The Aeronautical Repair Station Association has issued a call to members to get on the phone, fax machine or e-mail to press Congress for a change in an FAA reauthorization bill requirement affecting U.S. repair stations that work on European aircraft. According to ARSA, the bill “will severely damage the competitive balance enjoyed by domestic […]
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Canadian Aviation Heritage Center opens May 23
The Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre at Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, opens to the public on May 23, according to a news release from the organization. The Centre’s goal is to preserve Quebec’s civil and military aviation history. Its opening coincides with the 100th anniversary of powered flight in Canada. Aircraft on display include a 1909 Bleriot XI […]
Roy Haggard named to Rogallo Hall of Fame
Roy Haggard, the chief technologist and founder of Vertigo, Inc., was inducted into the Rogallo Foundation‘s Hall of Fame on May 17 for his innovative contributions to the development of aviation. Haggard has been involved in low-speed flight technology since the 1970s. In 1980, he designed and introduced a hang glider known as the UP […]
Santa Monica jet ban blocked; Van Nuys next?
On May 15, the City of Santa Monica’s longstanding effort to ban category C and D aircraft from operating into Santa Monica Airport was blocked again, this time by an FAA hearing officer whose 116-page ruling on the FAA Part 16 dispute between the city and the agency stated, among (many) other things: “The ordinance […]
TSA security badge rule starts June 1
A Transportation Security Administration directive mandating badging at airports serving commercial air carriers is scheduled to go into effect June 1. The controversial new requirement expands the airport identification process to include private aircraft owners, GA maintenance providers, FBO employees, flight instructors, flight school students and other airport tenants needing unescorted access to the airport […]
TSA urged to withdraw badge requirement
The TSA should withdraw its security directive mandating badging at airports serving commercial air carriers, and consult affected parties and find a sensible alternative instread, general aviation leaders said on May 19 in a joint letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. AOPA President Craig Fuller and leaders of other trade associations […]
1940s World War II Ball slated for Boulder Airport
A 1940s World War II Ball is slated for Saturday, June 13, at Colorado’s Boulder Airport (BDU). Aircraft expected to be on display include the British World War I Fighter SE5 from the Hells Angels Flying Team scene in the movie “The Aviator,” a BT13, a Staggerwing, and the “Pacific Prowler” B-25 Mitchell Bomber. The […]
Origami enthusiast breaks paper plane flight record
Takuo Toda, head of the Japanese Origami Airplane Association, set a new world record recently with a 27.9 second flight. Toda’s record-breaking paper plane was made from one uncut sheet of paper, because professional origami airplane modelers would never stoop so far as to use scissors. Toda’s greatest ambition is to launch a paper plane […]
State officials express LASP concerns
The Arkansas Department of Aeronautics Aeronautics Commission has approved a resolution expressing “serious concerns” about the TSA‘s proposed LASP rule and its potential impact on business aviation. In addition, members of the Minnesota State House of Representatives and the Minnesota State Senate have sent letters to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano voicing their […]