The latest issue of FAA Aviation News focuses on winter flying safety, including icing avoidance strategies, safe operations on icy runways, and snow/frost contamination. Click here to go to the online edition. FAA Aviation News is the safety policy voice for the non-commercial general aviation community. The magazine’s objective is to improve safety by: making […]
Guardian 20/20 shows value of bizav
Guardian Jet, LLC has released a web-based business aviation tool called Guardian 20/20. In one of the most challenging times facing the business aviation industry, Guardian 20/20 empowers corporate leaders to more clearly understand the value of their business aviation operations by giving them access to financial and operational dashboards, according to company officials. When […]
Fast approach led to bad landing
This November 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 152. Location: Venice, Fla. Injuries: None. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: During his first solo flight, the student pilot flew the Cessna […]
Congressional GA Caucuses grows
The General Aviation (GA) Caucus in the Senate, co-chaired by Sens. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Mike Johanns (R-Neb.), has reached 17 members, according to officials with the National Business Aviation Association. The most recent member to join is Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee. “We are thrilled that Sen. […]
Jenny’s siblings
The Curtiss Jenny, particularly the JN-4, is one of America’s most famous airplanes. Jenny was ubiquitous — everybody had a Jenny, along with bailing wire, a five-gallon gas can and the grease gun needed to keep her going. The Jenny, with all its struts, wires and fittings, was referred to as “a bunch of parts […]
Proposed AD could affect 40,000+ Pipers
The FAA is proposing a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Piper PA-28, -32 and -44 series airplanes that would require an inspection of the control wheel shaft for both the pilot and copilot sides and, if necessary, replacement of the control wheel shaft. FAA officials estimate the AD could affect as many as 41,298 airplanes. […]
Maule family matriarch and son die same day
Services were held Nov. 1 for June Maule, the matriarch of Maule Air, Inc., who died Oct. 29, following a brief illness. She was 92 years old. “The same day we also lost her son Gary, at age 57, from leukemia,” said an e-mail sent out by the Maule family. “They were very close in […]
Rules for pilots
The latest e-news from Courtesy Aircraft Sales in Rockford, Ill., contains a fun list of “Rules of the Air for Pilots we thought our readers would enjoy as well: 1. Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory. 2. If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull the stick back, […]
Sun ‘n Fun Radio’s Terry Fowler loses battle with leukemia
Terry Fowler, the co-chair of Sun ‘n Fun Radio at the annual Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In each spring at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Florida, died Oct. 24 after a battle with leukemia. He was 50 years old. Fowler was diagnosed on opening day of Sun ‘n Fun 2009. According to his wife, Lisa, when […]