The GAfuels Blog is written by two private pilots concerned about the future availability of fuels for piston-engine aircraft: Dean Billing, Sisters, Ore., an expert on autogas and ethanol, and Kent Misegades, Cary, N.C., an aerospace engineer and aviation journalist. According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “Ethanol on the Run”, a […]
Setting the record straight
FlightPrep has been in the news lately about enforcing its Online Flight Planning Patent. Some of the news has been wrong, according to company officials, who sent an open letter to the aviation community to clarify information. The letter states: Stenbock and Everson, Inc., or FlightPrep as people know it today, is a small company, […]
Want to live like the Lears?
Bill Lear Jr.’s last residence at Spruce Creek Fly-In in Florida has been put for sale by his widow, Brenda. There are plenty of photos of the hangar home online, which should give you a chance to see how the other half lives. Check it out at 1780doolittle.com
FAA loses track of 119,000 aircraft
According to an Associated Press story, the FAA is missing key information on who owns one-third of the 357,000 private and commercial aircraft in the U.S. — a gap the agency fears could be exploited by terrorists and drug traffickers. The story notes that “About 119,000 of the aircraft on the U.S. registry have ‘questionable […]
Go ahead and fly
LETTER TO THE EDITOR I’d like to express my deepest thanks to Lycoming for taking this positive “can co” attitude” (Guest Editorial: Go ahead and fly) and all their efforts in research and in educating the flying public on what’s happening with the issue of unleaded fuel. Over the past few years I’ve heard many […]
A puzzling problem
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Just read Ask Paul’s post (A puzzling compression problem) and it reminded me of an problem I found several years ago. I had a Lycoming IO-360 180 hp in a Pitts that began to use some oil. It increased gradually from a quart in 15 or 20 hours to 10, then […]
Skycatcher highlights EAA sweepstakes
A Cessna 162 Skycatcher tops the list of prizes in the 2011 EAA Share the Spirit Sweepstakes, open at WinAPlane.com now through the end of EAA AirVenture 2011. The Cessna 162 Skycatcher light-sport aircraft (LSA) features: Garmin G300 glass cockpit 1,320 maximum gross weight Teledyne Continental Motors O-200D engine LED overhead panel lighting Dual flight […]
Extra 500 introduced in Australia
Extra Aircraft has appointed Extra Aviation Australasia as the exclusive distributor of the Extra 500 Spirit for the Asia Pacific Rim. Based at Brisbane’s Archerfield Airport in Queensland, Extra Aviation Australasia will introduce the first certified, carbon fiber turboprop to the Australian market and support the aircraft with a service center network in each major […]
Air Power carries new alternator kit
Air Power Inc., a direct wholesale distributor for factory aircraft engines, parts and components, now has available the newly released Plane Power alternator kit. The AL24-FS60 is approved for installation on most 360 and 540 series Lycoming engines on 28 volt Cessna 172 and 182 aircraft with multigroove belt/pulley drive systems. This alternator allows owners […]