The National Air Transportation Association now offers its NATA Aviation Legal Services Plan. The Plan is administered by Aviation Legal Services and is exclusively available to NATA members. Eligible companies include aircraft management and charter operators, fractional ownership programs, maintenance, repair, and overhaul facilities, FBOs, flight schools, parts manufacturers, and others. NATA Aviation Legal Services […]
Flight review ends in ground loop
Aircraft: Cessna 170A. Injuries: None. Location: Mulino, Oregon. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The purpose of the flight was for the private pilot to regain tailwheel currency and to complete a flight review. Following basic air-work, the CFI asked the student to perform a wheel landing. The CFI said the landing was successful, but […]
10 tips for frugal pilots
By DAN RAMSEY Flying is fun! But it can be expensive: Mandated maintenance, rising fuel costs, airport expenses, and fly-in restaurants. They all add up. Fortunately, there are many proven ways of bringing down the costs of going up. You can fly more and spend less by discovering how to be a frugal – not […]
A long cross-country on mogas
Thanks go out to GAfuels reader Michael Gallagher of Peoria, Ill., for sending us this story on his recent long cross-country trip in the mogas-burning, Rotax 912ULS-powered RANS S-7S he built himself: “On June 19th, I loaded up my 2011 Rans S7S with luggage and my 5-year-old son/co-pilot and took off from Peoria, Ill., (KPIA) […]
NTSB releases GA video safety alert
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released the first of five short videos, each featuring an NTSB investigator highlighting a particular area of general aviation safety associated with the majority of GA accidents. Every year, the NTSB investigates about 1,500 preventable GA accidents that kill about 475 people, including pilots, and […]
CAP bolsters Air Force firefighting role
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — The Civil Air Patrol is providing communications support to Air Force National Guard and Reserve units when they are engaged in fighting forest fires in the western U.S. The Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS, Program provides emergency capability to supplement existing commercial tanker support on wildland fires. […]
Recreational Aviation Foundation Summer newsletter available
The Summer 2013 newsletter of the Recreational Aviation Foundation is now available. Included is an introduction of Steve “SJ” Johnson, founder of SuperCub.org, as the RAFs newest director; Utah pilot shelter completed; US Forest Service plans; recreation use statute successes; and more.
Taper pin tool now at Aircraft Spruce
The M-4 Control Yoke Taper Pin Tool is a specialty tool that was designed to counter the frustration of removing the control wheel taper pin. With the aid of the M-4 tool, even the most stubborn taper pin can be removed in minutes, not hours, without vibration or stress being induced on your aircraft or […]
NTSB’s Sumwalt to speak at Wichita Aero Club
Wichita, KS — Robert Sumwalt, a veteran member of the National Transportation Safety Board, will be the speaker at the August luncheon of the Wichita Aero Club. The luncheon will be held Wednesday, Aug. 7, at noon. It will be held, as usual, at the Doubletree Hotel by Hilton at Wichita Airport in the Emerald […]