Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on Light Sport Aircraft. One of the “diamonds in the rough” of the LSA movement has been the kit LSA or Experimental LSA or simply ELSA. For the first five years of Light-Sport Aircraft, fully manufactured Special Light-Sport Aircraft dominated the sales figures. […]
GA responds to Japanese disasters
WASHINGTON, D.C. — When the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) immediately went to work providing information on its website informing members how they can meet the severe logistical challenges of moving their personnel and equipment out of the ravaged nation. The website carries as much current information that […]
A pilot comes home late…
Thanks to General Aviation News columnist Ben Visser for forwarding along this story from a canard builders: A pilot comes home late… He left home about 8:30 a.m. to do some work in his hangar at the airport with his friends. On the way out the door he answered his wife’s “what time will you […]
Sun ‘n Fun commemorates 9/11 anniversary
Sun ‘n Fun will commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11 during this year’s International Fly-In & Expo, which will be held March 29–April 3 at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) in Lakeland, Florida. Sun ’n Fun’s commemorative activities focusing on the events that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001, will lead up to – and be […]
AEA convention officially opens
Nearly 1,400 avionics manufacturers, dealers, installers and other general aviation professionals have converged at the 54th annual AEA International Convention & Trade Show, at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nev., scheduled from March 22-25. The AEA convention is the preeminent venue dedicated solely to the general aviation avionics industry. Not open to the public, […]
Cessna Pilot Center instructor named CFI of the Year
Judy Phelps of CP Aviation has been named Certified Flight Instructor of the Year for 2011 by the General Aviation Awards program. CP Aviation is a Cessna Pilot Center in Santa Paula, Calif. “All of us at Cessna are very proud of Judy for this honor, proud of her work as one of our nation’s […]
Museum receives rare Zeppelin and Hindenburg artifacts
Clara Adams, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, was a passenger on many first flights in early aviation history, including the transatlantic flight of the Graf Zeppelin in 1928 and the inaugural flight of the Hindenburg. A number of artifacts documenting her travels were recently donated to the International Women’s Air & Space Museum in Cleveland. […]
Pilot trust fuel gauges, lands short of runway
This March 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: Cessna 150. Injuries: None. Location: Columbia, Miss. Aircraft damage: What reportedly happened: The pilot held a private pilot certificate and had accumulated 858 hours […]
HomebuiltHELP: Because nothing beats watching over someone’s shoulder to learn
Seven years ago, the engine in Jon Croke’s Zenith 701 failed on takeoff, crashing the homebuilt into trees a short distance from his backyard strip in Brussels, Wis. “Although the aircraft was destroyed, I miraculously walked away from the wreck without a scratch,” says Croke. He also walked away with a new career: Founder of […]