Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John Pistole unveiled two GA security initiatives on opening day of AirVenture in Oshkosh: The general aviation component of DHS’s nationwide “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign, and a streamlined system for vetting passengers and crew on general aviation aircraft […]
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Homebuilders Hangar dedicated at OSH
The new Homebuilders Hangar on the AirVenture grounds in Oshkosh was officially dedicated on opening day. The hangar, in the old NASA building, was made possible through a $100,000 grant from Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co. It is designed to be a meeting place for homebuilders, according to Adam Smith, EAA’s vp of member services. […]
New president for EAA
The Experimental Aircraft Association has a new president — and his last name isn’t Poberezny. Longtime pilot and EAA member Rod Hightower (pictured, left), a businessman who flies a Stearman, was named to the association’s top post on opening day of AirVenture. Hightower is only the third president in the history of the association and […]
Grandpa’s Glide Slope
Before there was Global Positioning Systems, Wide Area Augmentation Systems and Instrument Landing Systems, pilots depended on Ground Control Approaches (GCA) to find their way to the runway in poor weather. The mobile GCA unit was developed during World War II by the Gilfillan Co. Before the war the company built radios, entering the aviation […]
AOPA, EAA team with new TV series
The Aviators, the new weekly magazine-style television series that premieres this September, has partnered with North America’s two largest general aviation organizations, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). EAA will be supporting The Aviators at AirVenture 2010 in Oshkosh by hosting a media launch of the show on Wednesday, […]
User fees redux?
Another indication that communications in the nation’s capital should be improved is the Department of Transportation’s proposed five-year plan in which the agency sets out its goals through 2015. General aviation is all but forgotten, except for pushing again the idea that the current funding of the FAA should be something other than fuel taxes. […]
A flying legend: S.C. collector prepares his DC-3 for the 75th anniversary at Oshkosh
By BILL WALKER, For General Aviation News The real welcome sign in front of the H.E. Avent Marlboro County Jetport at Bennettsville, S.C., is not the neatly scripted greeting near the front door, but the flying legend parked at the entrance. N59NA, a 1943 Douglas DC-3 (C-47), peacefully stands watch over the Jetport. This oil-dripping, […]
Short Wing Piper Club holds annual convention
By Jan Widman The Short Wing Piper Club celebrated its members and the Tri-Pacers, Pacers, Clippers, Vagabonds and Colts they fly at its annual convention, held this year in Middletown, Ohio, June 21-25. Amanda Wright Lane, the great grand-niece of the Wright brothers, was featured as the banquet speaker. The club’s Education Foundation, funded solely […]
B&S Aircraft to host combat veteran at AirVenture booth
Every war veteran has a story, but U.S. Army Capt. Brian Brennan’s has been making headlines ever since his Humvee exploded in Afghanistan and the 23-year-old was left fighting for his life. It’s a story that B&S Aircraft wants others to hear and celebrate during this year’s “Salute to Veterans” at AirVenture. “We couldn’t think […]