On Jan. 1 at The Museum of Flight in Seattle, test pilot Dennis Newton will lecture about the development of entrepreneur Bill Lear’s last project — the radical, Lear Fan 2100 Futura. Newton is the former Chief Test Pilot of Lear Fan Corp., and was at the controls of the Lear Fan prototype during its […]
Wilson to build new FBO at CHA
Wilson Air Centers will partner with the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority to manage a new FBO in Chattanooga. The facilities will include a fueling center; a 9,000-square-foot general aviation terminal, including an office complex for pilot accommodations and business resources; and a 12,000-square-foot state-of-the-art hangar facility, with room for expansion as needed, company officials said. […]
Greenwich AeroGroup forms MRO Product Management team
Greenwich AeroGroup has formed a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Product Management team. The new team is made up of prominent aviation specialists with diverse backgrounds, whose cumulative aviation experience is more than 70 years. Team members include: Mark Fischer, Director MRO Avionics Products, who has more than 25 years of avionics experience, with companies […]
Cessna overshoots runway in IMC
This December 2008 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 172. Injuries: None. Location: Morristown, N.J. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The instructor and his pilot-rated student were conducting an instrument flight. […]
One-of-a-kind Stinson
If you want to draw a big crowd at an aviation event, you need to have a vintage design, a red airplane, or a one-of-a-kind airframe. If you happen to own a Stinson Model “O”, also known as a Senior Trainer, you have all three. The Stinson, a replica of the 1930s-era design, made its […]
Prediction 2011 – Funding, NextGen
2011 will be an amazing year for General Aviation. The following is one of a series of absurd (unless they come to fruition) predictions. The quotes are manufactured (by me) and the only thing standing in the way of making these a reality is the cajones to make it so. Congress grows a pair In […]
Diamond Aircraft survives tough times
To say it has been a challenging few years for Diamond Aircraft Industries Inc. would be an understatement, begins a feature story on the company in The Montreal Gazette. It continues: Since the market for piston-propelled aircraft went into a freefall, the small, London, Ont.,-based plane maker has witnessed its engine supplier go belly up, […]
Tips to maintain your aircraft’s value
Maintaining your aircraft is a process, not an event, says David Wyndham of Conklin & De Decker, in a blog post at GlobalAir.com. “A well-maintained aircraft will always have a higher residual value than one that is not,” he states, noting that, “Well-maintained in this case refers to an aircraft that is maintained beyond what […]
1,000 RV-7s
Terry Small, of Prescott, Ariz., has become the 1,000th customer to complete and fly an RV-7. His first flight brought the total number of RVs complete and flown to 7,088. About 10 years of off/on construction were interrupted by a year in Afghanistan and five moves. But Small stuck with it and on Dec. 5 […]