Aircraft owners should be alert to state taxes, the National Business Aviation Association recently warned its members in a webinar. Webinar presenters Phil Crowther, an attorney, and consultant Nel Stubbs discussed the types of taxes that pilots and business aviation operators might find themselves hit with, including sales tax, use tax, personal property tax, aircraft […]
Scholarships awarded
This year as part of the annual “Green Skills for Life” competition, the San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) and Ford Motor Company Fund asked San Diego County students the following question: What is one change or action you think you and others could do in your everyday lives in order to make the […]
Aviation Laboratories celebrates 25th anniversary
Aviation Laboratories is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Houston-based Aviation Laboratories provides a combination of products and services to the aviation indsutry, including: LABORATORY SERVICES – Founded in 1985, Aviation Laboratories provides analytical testing of engine oil, oil filter debris, metallurgical alloys, hydraulic fluid, fuel, and comprehensive contamination testing. FIELD TESTING PRODUCTS – The […]
Aviation insurance agencies merge
Henley Insurance Unlimited, LLC, of Birmingham, Ala., and Aviation Unlimited Agency, Inc. (AUA), of Greensboro, N.C., have combined their operations under one organizational structure: AUA, Inc. The new company, with 19 associates, offers pilots and aviation professionals nationwide a wide array of aviation insurance products. AUA’s leaders have more than 100 years of combined experience […]
Bogi Bar celebrates silver anniversary
In 1985, Bogert Aviation’s Bogi Bar was born. The Bogi Bar is an aircraft tow bar designed to safely and easily maneuver a lightweight aircraft on the ground. “Back in 1985 when I had my FBO in Richland, Washington, we were in tight quarters and always needed to move one plane in order to service […]
Monitoring Red Bull pilots
The Red Bull Air Races are not only a showcase for the world’s leading pilots and top machines, but also require careful planning with an emphasis on safety. For example, every fly by of the pylons has strict limits for speed and overload. Monitoring these limits are instruments produced by a Czech company, TL elektronic. […]
Low-level stall kills two
This May 2009 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: RV-6A. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Plainwell, Mich. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The left-seat pilot, 76, who had logged 868 hours, had a […]
Bee plane creates a buzz
If Sun ‘n Fun gave an award for the most whimsical aircraft, Ed Grossheim of Camden, S.C., would likely take the prize with his airplane, a Cessna 120 painted to look like a honey bee. The high-wing taildragger sports a brown and gold striped empennage with a whimsical cartoon bee painted on the side. Wherever […]
GA Avgas Coalition reacts to threat against avgas in California
Members of the GA Avgas Coalition are reacting to a notice by the Oakland, Calif.-based Center for Environmental Health (CEH) that it intends to sue 50 fuel retailers and suppliers for violating California’s drinking water and toxic enforcement law, based on the suppliers’ distribution of aviation gasoline, which contains a lead additive. The aviation members […]