Officials with Team Tango are teaming with THXH Hubei Aviation Co. to produce their American-designed aircraft in China for the international market. Officials with the company are signing a cooperation agreement Friday, June 22, with the Xiangtan Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone Administration Commission in support of the joint venture between Team Tango and the THXH […]
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Top CAP cadets in spotlight at national competition
Civil Air Patrol cadets from across America gather in Dayton, Ohio, starting today for the 2012 National Cadet Competition, a prestigious CAP inspection and drill event that originated in 1947. Scheduled for June 20-24 at Wright State University in Dayton, the competition will be held in front of special guests including senior Air Force personnel, […]
North Carolina builders progress on Stits Skycoupe
Last September I reported on our efforts to complete a rare Stits SA-7D Skycoupe project first begun in the early 1960s. Our group of homebuilders in central North Carolina set a few basic goals to achieve by the end of the year: Form a club; recover all flying surfaces; and return the plane’s Lycoming O-290-D […]
NTSB issues safety alert on limitations of cockpit weather displays
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a Safety Alert to warn pilots using in-cockpit FIS-B and Satellite Weather display systems that the NEXRAD “age indicator” can be misleading. The actual NEXRAD data can be as much as 20 minutes older than the age indication on the display in the cockpit. […]
Response to Cessna Pilots article on avgas
The June 2012 issue of the Cessna Pilots Association Magazine featured an article from Jim Cavanagh titled “Get the Lead Out!” The third part in a series, it dealt with alternatives to 100LL. While it includes a good review of efforts to find an unleaded 100-octane replacement, we felt the need to weigh in on […]
The Great Debate: What’s the worst FAA regulation?
What’s the worst FAA regulation? That’s the topic of The Great Debate at Air Facts. Check it out here and add to the discussion.
Can you fly with a pacemaker?
Did you know the FAA allows pilots with implanted cardiac pacemakers to fly under all classes of medical certification? As of the end of 2010, there were 57 first-class, 59 second-class, and 322 third-class airmen who had been granted medical certification with a permanent pacemaker, according to this blog post at AOPA.org by Dr. Warren […]
Galt Airport on auction block
A story in the Chicago Tribune reports that Galt Airport will go on the foreclosure auction block this week over a debt of $16 million. The story notes: “Galt has some quirky characteristics — including a cabin in which hangar tenants can spend the night — but its story reveals some of the pressures facing […]
Reeve Lindbergh to speak at museum
Reeve Lindbergh, youngest daughter of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, will speak at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire Saturday July 21, at 11 a.m. Her presentation and subsequent book signing is open to the public and attendance to both events will be included in the regular price of admission to the museum. Reeve Lindbergh is […]