What better way to decorate for an event where aircraft are the guests of honor than with furniture made from aircraft? MotoArt, a Torrance, Calif.-based company that takes parts from derelict airplanes and turns them into high-end sculptures and furniture, can provide the decorations. However, since MotoArt’s pieces are limited editions, they tend to be […]
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Do you know? Which B-17 was first to complete 25 missions during World War II
Quick test: Which B-17 was the first to complete 25 missions during World War II? If you answered “Memphis Belle,” you would be incorrect. The first B-17 to hit the magic number was “Hell’s Angels,” a B-17F of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. The name of the airplane came from the Howard Hughes […]
User fees inevitable?
Last November, at AOPA Expo, Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta claimed that the FAA’s funding problems wouldn’t be solved by user fees. “The fuel tax is the best way to finance the needs of aviation,” he told a standing-room-only crowd of pilots. But Mineta’s tune has changed. Late last month, Mineta told the Aero Club of […]
Down at sea: Personal beacon a vital piece of equipment for all seaplane pilots
Survival equipment is vital to anyone flying over water. Whether in a great ocean or large lake, a person – or even several people – in the water can be nearly impossible for searchers to find. The longer a survivor spends in water, even relatively warm water, the less his chances of survival. Being found […]
Columbia wants you to ‘flip the bird’
Want to buy a Columbia 350 or 400, but don’t know what to do with your current airplane? “Flip the bird.” That’s the new program from Columbia Aircraft, designed to help owners with the resale of their aircraft so they can more easily step up to a new Columbia. The program is called “Flip the […]
Cirrus deliveries up in 2005
Cirrus Design Corp. shipped 600 planes in 2005, a 9.2% increase over 2004. And that trend should continue, as the company registered 701 new orders last year. On the manufacturing side, Cirrus reached a production milestone by manufacturing its 2,000th airplane in 2005, just six years after production began. According to 2005 data from the […]
Extra Aircraft turns 25
Extra Aircraft celebrates a milestone this year: its 25th anniversary. Executives are predicting a record year for the company, which produces the aerobatic EA-200 and EA-300, as well as the EA-400, a six-seat piston aircraft and the EA-500, the turboprop version of the 400. Extra Aircraft will have a number of events and giveaways throughout […]
Flight Design delivers 24 CT’s
It also was a good year for Flight Design USA, distributor of the technically advanced CT Light Sport Aircraft (LSA). It delivered 45 planes to customers in the United States in 2005, leading the LSA industry. Expect that trend to continue this year, says Tom Peghiny, president, who notes an equal number of deliveries are […]
Ormand Beach Aviation leases 35 Liberty XL2’s
Ormond Beach Aviation, Inc., based at Ormond Beach Airport (OMN) in Florida, has agreed to lease up to 35 Liberty XL2 aircraft from LAFT, LLC of Helena, Mont. The XL2s will replace the flight school’s single-engine Cessna and Piper training aircraft. Ormond Beach Aviation offers specialized accelerated residential flight training to pilots, particularly from Europe, […]