Pilots can now rate their experiences at FBOs with GlobalAir.com’s new five-star rating system. The system does not permit comments. However, rating scores will be averaged on the site, ranking from one to five stars. Users can rate an FBO on whether it has clean facilities, gives quality customer service, has competitive fuel prices and […]
Duncan Aviation launches e-mail newsletter
Duncan Aviation has repackaged its technical newsletter, Duncan Intelligence, in an e-mail/online format. Now delivered monthly, subscribers get instant access to more information relevant to the operation of business aircraft, including technical tips about specific airframes (Falcons, Hawkers, Challengers, Learjets, Citations, Gulfstreams, Embraers, Astras, and King Airs) or engines (TFE731s, CF34s and Pratt Whitney models), […]
Foundation opens 2010 scholarship program
Applications are now available online for scholarships from the Georgia Business Aviation Association (GBAA) Foundation. For full-time students, scholarships are available to Georgia high school graduates enrolled at accredited U.S. colleges and technical schools in fields of study related to aviation, including aeronautics, maintenance, management, operations and engineering. Continuing education scholarships are available to GBAA […]
Museum program chronicles the journey of the Lockheed Super-G Constellation
With its curvaceous fuselage and triple tail, the Lockheed Super-G Constellation is one of the most distinctive airliners in history. The Museum of Flight in Seattle took delivery of its rare “Connie” in September 2009. The story of this aircraft will be told in a Jan. 9 program by Bob Bogash, a museum volunteer and […]
Hobart debuts spool gun
Hobart Welding Products has introduced the DP 3545-20 Spool Gun for aluminum and other soft alloy wire welding. The DP 3545-20 plugs directly into Hobart’s IronMan 230 MIG welder’s wire drive system without the need for tools and uses .030 to .047 in. aluminum, steel and stainless steel wire, with a wire speed range of […]
Scud run turns deadly
This December 2007 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: Piper Cherokee Six. Location: Warrens, Wis. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The private pilot had logged 456 hours, but did […]
Pilots use politics to protect airport
Pilots in eastern Washington are celebrating a victory in the fight to keep Vista Field Airport (S98) open. According to John Dobson, president of the Washington Pilots Association, efforts to keep the airport from being shut down for redevelopment got a boost after the November election. “Five airport friendly candidates were elected to seven positions […]
FAA reauthorization hits another snag
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FAA has had its problems getting reauthorization on track. To keep the agency in business, Congress has passed yet another temporary extension, something that has been going on for more than two years. Even some Senators are getting fed up with the delay, with 35 of them signing a letter to […]
Want to share your hangar?
By JOHN SCHUSSLER for General Aviation News Rental hangar tenants sometimes ask their landlords if they can sublease hangar space to someone else. Maybe a second airplane will fit in the hangar or the airplane will be gone several months and someone else wants to use it during that time. The landlord usually says “no.” […]