While I certainly don’t have all the facts concerning the recent incursion into the Washington ADIZ — and within three miles of the White House — by Hayden Sheaffer, a certificated pilot, and Troy Martin, a student pilot, in a Cessna 150, I am upset with them for what they’ve probably done to all of […]
Opinion
Is a reground cam as good as a new one?
QUESTION: My Lycoming IO-360-B1E engine will be majored sometime early next year and I am trying to educate myself. The facility I plan to use for the overhaul says that a reground cam is just as good as a new one. Could you please explain how a cam is reground. I don’t understand how if […]
How did two Cessna 150 pilots cause worldwide hysteria?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — From January to mid-April of this year, Blackhawk helicopters patrolling the sky in the ADIZ around the Washington/Baltimore area have responded to more than 280 incursions. That averaged three a day. But one last month — when two persons in a Cessna 150 came close to the White House — generated worldwide […]
Curtiss Hawk
By PETER M. BOWERS. The Curtiss Hawk line of fighters for the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and export was one of the best-known single-seat biplanes in the years between the two world wars and is still a favorite with model builders. The many configuration changes that the Hawk displayed over its very long — for […]
Peak oil
A phrase that is becoming more publicly accepted every day is “Peak Oil,” meaning the time when production of oil will no longer exceed or keep up with consumption. Propaganda is telling us that we will have to buy cheaper running cars, cleaner burning diesel trucks, insulate our homes better, ride bicycles, cut back on “non-essential uses,” etc. I […]
What the NRA stands for
I would like to reply to a letter written by Lohren Applegate pertaining to the comment he made about the National Rifle Association in the Feb. 25 edition (Don’t bond GA with the NRA). The NRA is probably the most patriotic organization in the country and believes in the Constitution and the Second Amendment. Contrary […]
GA’s needs
I am a student presently attending Everett Community College Aviation School in Washington State with one quarter to go and will be obtaining my license this summer. I presently work at Goodrich ATS as a avionics tech on 737s, 757s and 767s. I started as an intern last year and became full time in November. […]
Turboprop? Not!
In the April 8 issue of GAN, on page 40, is a picture of a very popular airplane, which is identified as a Cessna 172R TURBOPROP! (The new face of GA: From multimillionaire business executives to farmers in their fields, China discovers GA). Wow! What those Chinese are doing to our airplanes. Why doesn’t Wichita do this? Or, […]
Great history, possible future?
I read an article in the recent issue of General Aviation News about the Tuweep Airport (Change the Constitution, save an airport, April 22 issue.) According to the article, this airport was recently closed. I was a ranger in Grand Canyon National Park in the mid-1960s. I am also a pilot who has landed at the Tuweep […]