GUEST EDITORIAL By DAVE HOOK Each time I read of a new security proposal that will impact general aviation, I feel like keying the mic button and saying, “Washington, we have a problem.” You know, just to see if anybody’s listening. That’s because our freedom to fly is at risk. Risk — now that’s a […]
Flying after 50
Do you want to continue flying past age 50? How about 80, 90 or even 100? Of course you do, but it will require you to be proactive about your health. About 27% of all pilots are over the age of 50, according to Dr. Jack Hastings, an AME who is on EAA’s Aeromedical Advisory […]
Patrol joins Bearhawk kit line up
AviPro Aircraft, Ltd. has begun kit production of a two-place, tandem utility aircraft as an addition to its Bearhawk (four-place) Quick-Build kit. The “Bearhawk Patrol” is a high-wing aircraft that can accept engines from 115 hp to 210 hp. The prototype is powered by an O-360 Lycoming 180-hp engine swinging a fixed pitch aluminum propeller. […]
Ask Paul: Why are Piper and Cessna mag checks different?
Q: During a checkout in a Piper Cherokee, (I had only Cessna experience), I asked the CFI why Piper has me check the mags at 2,000 rpm and Cessna at 1,700 rpm on what is, essentially, the same engine? My opinion is that it is not a deal breaker to not have exactly the rpm […]
Tuskegee Airman Lee Archer dies at 90
Lt. Col. Lee Archer, a World War II fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen, died Jan. 27 at the age of 90. He died of coronary complications at New York Hospital in New York City. Archer remains the only confirmed ace of the Tuskegee Airmen. He flew 169 combat missions over more than 11 countries […]
User fees on pause
President Obama’s budget, released Feb. 1, does not include user fees. In a message at AOPA.org, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association President Craig Fuller notes that for the past year, AOPA and the rest of the general aviation community have made it clear that user fees are not the best way to fund the nation’s […]
Is global warming debate over?
LETTER TO THE EDITOR I think it is obvious that Ben Visser is a right-wing conservative and being more mainstream myself, I find many of his articles quite irritating. His recent article about global warming, however, was over-the-top and frankly offensive (Global warming debate stifles progress). His clumsy “shot-gun” analogy about the scientific data concerning […]
A new way — and place — to fly
Virgin Limited Edition has introduced Necker Nymph, a DeepFlight three-person aero submarine. Likened to an underwater aircraft, this open cockpit winged sub, designed and built by engineer Graham Hawkes of Hawkes Ocean Technologies, extends the overall capabilities of scuba, while offering the experience of underwater flight, according to company officials. Unlike conventional subs that use […]
Cabot Award winners named
Joseph G. Gavin, Jr., and Eugene F. (Gene) Kranz have been named the 2010 winners of the Godfrey L. Cabot Award by the Aero Club of New England (ACONE). Both recipients played critical roles in the Gemini and Apollo space programs that landed the first men on the moon by the United States. Gavin was […]