The FAA has extended the comment period on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) equipment requirements. Deadline for comments on the NPRM, issued Oct. 5, initially was Jan. 3, 2008, but due to requests from several alphabet groups, including AOPA, the Air Transport Association and others, FAA officials decided to […]
Fossett’s wife asks court to declare aviator dead
Peggy Fossett, the wife of famed aviator Steve Fossett, is asking a court to declare the missing millionaire adventurer dead. A petition for declaration of death was filed in Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois, Nov. 26. “We will continue to grieve and heal, but after nearly three months we feel now that we must […]
the buzzzzzzzzzzzzz
“We’re not interested in shutting down general aviation. We think it’s important to have a system in place that works with and promotes the growth of general aviation.” — Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff “Changing airspace is like a Rubik’s Cube. When you change one side or one pattern, it affects others as well.” — […]
MUSTANGS & LEGENDS
The article about the Mustangs and Legends was very good and enjoyable to read (“Gathering of Mustangs and Legends, Where World War II airplanes and pilots met again,” Oct. 19 issue). I attended the air show and it was probably the best all-around air show I have visited in a long time. It was well […]
PROPOSED RULE IS IMPRACTICAL
[Editor’s Note: This letter was sent to Sen. Max Baucus (D-Montana), initially.] I am writing in reference to the proposed new U.S. Customs and Border Protection rules per NPRM USCBP-2007-0064. These rules would be very burdensome, costly and impractical. It is obvious the author(s) have never flown a small airplane out of or back into […]
NOT JUST IN ARIZONA
Re: What’s in your hangar? I read your article in GANews and the same thing happened in Vernal, Utah, this summer. The whole thing resulted in a giant conflict with pilots, hangar owners and renters. The airport manager wanted to search hangars, which he could because the land is owned by the county. However, at […]
A TOTAL LACK OF SECURITY
I sure enjoyed your article on my home airport, Falcon Field (“What’s in your hangar? Officials at Arizona airport crack down on inappropriate uses,” Oct. 19 issue). The hangar leasing situation there has been a mess for many years, due to a network of “good ol’ boys” who repeatedly skirted the rules. Corinne has been fighting […]
IF SEEING IS NOT ENOUGH
IF SEEING IS NOT ENOUGH Pilots will tell me that I cannot believe my own eyes, and that planes overhead are much higher than they appear from the ground. I have found that difficult to swallow, so I have fallen back on what I know to be true – trigonometry. If I observe a plane […]
The first time…
The circus-like paint scheme of this Kitfox IV provides a backdrop for a family portrait of the McGrath men. Ron (far left) is a pilot and was at the Copperstate Fly-In with his son, Mike, and grandson Ryan, 3-1/2. “We wanted to bring him to his first air show,” Mike explained as Ryan, noticing the […]