Thank you for reporting on the insanity being promulgated by Mr. Macaluso against Cirrus and everyone else he can possibly connect with the tragic accident that claimed Mr. Lidle and Mr. Stanger (Cirrus facing wrongful death lawsuit in Lidle crash, April 6 issue). I noted with great interest that Teledyne, Hartzell Propeller, S-Tec, Honeywell and […]
Opinion
SPECIALISTS IN OLDER PLANES
In response to “Serious Trouble” and “Turned Down” who have been turned down for service on their older planes (Letters to the Editor, April 6 issue): Bring them to us at Whisler Aviation at Seward Municipal Airport in Seward, Neb. We’re close and we specialize in work on older planes. TERRY WHISLER Seward, Neb.
EVERYONE MUST FIGHT USER FEES
Several weeks ago, the Air Transport Association (ATA), perhaps operating in concert with the FAA, initiated a media campaign that is not in the best interests of us, the “little guys” who enjoy flying our personal, general aviation aircraft without paying “user fees.” The ATA’s pro-user fee position is appearing throughout the nation in numerous […]
ANOTHER PIONEER
For Dave Sclair, that was a great article on John Thun (Bigger than life: The world needs more characters like John Thun, April 20 issue). We are running out of these great people as the ongoing story of aviation moves on. I would like to tell you of another pioneer in the aviation world here […]
SANTA’S NEW RIDE
My husband subscribes to GANews and I was just noting the cover on the December ’06 issue. Jolly Old St. Nick was shown standing beside a red Mooney. That prompted me to tell you about our “airborne Santa.” We have a large choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm here in the southeast corner of Michigan between Detroit […]
Confused about replacement parts?
Q, I have a Lycoming O-320 150 hp engine with no suffix in my PA-22 Tri-Pacer. In one of your articles you list the O-320-A1A and the O-320-A3A as the numbers to refer to for replacement parts. Lycoming does not list an O-320-A1A and shows the O-320-A3A fitting a Piper PA-23. Lycoming lists the O-320-E3D […]
The real fun at Sun ‘n Fun
A lot of my friends think I’ve got it made. After all, I not only get to go to Sun ‘n Fun and AirVenture every year, I get paid to go. They don’t know the half of it. Attending those shows, the premiere events of the air show season, are a great perk of this […]
TOUGH PILOTS, TOUGH PLANES, TOUGH FLYING
The caption for a photo on page 24 of the April 20 issue (Tough planes, tough pilots, tough flying: Montana Mountain Flying Museum showcases the best of aviation in the Big Sky State) states that “Smoke jumping got its start in Missoula…” I don’t think this is true.There is no doubt the Missoula smoke jumper […]
COMPUTER FLYING
I’ve just read your article “Developing Pilot Skills With MS Flight Simulator” in the March 9 issue of General Aviation News. I am wondering if you’d consider doing an article listing the variety of computer programs available? An overview, including a general reference to how powerful a computer is needed for each program, would be […]