Mid-Continent Instruments has promoted Tara Crain to Information Technology (IT) Supervisor and Project Coordinator. Crain’s responsibilities include the supervision of all software-related issues, including business management tools, coordination of IT projects and department goals. Crain began her career at Mid-Continent Instruments in December 2001. For more information: 316-630-0101 or MCICo.com.
Lack of electricity leads to fuel exhaustion
This February 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: Zodiac 601XL. Injuries: None. Location: Murrieta, Calif. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: According to the pilot, shortly after takeoff the fuel pressure gauge […]
Six miles up: Pioneering pilots risked life and limb to reach new heights
Suppose you are cruising along in an airliner at 34,000 feet, nestled comfortably in your seat in a heated, pressurized environment. Now image turning to look out of your window and, to your amazement, you catch a glimpse of a cloth-covered triplane with the pilot sitting in the open, wearing heavy coveralls, goggles, a leather […]
Aviation security remains in the spotlight
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Confusion, confessions, and condemnation marked hearings by two Senate committees on the same day over aviation security and the Transportation Security Administration. Erroll Southers’ withdrawal of his name to be administrator of the TSA added to the uncertainty of government actions following the embarrassing failure to recognize and stop the terrorist boarding […]
Ask Dave: Are hangar homes compatible with regular airpark homes?
Q: Are hangar homes — basically an apartment located within a hangar — compatible with regular airpark homes that can be either a home with an integrated hangar or just a home with a separate hangar building? We’ve recently learned that several lot owners are asking the city for building permits to erect hangar homes. […]
Why should the tail wag the dog?
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Re: Is there a better name for general aviation?: Why not call what we do just…aviation. I submit that it is easy to make the case for retiring that first, ambiguous, word. After all, whenever I am required to define the term general aviation to non-flyers, I always repeat the general […]
Historic hangar at P08 to be rescued
The Coolidge City Council has unanimously agreed to save a historic World War II-era hangar that has fallen into disrepair at Coolidge Municipal Airport (P08) in Arizona, according to a story in The Arizona Republic. The story, which notes the council agreed to award a contract for the hangar’s overhaul, including replacement of outdated wiring […]
Free showing of feature film ‘Amelia’
The Museum of Flight in Seattle will offer a free presentation of the 2009 feature film about Amelia Earhart, “Amelia,” Feb. 4 at 6:30 p.m. Admission to the museum is free from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. as part of the museum’s Wells Fargo First Free Thursday. The museum was chosen by Twentieth Century Fox […]
Rotax refresher course slated
A Rotax RFSC Seminar Refresher Course is slated for Feb. 20 at California Power Systems at the Oakland International Airport in California. The Rotax training guidelines for iRMT qualifications, which started in January 2008, have reached their first major milepost, that of the 24-month window. For many this year will mark the first return of […]