“We have discovered over the years that you have to prepare the future,” says Dan Majka, chairman of EAA KidVenture. And prepare them they do — “they” being a small army of volunteers who run KidVenture, a mini-kid-friendly AirVenture held at Pioneer Airport next to the EAA museum during this summer’s AirVenture. Majka notes that […]
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Avemco lowers rates again: Broadens coveragefor homebuilts andlow-time pilots
Avemco Insurance Co. has lowered its rates and broadened its coverage on models ranging from technically advanced aircraft to homebuilts. Rates have been reduced for all Cirrus and Columbia models, as well as Diamond’s DA-42 Twin Star and select homebuilt aircraft, according to Jim Lauerman, Avemco’s chief underwriting officer. “We’ve made several moves to ensure […]
“Preaching to the choir”: GA advocates and elected officials rally Air Venture crowds against user fees
In the fight for user fees, the airlines are using a time-tested tactic: Divide and conquer. “We’ve been told that the bulk of GA won’t have to worry about user fees,” EAA President Tom Poberezny said during one of several forums on user fees at last month’s AirVenture. “That’s called divide and conquer. We’re all […]
Inhofe attacks Senate’s FAA reauthorization proposal: Calls it “a sweetheart deal for the airlines”
General aviation user fees are “the most misunderstood issue” currently before Congress, declared Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) during an interview at AirVenture 2007. Inhofe, GA’s greatest friend in the U.S. Senate, also spoke to a large crowd, curious about the status of the user fees debate, at the EAA Member Village. Long a member […]
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“Getting into light sport after losing your medical is like rediscovering sex.” — Mike Fletcher, Light Sport Airplanes West “It is clear to us there is a great need for this aircraft as we strive to drive down the cost of flying and learning to fly.” — Jack Pelton, Cessna’s chairman, president and CEO on […]
1940 Air Terminal Museum raffles off antique aircraft
How would you like to be the proud owner of a beautifully restored, airworthy antique aircraft — and only pay $50 for it? It could happen, if you hold the winning ticket in the 1940 Air Terminal Museum raffle. The museum, located at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, is raffling off a 1947 Cessna […]
Fossett earns sailplane speed record
When record-making Steve Fossett sets yet another one, some people shrug. He has set many a record in powered and un-powered aircraft, balloons, sailboats – if it moves, Fossett may have set a record in it. Early last month, he and New Zealand soaring expert Terry Delore set a speed record for sailplanes, gliding over […]
Kilmer Bortz, World War II Naval Aviator, dies
There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Kilmer S. Bortz. He was one of those highly-decorated heroes of World War II who came home to a comparatively prosaic, but apparently satisfying, life. He died June 27 at his home near Lutherville, Maryland. He was 87. Bortz flew with the Navy’s Bomb Squadron 13, itself […]
Take a guided tour of a B-29 — at the bottom of a lake
The National Park Service has awarded two companies limited Commercial Use Authorizations for guided technical scuba diving on a Cold War-era B-29 that rests at the bottom of Lake Mead in Nevada. The two companies are Sin City Scuba, based in Las Vegas, and Scuba Training and Technology Inc., based in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. […]