A North American B-25N Mitchell World War II bomber returned to the skies on May 31 after a 28 year restoration by volunteers of the Commemorative Air Force aviation museum in Mesa, Arizona. Named “Maid in the Shade” in deference to its extended stay inside the museum’s hangar, the aircraft lifted off the Falcon Field […]
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Jet fuels from plants could be certified soon
Jet fuels derived from algae, camelina and jatropha — plants that pack an energy punch, are not eaten as food and do not displace food crops — could be approved and replacing petroleum fuels in commercial flights as early as next year, a Boeing executive said yesterday, according to a May 29 Greenwire report by […]
Overnight curfew for NY airport discussed
New York congressional members want the Federal Aviation Administration to consider an overnight curfew at the Westchester County Airport, Newsday reported on June 1. The airport currently asks airlines and private jets to refrain from flying between midnight and 6:30 a.m. voluntarily, but some flights still take off or land during those hours. Reps. Nita […]
Planemakers challenged to find unleaded fuel option
The elimination of lead from automotive fuel long has been hailed as a top environmental achievement, but finding a replacement for the leaded aviation fuel used in tens of thousands of piston engine aircraft has proven to be much more difficult, wrote The Wichita Eagle’s Molly McMillan on May 30. Eventually, the Environmental Protection Agency […]
Signal Aviation’s Max Green earns advanced line service certification
Signal Aviation’s Line Service Manager, Max Green, has received Advanced ExxonMobil Aviation PremierCare Line Service Certification. Exxon’s PremierCare certification program was developed by technical specialists to cover safety, fuels and refueling procedures, aircraft servicing, quality control and customer service. Based at the Lebanon Airport in New Hampshire, Signal Aviation provides fueling, parking, catering, hangar storage […]
Luscombe raffle tickets going fast
The WIN ME raffle from the Luscombe Endowment is drawing to a close. According to endowment officials, there are less than 250 tickets remaining for the restored Luscombe T8F WIN ME airplane. The T8F Luscombe is a rare airplane with fewer than 100 originally built, and rarely more than a dozen licensed and flying at […]
AirFEST helps dreams of flight
The annual Southern Wisconsin AirFEST created “a ton of excitement” in the skies above Janesville, Wisconsin during the last weekend of May, according to the Wisconsin Aviation Academy, which is funded by AirFEST proceeds. More to the point, the show helped to fuel dreams of flight for some high school students. Whether they know it […]
Mid-Atlantic Aviation Coalition-New Jersey gets message across
Aviation organizations from around New Jersey took exhibits to the State House in Trenton during General Aviation Awareness Week, sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Coalition-New Jersey, which was held May 18 through May 22. The event demonstrates the value of general aviation to the state and its communities. MAAC-NJ’s display was set up in Goldfinch […]
June 1 TSA security deadline stands
During a May 27 conference call with aviation industry organizations, the Transportation Security Administration reaffirmed the June 1 deadline for final implementation of its controversial Security Directive 1542-04-08F, commonly referred to simply as 8F, which would require background checks and photographic identification for any pilot needing unescorted access to airports serving commercial airlines. The general […]