Cessna will deliver the first Model 162 Skycatcher Light Sport Aircraft to the first customer of the model later this year. The customer, Rose Pelton, wife of the company’s chairman, president and CEO, will use the LSA to pursue her private pilot’s license. “When I first saw the Skycatcher mockup at Oshkosh in 2007, I […]
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Flying school to open at Flabob
The flying school at Flabob Airport in Riverside, Calif., will reopen under new management Dec. 1. Dave Rogers of Rogers Aviation will move his established flying school from its long-time site at Chino Airport. Rogers, who has been flying for 54 years, has logged over 21,000 hours. He will bring with him his fleet, including […]
Veteran’s Day celebration at Flabob draws thousands
More than 3,000 people turned up for the free activities at Flabob Airport that honored America’s veterans. The day was a busy one, according to airport officials, who note the flight line quickly filled up with aircraft, including a number of warbirds from the Planes of Fame Museum and Classic Rotors. A pair of F-16s […]
FAA grounds Zodiacs
For the first time in history, the FAA has suspended issuance of any new airworthiness certificates for an entire fleet of special light-sport aircraft (S-LSA) — the Zodiac CH601XL and CH650 — and the FAA will not issue airworthiness certificates to experimental light-sport aircraft (E-LSA) and amateur built versions of CH601XL and CH605 aircraft until […]
What’s new? AOPA Aviation Summit spotlights latest products
While more low-key than in previous years, the AOPA Aviation Summit, held earlier this month in Tampa, Fla., served as the stage for several product debuts. Close to 7,300 people attended the Summit — formerly known as the AOPA Expo — while another 16,000 watched live streaming coverage of the event online. At the show, […]
ACR Electronics debuts Next Gen PLBs
ACR Electronics has introduced its newest generation of Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) — the SARLink 406 MHz GPS PLB. The one-button activated, emergency signalling device is lighter and comes with a strobe light and multi-use GPS acquisition testing. The SARLink has new features including: Built-in, bright LED strobe light, which increases visibility to Search and […]
Grand Forks Herald: Cirrus lays of 32 in Grand Forks
A story posted at the Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald reports that Cirrus is laying off 32 employee from its Grand Forks plant, and another 26 at its Duluth headquarters. From the story: “We had been staffed to a level higher than current demand and (Wednesday’s) changes are not a reflection of reduced demand,” Todd Simmons, […]
Movie review: “Amelia”
With all the hype surrounding the new movie “Amelia,” I was prepared to encounter another aviation biopic that slaughtered the main character and violated the Laws of Physics when it came to aviation and what airplanes can actually do in the air. I am pleased to say that the Laws of Physics remained intact, but I […]
Is GA a threat?
Has the Transportation Security Administration received any direct threats involving GA? No, said Brian Delauter, the new general manager of general aviation for the TSA, at a forum on security at the AOPA Aviation Summit earlier this month. “We are a risk-based organization,” he said. “Is there a risk? Yes. A threat? No.” When something […]