General aviation activity in the Hudson River Valley and Long Island Sound areas is slower than it was a year ago, but remains “higher than expected,” according to Ken Valenti, a reporter for The Lower Hudson Journal News, who learned a lot about GA by flying with Larry Gottschamer, director of operations for Performance Flight, […]
Business Aviation gets increasing blog attention
The House of Representatives is expected to begin debate in the next few weeks on a sweeping new energy bill that would call for new aircraft emissions and fuel standards, reports the April 21 issue of The Weekly of Business Aviation. The debate will come from the April 17 Environmental Protection Agency Friday proposal to […]
FAA may let unmanned aerial vehicles fly
During this tornado season, emergency responders may have a new tool to respond should disaster strike: an unmanned aerial vehicle, wrote Molly McMillin in The Wichita Eagle on April 21. The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to issue a certificate, soon, that would allow a small Aerosonde UAV to operate in restricted airspace, enabling emergency […]
Oklahoma’s aviation sector produces most jobs
While it was relatively clear skies and flat terrain that made Oklahoma an ideal location for the aviation and aerospace industries, the people and their work ethic have made it the state’s top employer, said an April 21 report in The Norman [Oklahoma] Transcript newspaper. The director of the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission told business leaders […]
“Splash-In” at Fantasy of Flight
As demonstrated by Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger III, the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 who made a skillful landing in the Hudson River earlier this year, “great pilots don’t always need runways,” said Kermit Weeks of the Sun ‘n Fun Splash-In at the Fantasy of Flight lake, scheduled for April 23. While Sullenberger proved […]
NBAA eyes new EPA greenhouse gas ruling
The National Business Aviation Association is keeping a watchful eye on developments following a formal ruling, issued by the Environmental Protection Agency on April 17, that greenhouse gases, including aviation emissions, threaten public health, said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. The ruling means that the agency could step in to regulate emissions from aircraft […]
The Seawind amphibian is back
In this time of bad news and economic slowdown, we are pleased to bring you some good news. The Seawind people don’t know how to give up, as a new flyer from the builders of that handsome amphibian tells us. A year and a half after the flight test prototype’s test pilot crashed it and […]
Failure to go around leads to crash
The pilot’s misjudged flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which caused the nose gear to collapse.
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