During this tornado season, emergency responders may have a new tool to respond should disaster strike: an unmanned aerial vehicle, wrote Molly McMillin in The Wichita Eagle on April 21. The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to issue a certificate, soon, that would allow a small Aerosonde UAV to operate in restricted airspace, enabling emergency […]
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Oklahoma’s aviation sector produces most jobs
While it was relatively clear skies and flat terrain that made Oklahoma an ideal location for the aviation and aerospace industries, the people and their work ethic have made it the state’s top employer, said an April 21 report in The Norman [Oklahoma] Transcript newspaper. The director of the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission told business leaders […]
“Splash-In” at Fantasy of Flight
As demonstrated by Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger III, the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 who made a skillful landing in the Hudson River earlier this year, “great pilots don’t always need runways,” said Kermit Weeks of the Sun ‘n Fun Splash-In at the Fantasy of Flight lake, scheduled for April 23. While Sullenberger proved […]
NBAA eyes new EPA greenhouse gas ruling
The National Business Aviation Association is keeping a watchful eye on developments following a formal ruling, issued by the Environmental Protection Agency on April 17, that greenhouse gases, including aviation emissions, threaten public health, said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. The ruling means that the agency could step in to regulate emissions from aircraft […]
The Seawind amphibian is back
In this time of bad news and economic slowdown, we are pleased to bring you some good news. The Seawind people don’t know how to give up, as a new flyer from the builders of that handsome amphibian tells us. A year and a half after the flight test prototype’s test pilot crashed it and […]
Sun ‘n Fun Today digital edition online
Find out the latest news from Sun ‘n Fun in Lakeland, Florida, by reading our digital edition of Sun ‘n Fun Today at GeneralAviationNews.com/snf. Sun ‘n Fun Today is the official daily newspaper of Sun ‘n Fun. It is produced by the staff of General Aviation News, in partnership with Sun ‘n Fun.
90th anniversary of historic parachute jump
On April 19, 1919, Leslie Leroy Irvin made the world’s first free fall parachute descent using a rip cord, rather than a canister or tether line attached to the aircraft to pull open the parachute. Working with the US Army Air Service parachute research team, Irvin made the historic jump from a plane over McCook […]
Lawyer calls Zodiac CH-601XL ‘Corvair of the Air’
The recommendation of the National Transportation Safety Board to ground Zodiac CH-601XL Special Light Sport Aircraft caught the attention of Lawyer Ladd Sanger, whose law firm describes him as “a leading air crash litigation attorney.” That could be bad news for Zodiac designer Chris Heintz, even though he lives in Canada, and for his U.S.-based […]
New Smyrna Beach’s unfriendly skies
Residents of Florida’s New Smyrna Beach are “abuzz over airport noise,” wrote Mark Johnson in the Daytona Beach News-Journal recently. “A breeze barely moves the palm fronds as Ken Petrie Jr. enjoys a beer on his pool deck when a muted drone interrupts the pleasant evening on the shores of Turnbull Bay,” Johnson wrote. “A […]