Paul Leadabrand, owner of the Boise, Idaho-based Stick & Rudder Aviation, is flying a factory-built Kitfox S-LSA to the Jan. 20-23 U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida. The 2,100-mile flight will be flown VFR, of course, using only a Dynon SkyView and an iPad for navigation. Paul says, “since I will have come all […]
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Refining Remos
With new opportunities, there are new possibilities and new challenges. Both appeal to Gretchen Jahn, former CEO of Mooney Aircraft, as well as former general manager of New Zealand’s Alpha Aviation. In July, Jahn became the Chief Operating Officer of Remos Aircraft. When General Aviation News caught up with Jahn at AirVenture, she had been […]
PiperSport no more
Piper Aircraft Inc. is terminating its business relationship with Czech Republic-based Czech Sport Aircraft to market that company’s Light Sport Aircraft under the PiperSport name, citing differences in business philosophies. “After a year working with Czech Sport Aircraft, Piper determined that it is in our company’s best long-term interests to discontinue the business relationship which […]
FCC cancels 121.5 MHz ELT prohibition
The Federal Communications Commission has formally stayed its rule on the prohibition on the certification, manufacture, importation, sale or use of emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) that transmit distress alerts on frequency 121.5 MHz.2. The FCC took this action at the request of the FAA. FCC officials are planning a new Notice requesting public comment on […]
The Wrong Stuff: Flying on the Edge of Disaster
BOOK REVIEW By J. DOUGLAS HINTON, For General Aviation News It’s not often you can pick up an autobiography or biography and get right into the action. You usually have to suffer through two or three tedious chapters telling where the person was born, raised, went to school, what sports they played, who their friends […]
The Art of Aerobatics
Air show performer and Red Bull race pilot Michael Goulian shares his insights into his flying career — and more — in a very cool new video at AirShowBuzz.com
Tour the world’s largest military museum — without leaving your house
Imagine sitting in your living room when suddenly you find yourself in the Presidential Gallery of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, standing on the steps of the Sacred Cow, the aircraft on which President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 creating the U.S. Air Force. Glancing around you also […]
An open letter to Florida’s new governor
Leadership at the Florida Aviation Trades Association (FATA) have sent a letter to the state’s new governor, asking him to reconsider his decision to sell the state’s aircraft. The letter to Gov. Rick Scott — who is a pilot and aircraft owner — begins by applauding the governor for his “use of your own aircraft […]
Elementary school to focus on aviation
An elementary school in Blaine, Minnesota, devoted to flight will make its maiden voyage in September. According to a report in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, the Anoka-Hennepin district is converting University Avenue Elementary School, a regular neighborhood school, to the University Avenue Specialty School for Aviation, Children’s Engineering and Science. Read the full report […]