The GAfuels Blog is written by two private pilots: Dean Billing, Sisters, Ore., an expert on autogas and ethanol, and Kent Misegades, Cary, N.C., an aerospace engineer, aviation sales rep for U-Fuel, and president of EAA1114. GA pilots in the state of Maine have reason for optimism: The cost of flying there is dropping. Southern […]
Training reform preliminary report released
The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) has published its preliminary report stemming from the Pilot Training Reform Symposium. Thirty recommendations generated during the symposium have been consolidated into six project proposals.The recommendations are: Conduct a thorough general aviation fatal accident root cause analysis to pinpoint underlying accident causality as a means to create […]
GA seeks relief for losses from TFRs
Presidents of six of GA’s alphabet groups have asked the Transportation Security Administration to work with general aviation on ways to reduce business losses sustained under airspace restrictions during presidential travel, according to a report at AOPA.org, which gives as one example at FBO a Midway Airport that loses an average of $60,000 a day […]
Illinois kicks off airport economic impact study
The Illinois Department of Transportation is launching a new study to determine the economic impact that the more than 100 Illinois airports statewide bring to their communities, according to a report in the Quad City Times. The 18-month study will update a similar study conducted in 2002.
Hunt inducted into Florida Aviation Hall of Fame
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s former president Jack Hunt was inducted into the Florida Aviation Hall of Fame at the Florida Air Museum May 21. Hunt, who died in 1984, was Embry-Riddle’s longest-serving president. He was represented at the induction ceremony by his widow Lynn Hunt-Doten and her husband, former Embry-Riddle vice president Eric Doten. Hunt served […]
Air Zoo to offer new rides, new exhibit
Starting June 11, visitors to the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Mich., will be able to experience a number of new rides, including the indoor Century of Flight ferris wheel; the Paratrooper Jump, which allows paratroopers-in-training to feel the sensation of weightlessness as they are dropped at random intervals from a height of two stories; and […]
Follow the leader…
The process used to authorize the Jeppesen Mobile TC App for iPad as an alternative to paper charts has been cited by the FAA in a recent Information for Operators (InFO) bulletin. The bulletin provides guidance for operators interested in gaining FAA authorization of tablet computing devices for electronic flight bag (EFB) use in flight. […]
CubCrafters adds Fleming Aviation as Mid-Atlantic dealer
CubCrafters recently added Fleming Aviation of Gaithersburg, Maryland, as a Certified Sales Center serving the mid-Atlantic region. Tim and Pat Fleming founded Fleming Aviation in August 2010 and immediately positioned the company as a strong proponent of Light Sport Aircraft, according to CubCrafters officials. The Flemings met with CubCrafters General Manager Randy Lervold at the […]
Crownair Aviation and Coast Flight Training joins forces
Crownair Aviation and Coast Flight Training and Management have joined forces as Cirrus Platinum Partners for Authorized Service and Training. Both companies are located at Montgomery Field Airport (MYF) in San Diego. Crownair Aviation maintains Coast Flight Training’s fleet of Cirrus Aircraft and is open to the public for aircraft service, inspections, maintenance and avionics. […]