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 […]
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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, […]
What do you want to know about avionics?
General Aviation News is planning a special report on avionics for the Feb. 22 issue and would like some input from our readers. Are you in the market for avionics? What are you looking for and what do you need from us to help you make an informed decision? Have you recently upgraded your avionics? […]
Hometown names park for Glenn Curtiss
An eight-acre piece of land on Keuka Lake, in upstate New York, is being turned into a park honoring Glenn H. Curtiss. The land has been in dispute for the past several years. That dispute ended recently when Curtiss’ hometown of Hammondsport bought the land from a real estate developer for $900,000. The funds came […]
The “secret world” of private collections
Museums aren’t the only place to find great airplane collections. In an upcoming issue we peer behind closed hangar doors into the largely-unknown world of private airplane collections, ranging from a few examples in small hangars on obscure airports to vast collections brought together by billionaires. Most of these collections are hard to find but […]
Five ‘Must See’ Museums
Ask any pilot and he will have his own list of favorite museums. A recent informal poll by General Aviation News asked our columnists and the industry’s movers and shakers to list the “must see” museums for anyone interested in aviation. These five topped the poll. NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM, STEVEN F. UDVAR-HAZY CENTER […]