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CAP to perform critical missions during shutdown
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — The Civil Air Patrol will continue to perform emergency and disaster response missions authorized by the Air Force during the federal government shutdown. CAP annually participates in 90% of America’s inland search and rescue missions. CAP saved 32 lives in 2012 while conducting 700 search and rescue missions, nine […]
Air Force museum closed due to shutdown
DAYTON, Ohio — The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is temporarily closed due to the federal government shutdown. All museum events and activities have been suspended until an appropriation bill or continuing resolution is enacted.
VIP parking garage with valet service opens at TME
HOUSTON — Now open at Houston Executive Airport (TME) is a new VIP parking garage. At 17,500 square feet, the garage is an added amenity to a long list of airport offerings at the west Houston facility, said Andrew Perry, executive director for Houston Executive Airport and Austin Executive Airport. “At Houston Executive Airport, we […]
STC approved for MT composite prop for Cirrus with FIKI
BLOOMER, Wis. — Flight Resource, the world’s largest distributor of MT Propellers, reports that an STC has been approved to install 4-blade MT composite propellers on the Cirrus SR22 and SR22T, including those with Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI). This upgrade provides up to 17 pounds of weight savings, turbine-like smoothness, reduced noise (inside and out), and […]
Lee Lauderback to be inducted into EAA Hall of Fame
EAA Warbirds of America has chosen Stallion 51’s Lee Lauderback as its 2013 inductee into the 2013 EAA Sport Aviation Hall of Fame. Lauderback was selected by the Warbirds Nominating Committee and approved by the board of directors during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The 2013 EAA Sport Aviation Hall of Fame ceremony will be held Thursday, […]
The mogas debate
By MICHAEL G. MOONEY The debate about using mogas in aircraft has been around my entire aviation career. I’m a pilot and love all things aviation, but after 25 years working as an aviation fuel supplier, I have some real concerns about the use of automotive motor gasoline (mogas) in aircraft. Aviation fuel suppliers are […]
Advocating for NextGen
Representatives from a diverse group of industries and organizations joined Monday to discuss the successes and upcoming challenges of NextGen, the FAA’s initiative to modernize the nation’s air transportation system, and to warn in the last day of the fiscal year about sequestration budget cuts that threaten to impede NextGen’s progress. “If we don’t keep […]
Burke earns Wright Brothers’ Master Pilot Award
On Oct. 21, 1962, Thomas Allen Burke, then 19, successfully completed his first solo flight in a Piper Colt out of the Raleigh Municipal Airport in North Carolina. Now a resident of Greenville, S.C., Burke has safety piloted a number of different makes and models of aircraft. Burke served many years as Chief Flight Instructor […]