The Northwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show celebrates its silver anniversary this month. Part trade show and part educational conference, the show is slated for Feb. 23-24 at the Puyallup Fairgrounds near Tacoma, Wash. The 25th anniversary event boasts a variety of seminars, including certificate renewal clinics and lectures on several topics, such as avionics […]
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LSAs flock to the Sunshine State: But where was the sun?
Of all the things that can make a dent in an air show’s attendance, weather probably is the biggest one. A cold front kept people away on the first day — and the last day — of the fourth U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, held Jan. 17-20 at Sebring Regional Airport in Florida. When the temperature […]
When you touch down, expect a bill: Pilots surprised by retroactive landing fees at Boeing Field
How would you like it if you landed at an airport and five months later got a surprise bill from it? That’s what is happening to GA pilots who have landed at King County Airport/Boeing Field in Seattle in recent months. According to a King County Airport official, landing fees have been in effect at […]
Pilot creates blog to celebrate airport, increase communication
One of the greatest challenges at an airport is creating open lines of communication between airport tenants and the airport sponsor. In today’s busy society it can be difficult to get the parties in the same room for a discussion, much less on the same page. One way to facilitate communication is to have conversations […]
50 years and counting…
Philip Carrell sold his first airplane 50 years ago. It was a 1947 Stinson 108. Since then he has sold more than 500 airplanes, some for as much as $8 million, to customers as far away as Australia, Brazil and the Czech Republic. Late last month Carrell celebrated his 50th anniversary as a salesman for […]
Time to upgrade? NTSB pushes pilots to put new ELTs in their plans
Have you made plans to upgrade the Emergency Locator Transmitter in your aircraft? You may want to consider it. The National Transportation Safety Board advocates replacing the 121.5 and 243.0 MHz ELTs in the country’s general aviation fleet with digital 406 MHz models. Deadline for the conversion is Feb. 1, 2009. The reason? The new […]
Become a World War II ace — at least on your Wii
Roll, loop, dodge and shoot like a World War II ace with the new “WWII Aces” game for the Nintendo Wii system. Fly alone or with a friend via split-screen co-op as you join the ranks of the Royal Air Force, Soviet Air Force or Luftwaffe and pilot 12 authentic airplanes, including the Spitfire, Mosquito […]
New secuirty proposals worry pilots: Cross-border GA flights could be complicated by new screening plans
Homeland Security and U.S. Customs plans to increase screening of general aviation aircraft entering the United States could make cross-border travel much more difficult in the near future. That isn’t the intention, of course, but it falls into that broad regulatory category known as “unintended consequences.” Homeland Security has proposed a new GA security program […]
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“Aviation is never static, always in motion, and in one direction: forward.” — GAN guest columnist Steve Bill Hanshew “A friend said ‘you’ve gotta meet this girl — she’s cute and single and she has a better plane than you.’” — Air show performer Steve Oliver on how he met his wife of 26 years, […]