Do you fly a “fat” ultralight? The deadline for registering your aircraft as an Experimental Light Sport Aircraft is Jan. 31, 2008. Registration involves more than sending in paperwork. The aircraft have to be inspected for airworthiness, then certified to become E-LSAs. The issue is high profile enough that FAA Administrator Marion Blakey commented on […]
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Able Flight scholarships give wings to disabled pilots
Going to AirVenture is always a special treat for new pilots, but it was even more special for Brad Jones of Georgia and Sean O’Donnell of Pennsylvania. Both are recipients of scholarships made available through Able Flight and received their Sport Pilot wings at a special ceremony held during AirVenture. Jones and O’Donnell are the […]
Formation fl ight honors Van’s RVs
Every afternoon during last month’s AirVenture, the Showcase featured airplanes of all sorts. On two days, however, the sky was filled with RVs. The flight of 35 RVs flying in formation marked 35 years of participation in AirVenture by Van’s Aircraft. It also was designed to honor Van’s founder, Richard VanGrunsven. According to Stu McCurdy, […]
A little off the top, please: San Diego developer told to reduce height of building near airport
A Southern California development company has until Aug. 25 to reduce the height of a newly constructed building near Montgomery Field Airport (MYF) in San Diego. On June 22 San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders issued a stop-work order to Sunroad Enterprises to remove the top 20 feet of the building — or two floors — […]
Eclipse flies single-engine Concept Jet to Oshkosh
Eclipse Aviation pulled off the most dramatic surprise at this year’s EAA AirVenture, introducing its v-tail, single-engine Concept Jet which, until that moment, had been a carefully-guarded secret. As the company’s Chief Operating Officer, Peg Bilson, introduced the Concept, a curtain dropped revealing a cloud of mist, flashing lights and a mockup. The press corps […]
Sometime Senate GA boosters now call for user fees
Senators John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), and Trent Lott (R-Miss.), both long-time supporters of general aviation, now say they are determined that GA will pay more in fees to support modernization of the air traffic control system. During recent Senate Finance Committee hearings on the FAA reauthorization bill, Rockefeller threatened to restrict GA access to congested […]
Transponder X2
“You don’t take chances when you are flying in the ADIZ,” says Kent Larson, owner of Aerial Photographers LLC, based in Vienna, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. Larson flies a 1972 Cessna Cardinal with two transponders on it – one more than the FAA requires, “Just in case one gives out,” he explained. The aircraft […]
Delaware’s private airports scrutinized: Fatal accident draws attention of state regulators
Two years after an airplane struck a passing sport utility vehicle while landing at a private airstrip near Georgetown, Delaware, state officials have begun to scrutinize the state’s non-public airfields. The accident killed a man and his daughter, who were driving past the runway’s end at the time. The threshold is only about 18 feet […]
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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 […]