The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking comments on a petition from Friends of the Earth asking it to limit lead emissions from GA aircraft that use 100LL. The environmental group’s petition asks the EPA to declare that lead emissions from GA aircraft endanger public health and welfare, and issue an emissions standard for lead […]
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Growing pains: Random hangar inspection creates controversy at Utah’s Vernal Regional Airport
How carefully did you read your hangar lease before you signed it? Does it stipulate what can and cannot be stored in the hangar? Does it allow the airport owner and the FAA to inspect your hangar at any time, no notice necessary? Officials at Vernal Regional Airport (VEL) in Vernal, Utah, claim that is […]
Honda Aero breaks ground for NC jet engine plant
Honda Aero, Inc. broke ground Nov. 28 for its new corporate headquarters and jet engine plant in Burlington, North Carolina. The plant is adjacent to Burlington-Alamance County Regional Airport (BUY). Honda plans to manufacture its GE-Honda HF120 turbofan engine there. The HF120 has been chosen to power Honda’s own HondaJet, as might have been expected, […]
Randy’s Red Rocker: Want attention on the ramp? Start with candy apple red paint, then add a flaming skull or two for accents
There is something about a red airplane. It can be sitting perfectly motionless but it will catch your eye. Randy Pflanzer, from Indianapolis, agrees. He says he gets a lot of attention when people see his candy apple red F-1 Rocket. “It took me about two years to build and I have been flying it […]
FAA reauthorization stalled
Congress is expected to pass yet another extension of the FAA Reauthorization bill, which expired Sept. 30. A second extension expires Dec. 14 and Washington insiders say there is no way a bill will be ready by then. Some estimate it could be at least a year before the reauthorization is complete, because lawmakers cannot […]
P-38 found on the beach: Recovery efforts expected next year at secret site
Can you imagine walking down a beach and literally stumbling across a World War II airplane? That’s what happened to someone in Wales last summer, when shifting sands exposed a Lockheed P-38 that had been on the beach since it crashed there in 1942. The airplane is largely intact and does not have much corrosion, […]
International Women’s Air and Space Museum introduces collectible cards
Just in time to be a Christmas stocking stuffer, the International Women’s Air & Space Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, has introduced a collectible deck of playing cards celebrating the achievements of women in aviation and space. Many of the photographs used to create the cards are pulled from the museum’s archives and depict famous women […]
Spirit of Flight Center lands at EIK: After a three-year search, museum finds an airport home
The problem with having an aviation museum that isn’t at an airport is that you miss a major chunk of your target audience — pilots. The folks at Spirit of Flight Center in Lafayette, Colo., are hoping that their museum’s new location at Erie Municipal Airport (EIK) near Denver will help attract more visitors — […]
Aviation artist Sam Lyons joins Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame
Sam Lyons has received many honors during his many years as an aviation artist, but he says the announcement that he will be inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame is the most thrilling of them. “I usually feel that making a living as an aviation artist is reward enough for what I do,” Lyons commented, […]