Is sport pilot training insurable for commercial flight schools? Yes! (However there are some long-standing parameters.) This letter is in response to a recent letter regarding the insurability of flight schools conducting flight training for new sport pilots (Are commercial flight schools uninsurable? May 20 issue). First off, I could not agree more with the […]
Opinion
Get your medical back after a heart attack
In January, a 66-year-old airline transport rated pilot went to the ER for chest pain. He was evaluated for a myocardial infarction (heart attack). The enzymes that we do when people enter the ER were negative for heart damage and his EKG was within normal range. However, his chest pain persisted. He stayed overnight in […]
What causes engines to develop less-than-rated power?
QUESTION: I just read your article on the history of the 0-320-H2AD engine (What engines should I avoid, Dec. 24, 2004, issue). I have had three Skyhawks with the later engine (two 1977s and one 1979) and have had no problems with TBO — all went well past 2,000 hours. My question is about power. […]
What’s a billion here or there?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — If you live the average life span, from the moment you are born until your death your heart will beat a little more than 2 billion times. Many years ago when I worked for a newspaper, I drew a caricature of one of the columnists. He liked it and used it to […]
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 […]