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: Cessna 172. Location: Fair Bluff, N.C. Injuries: None. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The airplane had been parked at the airport since 2004. […]
RANS S-6ELS: Bargain Extraordinaire
SPLOG By DAN JOHNSON Much lamenting has been heard regarding the price of LSAs. It isn’t hard to understand given prices that now exceed $140,000. Was such inflation supposed to happen? I’ve explained how this occurred, and the biggest culprit, by far, is the exchange rate difference between dollars and euros. (Other factors include the […]
Injured deputy sheriff awarded first Bombardier-Able Flight scholarship
Deputy Sheriff Dan Hodess was off duty and on his way to work on April 5, 1998, when he spotted a stranded motorist on I-95 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. He could have passed her by, but chose to pull his cruiser over to help. Moments later, another car hit him, pinning him between the two […]
Bizjet market stabilizing, Textron officials say
Officials at parent company Textron say Cessna continues to see stabilization in the business jet market, noting Cessna management has observed that availability of used aircraft is declining, customer utilization of the existing fleet has stabilized, availability of financing is improving and customer inquiries for new orders are beginning to increase. At the same time, […]
Tips on storing your plane this winter
Although winter’s official start begins Dec. 21, many aircraft owners have already chosen to park their planes. If you’re among these ranks, or perhaps considering storage options for the near future, there are several important points to keep in mind when storing your plane. In the article “A Long Winter’s Nap” in the November/December 2009 […]
Cirrus vows debts will be repaid
Brent Wouters, president and CEO of Cirrus Aircraft, has offered assurances that his company’s debts to the Duluth Economic Development Authority will be repaid, according to a story in the Duluth News Tribune, which quotes Wouters as saying: “If there’s one message I want to deliver, it’s that Cirrus is in a position today to […]
Evolution #4 takes to the air
The fourth Evolution by Lancair is now flying. On Dec. 20, Jeff Edwards flew his new Evolution for the first time. Jeff and Shelby Edwards of Chesterfield, Mo., began construction of their PT6-powered Evolution kit with a two-week builder’s assist program at the Lancair factory in May and then, assisted by Brian Harris of Composite […]
Sporty’s offers fun T-shirts
What’s better than a fun T-shirt? A fun T-shirt that is all about aviation, say Sporty’s officials. “It only takes two things to fly: Airspeed and Money” is the message of one shirt. Another charts the four forces of flight, which are dreams (up), reality (down), money (forward) and the FAA (backward). A third shirt […]
My Traffic 2010 released
My Traffic 2010 is the latest version of the My Traffic flight sim series. Optimized for the Microsoft Flight Simulator X, it provides realistic air traffic in the air and on the ground for more than 8,200 airports. More than 140 aircraft models were newly designed for FSX, including nearly all current airliners, most commuter […]