Aggressive Insurance, an Irving, Texas-based aircraft insurance company, unveiled at AirVenture a discount program for aircraft equipped with Forward Vision EVS (DO-160E certified). Effective immediately, Aggressive will provide a 5% credit to both liability and hull coverage premiums for the use of the EVS system. A maximum credit of 15% will be applied when three […]
Spatial disorientation kills five, injures three
This August 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: 5 Fatal, 3 Serious. Location: Gearhart, Ore. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The commercial-rated pilot had over 1,650 hours and […]
Growing the next generation
Brett Bain, 4, of Alexandria, Louisiana, enjoys his first time behind the stick in a human-powered flight simulator. The sim, just one of the many attractions at KidVenture during this year’s AirVenture, was brought to Oshkosh by EAA Chapter 301 in Denver. According to chapter member Stan Specht, who provides the muscle to make the […]
Go ahead…touch the prop
In most social settings the sight of a grown man wearing a cap with a spinning propeller on top of it would make women recoil in horror. But not at AirVenture. According to Jamie Till of Flight Line Radio, the cap seems to attract women, at least at air shows. “They want to touch the […]
Will Congress ever agree on an FAA reauthorization bill?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since Sept. 30, 2007, the FAA has been operating under short-term reauthorization bills — and the Congress just rushed through a 15th temporary funding bill on the final day before starting its August recess. This latest extension runs until Sept. 30. The last time the House and Senate agreed on long-term reauthorization […]
DOT secretary blogs about Oshkosh
In a July 30 blog post, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood was enthusiastic about his trip to AirVenture in Oshkosh. In the post, he says: “Federal Aviation Administrator Randy Babbitt invited me to join him in Oshkosh yesterday, and I’m sure glad I did. AirVenture was phenomenal! Together, we watched the famous air show […]
An Oshkosh engagement
Brandon Scott, of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, proposed to his girlfriend at Oshkosh, during a flight on EAA’s B-17 “Aluminum Overcast.” According to a report at EAA.org, Scott, a member of the 147th Aviation Regiment of the Wisconsin National Guard, wanted his proposal to be unique. “From what I was told by the flight crew, this had […]
FAA finalizes re-registration rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an effort to create a more accurate aircraft registration database, the FAA is requiring re-registration of all civil aircraft over the next three years and renewal every three years after that. The FAA will cancel the N-numbers of aircraft that are not re-registered or renewed. The rule establishes specific expiration dates […]
Fields of Dreams: Saved but not immune from the times
As pilots now of a “certain” age, we look back on airports that were part of our lives. This is the second post in a series of three. There’s nowhere like Van Sant Airfield in Pennsylvania’s historic Bucks County. Fifty miles north and decades away from big-city Philadelphia, Van Sant salves my soul with old […]