Icon Aircraft’s Kirk Hawkins would be proud. While in a Tacoma-area Apple Store this past weekend to buy a graduation gift, I struck up a conversation with one of the store employees. When I told him I published General Aviation News, in response to his asking what I did for a living, he immediately asked, “Have […]
Rochester Wings Expo prepares for takeoff
Avemco Insurance Company President Jim Lauerman is the featured speaker for the Rochester Wings Aviation Expo at the Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) in New York June 18-19. Lauerman will address the issues of risk management in the cockpit that go beyond training and technology in his presentation titled, “We Have Met the Enemy, and […]
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I went to a birthday party my son was invited to on Sunday at Pump It Up in Tacoma. While speaking with the grandfather of the birthday boy, he mentioned being friends with my father on Facebook. While Facebook is (or seems to be) everywhere, it is still a little strange to hear someone a generation older […]
Modified LASP expected later this year
A rewrite of the Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP) is underway by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials, according to a report by Aviation International News, which quotes TSA Assistant Administrator John Sammon: “The regulation is being written as we speak and hopefully we’ll get [a notice of proposed rulemaking] out on the street sometime this […]
Crossing the line
LETTER TO THE EDITOR “If you cross the line, you’ve crossed the line” (FAA runway safety initiative launched). How true, but it more often occurs after landing and not completely clearing the runway. Just because your seat in the cockpit is across the hold short line doesn’t mean you are “clear of the runway.” I […]
NTSB recommends groups check pilot currency before charitable medical flights
The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that The Air Care Alliance require voluntary pilot organizations to verify pilot currency before every flight. The NTSB is also recommending that voluntary pilot organizations inform passengers, when inquiring about a flight, that the charitable medical flight would not be conducted under the same standards that apply to […]
Bye Energy adds jobs, relocates to APA
Bye Energy, Inc., which is developing an electric and hybrid powerplant for GA, has relocated its headquarters to the TacAir 8 building at Centennial Airport (APA) in Englewood, Colo. The larger facility allows Bye Energy additional space for engineering and administrative staff in support of “The Green Flight Project”, which launched in February and is […]
Extra 500 turboprop lands in U.S.
Extra Aircraft’s new Rolls Royce-powered, six-seat, pressurized 500 Spirit turboprop is now available in North America. The product of nearly 30 years of building and certifying world champion aerobatic aircraft, the Extra 500 Spirit benefits from aerodynamic shapes only achievable with carbon fiber composite construction, according to company officials. The use of carbon fiber has […]
Runway Cafe at GMU prepares for takeoff
The Runway Cafe at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) is set to open this summer. According to owner Mike Bliss, the cafe’s soups and specials will utilize seasonal produce bought locally and the daily specials will have at least one serving of fruits and/or vegetables. Bliss, who is a Clemson graduate, has been in the food […]