Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) manufacturer ICON Aircraft completed Phase I flight testing of its amphibious ICON A5 on Feb. 6. A series of 27 flights were made and data gathered across a wide range of speeds, gross weights, centers of gravity (CG), flap settings, altitudes and sea states, the company has reported. “The A5 prototype […]
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1909 Wright Model B look-alike to fly at EAA AirVenture
The Wright brothers’ first production aircraft helped to start the era of air racing 100 years ago. A replica – more accurately, a look-alike – of a Wright B Flyer is scheduled to make its North American public flying debut during EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh, to be held this year from July 27 to August […]
EBAA touts bizav as ‘recession buster’
“With the economy the way it is and with key markets as flat as they are, now is the perfect time to own or use business aircraft.” That statement was made on Jan. 12 by Brian Humphries, president of the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), in a strongly-worded letter to European news media which, like […]
User-fee supporter Rockefeller heads Senate Commerce Committee
Sen. John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV) is the new chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. Long a crusader to force general aviation to pay more into the Airport and Airways Trust Fund, Rockefeller was the author of last year’s failed Senate version of the FAA reauthorization bill, which included user fees for general aviation. […]
Silver Dart replica flies in Canada
A replica of Silver Dart, the first powered, heavier-than-air vehicle to fly in Canada, made its first test flight at the Hamilton, Ontario airport on Feb. 6. With Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason (a Discovery payload specialist) at the controls, the replica, true to its design by Alexander Graham Bell, appeared stable and controllable during the […]
March symposium addresses safety
The 2009 Air Charter Safety Symposium will take an in-depth look at the safety and security concerns faced by the air charter and shared aircraft ownership industries. Presented by the Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF), the annual symposium is March 3-4, at the NTSB Training Center in Ashburn, Va. The symposium opens with an in-depth […]
Obama congratulates CAP Spaatz Award cadet
Newly-inaugurated President Barack H. Obama congratulated one of the Civil Air Patrol‘s most accomplished cadets during a visit to Capitol Hill on Jan. 27. Cadet Col. David F. Hill IV and 14 members of West Virginia CAP Wing’s Martinsburg Composite Squadron accompanying him were greeted by the President as they gathered for Cadet Hill’s official […]
GA associations want TSA to hear industry input on LASP
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Experimental Aircraft Association, General Aviation Manufacturers Association and National Business Aviation Association jointly and formally asked on Feb. 5 the Transportation Security Administration to halt work on a plan to impose airline-like security on general aviation. They requested formation of a rulemaking committee that would allow the TSA to […]
Bird remains found in engines of downed US Airways A320
NTSB investigators have found bird remains in both engines from the US Airways A320 that ditched into the Hudson River on January 15 according to analysis of the material found inside, reports the online newsletter AINalerts.