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 […]
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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 […]
Cessna slates Flight Instructor Safety Stand Down
Cessna Aircraft Co. has received FAA approval for its flight instructor safety stand down, a first for any aircraft original equipment manufacturer (OEM). The safety stand down is a training seminar designed for flight instructors, flight instructor candidates and commercial pilots who may have an interest in becoming flight instructors. The course serves as an […]
Aviation biofuel proven in tests, but is there enough?
Initial flight tests have found that jet fuel partly made from camelina, algae or other biological feed stocks can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes by more than 50%, doesn’t affect performance and presents no technical or safety problems, a top Boeing official said on May 28. “It meets all jet fuel requirements and then […]