Aviat Aircraft has introduced several new upgrades for the Husky A-1C, including the Garmin G-600 IFR panel. Aviat is the first OEM to offer the G-600. Another option is an Electronic Instruments MVP50 color engine instrument monitor. New Huskys are being fitted with vernier throttle and mixture controls, which permit fine tuning for cruise settings […]
QuickBuild an RV
Synergy Air‘s newest workshop, QuickBuild Strategies, is designed to educate those wanting to build a Van’s RV before they begin their projects. Scheduled for March 2-6 in Sunriver, Oregon, the workshop is based around the Van’s QuickBuild kit. However, everything it contains is equally applicable to Van’s standard kits, as well, company officials said. Three-time […]
Ice contributes to fatal accident
The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during the missed approach, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and impact with terrain. The ice was a factor.
Obama congratulates CAP Spaatz Award cadet
Newly-inaugurated President Barack H. Obama congratulated one of the Civil Air Patrol‘s most accomplished cadets during a visit to Capitol Hill on Jan. 27. Cadet Col. David F. Hill IV and 14 members of West Virginia CAP Wing’s Martinsburg Composite Squadron accompanying him were greeted by the President as they gathered for Cadet Hill’s official […]
GA associations want TSA to hear industry input on LASP
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Experimental Aircraft Association, General Aviation Manufacturers Association and National Business Aviation Association jointly and formally asked on Feb. 5 the Transportation Security Administration to halt work on a plan to impose airline-like security on general aviation. They requested formation of a rulemaking committee that would allow the TSA to […]
Bird remains found in engines of downed US Airways A320
NTSB investigators have found bird remains in both engines from the US Airways A320 that ditched into the Hudson River on January 15 according to analysis of the material found inside, reports the online newsletter AINalerts.
LSA data updated
Downing Aviation Associates has expanded its compilations of manufacturers’ data of Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) from 57 to 60 aircraft. In addition, DAA has reviewed and updated each aircraft’s pricing based on manufacturers’ provided data. “It is important that interested OEMs, individuals, training schools, and other businesses have the most current unbiased comparative LSA information […]
Mesa Citation Service Center opens
Cessna Aircraft Co. recently marked the grand opening of its Mesa Citation Service Center adjacent to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Ariz. The company built a new 101,000-square-foot facility that includes 62,400 square feet of hangar space along with office and backshop areas. Cessna has developed 12 acres of its tract flanking three 10,000-foot […]
Crash Course slated
The Aero Club of New England (ACONE) will hold its free Crash Course 2009 Safety Workshop March 10 in Bedford, Mass. Bruce Landsberg, AOPA Air Safety Foundation director, will discuss “Wrecks in the City,” about the challenges of urban flight and what transpires when an aircraft goes down in a city or neighborhood and the […]