A new FBO, Boundary Bay Air Services, has opened at Boundary Bay Airport (CZBB), which is just outside downtown Vancouver. Boundary Bay Air Services provides separate VIP and pilot lounges, a board room, flight planning facilities, on-site customs, hangars, Air BP fuel service, catering, courtesy car, limousine service, car rentals and hotel reservations. Passengers are […]
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NATA releases 2012 events schedule
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has released its 2012 schedule of educational seminars and events. NATA also recently released an events catalog, which can be accessed on the association’s homepage. “This coming year is shaping up to be one of the most pivotal years ever for our members,” said NATA President and CEO James […]
Random thoughts
By STEVE BILL HANSHEW It takes roughly three hours to mow my 2,100-foot runway. This allows ample time to contemplate life and its mysteries, as well as issues of great importance to humanity, but mostly it’s stupid stuff. For exampel, if Henri Pitot invented the Pitot tube, then who invented the cover? Who checks a […]
First tailwheel solo: Jerry Rittenhouse
We recently asked pilots on our Facebook page to share the story of their first solos. Here’s Jerry Rittenhouse’s story: In 1965 at age 20, I heard of a 1941 Piper J5 for sale at Morton, Washington. The J5 was a 75-hp tailwheel lightplane. Morton was a logging town in the foothills of the Cascade […]
Cirrus committed to jet
Cirrus Aircraft officials say they are making steady progress on the SF50 Vision jet program and the prototype has logged more than 700 flight test hours since its first flight in 2008. A report at AOPA.org quotes CEO Dale Klapmeier: “We’re absolutely committed to the program and are convinced it will do well in the […]
Final agenda revealed for NTSB airshow hearing
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has announced the final agenda for its Air Race and Airshow Safety Hearing, which takes place Jan. 10. The start time for the hearing, which is being held at the NTSB Conference Center and Board Room in Washington, DC, has been changed to 9 a.m. (EST). Fifteen witnesses will […]
Tuskegee Airmen symposium set
A Tuskegee Airmen Symposium will be held at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15. The event is free to museum members and included in the price of regular admission for non-members. General admission tickets may be purchased online at PacificAviationMuseum.org. For more information call 808-441-1007. The […]
Roberts Aviation opens at SGJ
Roberts Aviation, an Ohio-based maintenance provider, has expanded its FAA Certified Repair Station capabilities to Northeast Florida Regional Airport (SGJ). Roberts Aviation provides maintenance service and support for all types of turbine powered aircraft. Capabilities include repair/major overhaul, composite and sheet metal work, hot section work and other service items. Roberts Aviation can support all […]
A trip to pick up a new plane results in a true GA experience
By DAVID NIXON This past January, I purchased a 1941 Piper J-5A Cub Cruiser from a friend in Port Angeles, Wash. I thought that flying the airplane home to Lenhardt’s AirHaven in Oregon would be an easy task. After all, it’s only a couple hundred miles away and, even though the Pacific Northwest is not […]