When the “Detroit Three” CEOs flew to Washington in private jets to seek federal bailouts, they not only damaged the auto industry’s image, they tainted the image of business jets as well, wrote Ted Reed in TheStreet.com on April 21. Already reeling from deteriorating sales in the down economy, the business jet industry has found […]
Helicopter safety hearing could bring GA problems
Do states have a right to control operations of emergency medical helicopters or is this role exclusive to the Federal Aviation Administration? With states eager to place restrictions on airports and flight paths, a decision favoring them could end up causing numerous problems for general aviation. The question was the center of an April 22 […]
Continental flies on Swift Fuel’s AvFuel
The first test flight of a piston-engine airplane using a cellulose-based biofuel that is being touted as a replacement for 100LL was successful and “no surprise to the engineering teams who had already completed hundreds of hours of laboratory testing and test cell trials used to simulate various operational conditions,” according to an April 22 […]
Student loses it in crosswind
The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing. The crosswind was a factor.
Sun ‘n Fun Today digital edition online
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Epic launches a pair of twins
Epic Aircraft launched a pair of turbine twins on the opening day of the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In at Lakeland, Florida, April 21. Despite the current economic climate, Rick Schrameck, CEO of the Bend, Oregon company, insisted that this is “just the time to invest” in developing aircraft The Elegance turboprop twin and Genesis twinjet […]
Tecnam donates plane to Embry-Riddle
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University said on April 21 that Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam Srl. and Michael and Lynne Birmingham, U.S. distributors for the Tecnam line of aircraft, have donated a new Tecnam P-92 Echo Classic, a light sport aircraft (S-LSA) valued at $125,000, to Embry-Riddle’s nationally ranked Daytona Beach flight team. The school’s Daytona Beach flight team […]
Salvaged Dauntless returns to Navy April 24
A World War II-era Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber that has been on the bottom of Lake Michigan for 60 years has been brought to the surface by salvagers. The National Naval Aviation Museum, Naval History Heritage Command and the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency expect to take custody of it on Friday, April 24, at […]
Evergreen air museum plans lodge, water park
Plans are in motion for an 80- to 90-room resort lodge and separate indoor water park at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum near McMinnville, Oregon, according to an April 21 piece in the Portland Oregonian newspaper. Brian Bauer, a museum board member and president of Evergreen International Aviation, said the lodge and 50,000-square-foot water […]