete, it […]
Is a computer required equipment to fl y? How can aircraft owners without computers access AD’s
You might think that these days a desk-top computer is as common in a maintenance hangar as a set of wrenches, but it’s not so. There are still some licensed aircraft mechanics who don’t utilize cyberspace. That can make it difficult to find out about Airworthiness Directives that affect the aircraft they are working on. […]
Online search and rescue site launched
Although the search for millionaire adventurer and pilot Steve Fossett has been unsuccessful so far, there has been a positive outcome. When Fossett went missing, satellite technology and the Internet allowed “searchers” anywhere in the world to study the search area remotely. It was the first time the method had been utilized. As a result, […]