Light-Sport Aircraft market leader Flight Design is looking for additional professional organizations to represent the LSA as the country slowly emerges from two years of deep recession. Building on dealers added during the downturn, the new initiative includes both aircraft sales outlets and service centers for the entire United States and aims to better serve […]
Why teaching the young to love flying is important
LETTER TO THE EDITOR When I was 8 years old, I loved to watch the Stearman crop duster airplanes spray our fields for insects. I would marvel at these crop duster pilots flying under telephone lines and pulling back up into the air with the roar of the big engine. Then I got to meet […]
Book review: Hearts of Courage
Most families have stories that are passed down generation to generation, but rarely shared with the public. But sometimes the story must be shared. Such is the case of John Tippets of Alaska and his book “Hearts of Courage.” Between the covers of the paperback book, Tippets documents the airplane crash his father, Joseph Tippets, […]
Errors by air traffic controllers set record
Errors recorded by air traffic controllers have increased by 51% nationwide, according to a story in The Washington Post, which notes the FAA has cautioned that warning systems aboard more than 9,000 planes may not be keeping track of all the nearby planes in busy airspace. The record number of mistakes, according to the story, […]
Piper prepares for ‘unprecedented global push’
This past year, Piper Aircraft Inc. set the stage for an “unprecedented global push” in 2011, according to officials with the Vero Beach, Florida-based company. “During 2010, the first full year since Imprimis acquired Piper, the company made memorable and notable progress in a number of important areas,” said Piper CEO Geoffrey Berger. “We delivered […]
Jacksonville to rename three airports
In preparation for its 10-year anniversary next year, the Jacksonville Aviation Authority (JAA) will rename three of the Florida city’s four airports as part of a new branding campaign: Cecil Field will become Cecil Airport, Herlong Airport will become Herlong Recreational Airport, and Craig Airport will be renamed Jacksonville Executive Airport (JAXEX). The goal of […]
Controllers join FAA advisory council
For the first time, a representative from the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) has been named to the FAA’s Management Advisory Council. NATCA President Paul Rinaldi joins other aviation leaders representing industry, education, government and labor on the council – a group designed to advise FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt on a wide array of […]
ARSA continues holiday tradition with scholarship
In lieu of holiday cards and gifts to members, the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) donated $1,000 to the Northrop Rice Foundation (NRF) for an aviation maintenance scholarship. The award will go to a student attending an (FAA certificated Part 147 Aviation Technician School, with the winner selected by NRF’s Board of Directors. “Due to […]
GT-Propellers debuts new blades for Hartzell props
GT-Propellers has introduced “low inertia” wood/carbon blades specifically designed to be installed on existing Hartzell Propellers. The experimental blades are compatible with Hartzell props, according to officials with the Italy-based company. Interested owners can buy the GT blades (you must specify engine type, aircraft type and Hartzell hub type) and take them to their local […]