Q: My Piper Colt PA-22-108, has a C1B installed. I have a little rust in the cylinders in the lower part. From the middle part and up to the top of the piston area there are no cracks or visible rust. I have honed all cylinders and there are no sharp edges. GUNNAR HEGSTAD, Norway A: […]
Bob Hoover documentary now on DVD and BluRay
The Bob Hoover Project, “Flying the Feathered Edge,” is now available on DVD and BluRay. The 86-minute documentary arrived on DVD and BluRay just in time to celebrate Hoover’s 93rd birthday on Jan. 24. The documentary includes interviews with Harrison Ford, Carroll Shelby, Burt Rutan, Dick Rutan, Medal of Honor Recipient Col. Bud Day, Gene Cernan, Clay […]
Garmin offers rebate for King Air upgrades
Garmin has launched two new rebate programs for King Air owners who choose to upgrade their avionics to the G1000 Integrated Flight Deck. For a limited time, new customers may be eligible for one of two new rebate programs that allow them to receive rebate savings of up to $50,000 on a qualifying King Air G1000 upgrade. King Air […]
51 TBM 900s delivered in 2014
TARBES, France – DAHER-SOCATA delivered 51 new TBM 900s in 2014, representing a 27% increase from 2013. With an order intake for 64 aircraft in 2014, it was the best year ever in terms of TBM sales volume, and the second best year for the company’s aircraft program since 1990, according to company officials. The used aircraft market has […]
Sabreliner Aviation introduces four-year paint warranty
Sabreliner Aviation has introduced a four-year warranty for all aircraft painted at the Sabreliner Aviation center in Perryville, Mo. Sabreliner Aviation has the capability to design and paint traditional and exotic paint schemes for customers of aircraft the size of a Falcon 7x and smaller, according to company officials. The cost of painting an aircraft varies […]
AEA unveils dates for regional meetings
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — The Aircraft Electronics Association has unveiled the dates and locations for its 2015 regional meetings. They are: May 4-6 Europe (Barcelona, Spain) Aug. 18-19 Latin America (Bogota, Colombia) Sept. 10-11 U.S. Central (Kansas City, Missouri) Sept. 21-22 U.S. West (Reno, Nevada) Oct. 1-2 Canada (Toronto, Ontario) Oct. 12-13 U.S. East (Tampa, Florida) Nov. […]
Hard landing leads to gear failure
During an instructional flight in a Cessna 172RG over Redmond, Ore., the CFI and student were unable to fully extend or retract the left main landing gear. They made several attempts to fix the problem, but were unsuccessful, so they made a gear-up landing. The post-accident examination revealed that the pivot assembly for the left main landing […]
Picture of the day: Coming home
Attorney Dennis Haber sent in this photo, taken after, what he says, was a long day. “I had a hearing in Orlando on an FAA violation matter. The photo was taken after my flight from Miami to Orlando and return after work at sunset.”
Say again
A long time ago it was decided by people much smarter than I am that only one language should be the language of aviation. That language was to be English, regardless of a pilot’s nation of origin. Those same people decided that a specific lexicon should be created within English to reduce any confusion spawned […]