Does GANews expect to do some comparisons on LSAs soon? Without comparisons, it is difficult to determine which of the many new LSA offerings might be better for a Northwest flyer. Great news and ads, keep it up. Mark Johnson
Opinion
Sam Lyons’ latest tells a wonderful story of two American icons
Should a plane be painted in its natural environs – playing tag with clouds or hopping over trees and meadows? What about painting it forlorn looking, like a sad-eyed puppy dog, on the ramp waiting for its master to take it for a hop? Or maybe it should be shown perched expectantly on a catapult, […]
Feds get serious about security matters
Washington, D.C. — Recent developments in the Washington area demonstrate just how serious the government is about security matters. A major announcement was made about reopening Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to general aviation after its closure following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The media carried stories about flights returning. The first general aviation flight […]
Time to get real: Zealous regulators are hazards to aviation
In olden times – that’s 60 to 70 years ago – wrist watches with glow-in-the-dark radium numbers were popular. Whether we wore a Timex or a Rolex, that’s what we wanted. In those days, many aircraft instruments glowed in the dark. That, too, was accomplished with minute amounts of radium-226. Thousands of World War II […]
Learning from others’ mistakes
Amidst the rubble of a fatal King Air crash, accident investigator Greg Feith found something strange: A Velcro strip on the panel. When he asked the pilot’s wife what it was for, she told him that her husband would put an alarm clock there, set for 15-minute intervals. During his regular flights from Oklahoma to […]
How do I figure what parts to use for an early O-320?
QUESTION: I have one of the very early O-320s with no suffix. Can you enlighten me as to what modern engine code I should use to buy parts for it? I went to the Lycoming website and it lists the A2A as the earliest generation, but I have heard that is not necessarily correct. Rick […]
One bad apple can spoil it for the rest of GA
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just as the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) was getting a leg up on security with the signing of a homeland security bill that includes a program called Transportation Security Administration Access Certificate (STAAC), up pops a corporate pilot who allegedly steals a Cessna Citation jet. This was just one of a […]
One size does not fit all
Re: Expect to keep a closer eye on the weather, Capital Comments, Sept. 23: I, for one, hope NTSB does not manage to make it mandatory to demonstrate ability to fly safely on instruments every BFR. It would be a totally impractical waste of time for me to even try to bone up for this […]
Oshkosh, finally
I just thought you would like an update on our trip to Oshkosh that began in 2004 (Ultimate Itinerary: Best laid plans — OSH trip cut short by defective generator, Sept. 17, 2004 issue). We were primed and ready to go in August 2004 for the maiden cross-country trip, after completion of a 12-year restoration […]