Earlier this week, House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.), a longtime pilot, along with eight committee members sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski requesting that the agency not proceed with LightSquared’s waiver until federal testing determines that there will be no interference with all types of GPS devices. […]
5th Annual Wings & Wheels Fly-In Saturday
The Friends of Deridder Army Air Base (DAAB) will host their Annual Wings & Wheels Fly-In/Drive-In Saturday, Nov. 5. The event will take place at the former World War II DeRidder Army Air Base, now known as the Beauregard Parish Regional Airport (DRI), in DeRidder, La. Warbird and vintage aircraft on display will include a […]
Platinum Aviation opens Cirrus Aircraft Center at F45
Platinum Aviation has opened its third Cirrus Flight Training and Aircraft Rental Center in Palm Beach, Florida. The company’s newest flight training facility is located at the North Palm Beach County Airport (F45) adjacent to the Landmark Aviation FBO. It will offer Cirrus Aircraft rentals, Cirrus transition training and flight training. Platinum’s other facilities are in […]
Richmond Jet Center joins Shell FBO network
Richmond Jet Center at Virginia’s Richmond International Airport (RIC) has joined the Shell FBO network. Richmond Jet Center, which offers catering, flight planning, and heated hangars, is a Cessna Service Center and FAA Certified Repair Station offering airframe, engine and propeller maintenance, avionics sales, and charter. By joining the Shell FBO Network, which has more […]
Nominations for Collier Trophy now being accepted
Nominations are now being accepted for the Robert J. Collier Trophy, which is awarded annually by the National Aeronautic Association “for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use […]
Father of the Cherokee
The year was 1961. John F. Kennedy succeeded Dwight Eisenhower as the 35th President of the United States of America. Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space aboard Mercury-Redstone 3 and Piper Aircraft Co. introduced the world to its first low-wing single-engine airplane, the Piper Cherokee. Karl Bergey, who led the Cherokee design team […]
The perfect storm
At this year’s AOPA Aviation Summit, EAA and AOPA jointly announced they will pursue driver’s license medical privileges for pilots wishing to operate GA airplanes with less than 180 horsepower with only two persons on board in day VFR. Combined with ongoing events in the LSA industry, it seems a “perfect storm” is brewing. The […]
Payette Airport adds autogas
Pilots in west central Idaho and eastern Oregon have cause for celebration: The Payette Municipal Airport (S75) in Payette, Idaho, added 91 AKI ethanol-free, lead-free autogas last month. Currently priced at $4.10, the fuel is more than a dollar less expensive than 100LL, both fuels being sold from the airport’s self-service fuel station. Mary Cordova, […]
Do pilots lie on medicals?
Pilot medicals are in the news again, with a proposal by EAA and AOPA to let more pilots use a driver’s license for their medical. But is the whole medical certificate process flawed, asks Richard Collins in The Great Debate at the Air Facts Journal. He wants your opinion here.