In the Aug. 10 issue of GANews there was a letter to the editor in response to my article on unleaded avgas and the insanity of developing a marketable product (Unleaded avgas: You’d have to be insane to try to develop it, June 6 issue). The letter stated “”What’s to develop? Leave out the lead […]
August 2005 Accident Reports
The pilot’s failure to maintain altitude and clearance from mountainous terrain while climbing, and his improper in-flight decision electing to fly at a low altitude toward rising terrain.
Adam Aircraft’s Rick Adam moving on: Turns over day-to-day leadership in long-planned transition
Adam Aircraft’s board of directors named John D. Wolf as chairman and CEO earlier this month, replacing company founder Rick Adam. Adam had said earlier this year that he was planning a transition as the company moved from development to manufacturing, but the actual decision was made only days before the announcement, said Shelly Simi, […]
Bright new engine ideas at AirVenture
Although Light Sport Aircraft and Very Light Jets got most of the publicity at EAA’s AirVenture this year, anyone with an interest in engines might have seen it differently. Six engine manufacturers and developers made what they considered to be major announcements at AirVenture, and most others at least held news conferences, if only to […]
Aviat Aircraft adds enhanced vision to Husky
Aviat Aircraft has become the first general aviation manufacturer to offer a low-cost enhanced vision system for light airplanes. Aviat president Stu Horn announced at AirVenture that the low-cost ForwardVision EVS-100 enhanced vision system is available as optional equipment on new Huskys and as a retrofit to existing Huskys. Previously, the only EVS systems offered […]
Inhofe attacks Senate’s FAA reauthorization proposal: Calls it “a sweetheart deal for the airlines”
General aviation user fees are “the most misunderstood issue” currently before Congress, declared Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) during an interview at AirVenture 2007. Inhofe, GA’s greatest friend in the U.S. Senate, also spoke to a large crowd, curious about the status of the user fees debate, at the EAA Member Village. Long a member […]
“Preaching to the choir”: GA advocates and elected officials rally Air Venture crowds against user fees
In the fight for user fees, the airlines are using a time-tested tactic: Divide and conquer. “We’ve been told that the bulk of GA won’t have to worry about user fees,” EAA President Tom Poberezny said during one of several forums on user fees at last month’s AirVenture. “That’s called divide and conquer. We’re all […]
Avemco lowers rates again: Broadens coveragefor homebuilts andlow-time pilots
Avemco Insurance Co. has lowered its rates and broadened its coverage on models ranging from technically advanced aircraft to homebuilts. Rates have been reduced for all Cirrus and Columbia models, as well as Diamond’s DA-42 Twin Star and select homebuilt aircraft, according to Jim Lauerman, Avemco’s chief underwriting officer. “We’ve made several moves to ensure […]
KidVenture prepares the future
“We have discovered over the years that you have to prepare the future,” says Dan Majka, chairman of EAA KidVenture. And prepare them they do — “they” being a small army of volunteers who run KidVenture, a mini-kid-friendly AirVenture held at Pioneer Airport next to the EAA museum during this summer’s AirVenture. Majka notes that […]