Robert Lee has joined Million Air as the general manager of Million Air Houston. Lee has more than 20 years of experience in managerial and aviation operations. He comes to Houston from Wheeling, Illinois, where he was the general manager at Atlantic Aviation. His aviation career started in Florida where he held such positions as […]
Ice brings down Baron
This January 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: Beech Baron. Injuries: None. Location: Brainerd, Minn. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot encountered unforecasted freezing rain and decided to divert to […]
Semi-expert testimony
Jamie Beckett is a CFI and A&P mechanic who stepped into the political arena in an effort to promote and protect GA at his local airport. Opportunities to represent the aviation community come from all over the map, and they’re almost always unexpected. More often than not, I agree to participate in the process when […]
In a new era, will public support be there?
Drew Steketee was president of BE A PILOT, senior vp-communications for AOPA and executive director of the Partnership for Improved Air Travel. He also headed PR and media relations for Beech, GAMA and the Airport Operators Council International. Recently, the regional authority for long-beleaguered Queen City Airport outside Allentown, Pennsylvania, committed to fixing problematic underground […]
Commenting on the 3rd class medical
David Wartofsky, owner/operator of Potomac Airfield, closest of the Maryland 3 airports to downtown Washington D.C., who has filed petition to replace the FAA’s 3rd class medical with a driver’s license for private flying, passes along this recent comment to his petition from Dr. Donald Senter. You can read the full comment below, but we […]
Alternative energy?
Thanks to GAN’s fuel expert Ben Visser for sending this link to a video of the Besler Steam Powered Airplane. Demonstrated by the Besler brothers April 12, 1933, over Oakland California, the plane was powered by a steam boiler that was so quiet that spectators on the ground could hear the pilot calling to them. […]
PlaneTalk Radio’s next show out of this world
PlaneTalk Radio, an Internet radio program started by Florida layer Stewart Lapayowker to promote an appreciation and understanding of business aviation, will feature George Whitesides, president and CEO of Virgin Galactic, the winner of the X-Prize and the first to give civilians the opportunity to experience space travel, Jan. 12 at 2 p.m. (EST). Also […]
First flight of Elektra One may be this month
PC-Aero, a German company that is developing the Elektra One prototype electric powered aircraft, reports it successfully performed the static tests on the one-seater for German Ultralight Certification Dec. 22. The structure of the aircraft (wing, fuselage and tails) was loaded up to limit load, officials report, adding first flight is expected to take place […]
EAA No. 2 Carl Schultz Dies
Carl Schultz, EAA 2, who helped found the Experimental Aircraft Association and served as the organization’s first vice-president, died Dec. 25, according to a report at EAA.org, which notes that Schultz was already an established businessman in the Milwaukee area in 1953 when he helped Paul Poberezny start EAA. Read his obituary here.