National Transportation Safety Board chairman Deborah Hersman recognized the Experimental Aircraft Association for its efforts to improve aviation safety and exceeding recommendations in regards to amateur-built aircraft safety. Read the full EAA report here.
New rules will spur innovation
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany — During AERO, General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) President Pete Bunce praised EASA and the FAA for their efforts to put into place the CS-23/Part 23 Reorganization, which would regulate the safety of GA aircraft based on requirements based on the complexity and performance of the airplane, rather than on existing arbitrary divisions […]
King Schools releases free non-towered operations course
Pilots facing the closure of towers at familiar airports will now have some free help from King Schools. John and Martha King have released a free online non-towered airport operations course that takes customers through the paces of arrival and departure from airports without an operating control tower, and shows how to use skillful communication, […]
SAFECON prepares for takeoff
SAFECON 2013, organized by The Ohio State University and the National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA), is set to take off May 6 in Columbus, Ohio. SAFECON, the annual NIFA Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference held at The Ohio State University Airport, is a national competition that brings together more than 300 students from 30 colleges […]
Poor fuel management by Piper pilots
Aircraft: Piper Tomahawk. Injuries: 1 Serious, 1 Minor. Location: Manville, N.J. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot, accompanied by his pilot-rated son, departed on a flight to practice instrument approaches at three different airports. The practice approaches flown by the father were uneventful. The airplane was drawing from the right fuel tank during […]
Now arriving…Spring
I was quite pleased that winter was not bad this year in north Georgia. There were a few spits of snow and several cool, rainy days, but all in all, winter was mild. That is…until March came. Our peach trees began to bloom. Geese flew over by the dozens on their way north, and I […]
Teen and mom learn to fly together
By AMELIA T. REIHELD Parents of teenagers, take note: Here is a mother/daughter bonding experience that doesn’t involve shopping for shoes. It all started a year and a half ago, when then-14-year-old Amy White took her first airplane ride ever. It was a Young Eagles flight at Edenton Northeastern Regional Airport (EDE) in North Carolina, […]
The impact of controller furloughs
WASHINGTON, D.C. — There is a growing concern here that furloughing of air traffic controllers by the FAA is a political move by the Obama administration to put the spotlight on sequestration and get Congress to take action to eliminate it. Members of Congress and most aviation groups, however, don’t seem to be buying that. […]
Airshow, Ely-Pusher, Spirit of Freedom to headline Festival of Flight
Suffolk, Va. – “Bob Coolbaugh’s replica of the 1911 Ely-Curtis Pusher which he built and flew around the country for the 2011 100th anniversary of the US Navy will attend,” the May 4-5, 2013 Virginia Regional Festival of Flight as reported by fly-in manager Judy Sparks. And the Berlin Airlift Foundation’s 4-engine C-54E, The Spirit of Freedom, a flying museum of the […]