What are the top 10 pilot mistakes? Ask any pilot or flight instructor and they’ll have their own lists. But what do air traffic controllers see as the biggest problems? Controllers laid out what they think are the top 10 mistakes at this year’s AirVenture in a Letterman-styled list: #10: Not Knowing Where You Are. […]
RotorWay debuts A600 Talon
RotorWay International, the world’s oldest and largest kit helicopter manufacturer, debuted its next generation helicopter, the A600 Talon, at this summer’s AirVenture. The two-seat A600 Talon is slated to become the first helicopter to be certified by the Arizona-based company. “The A600 Talon is the first of a new generation of RotorWay machines,” said CEO […]
Homebuilders continue fight against JAX law
Pilots picket City Hall to get onerous ordinance repealed “Repeal the Everett Law” read one sign. Another stated “JAX City Council discriminates against aviation.” An airplane towing a banner with a similar message flew overhead — all efforts by members of the Experimental Aircraft Association to sway the City Council of Jacksonville, Fla., to repeal […]
Can a GA ‘black box’ prevent accidents?
When there is a GA accident, the non-aviation media always seems to report that “there was no flight data recorder on board.” That may change in the near future as three companies have teamed to bring flight data monitoring to the GA market. “We call this the GA FDM, which stands for General Aviation Flight […]
Kansas Air Tour in the works
A recreation of a 1928 air tour through Kansas is in the works. The All Kansas Air Tour is slated for the first week of April 2008. “That first week in April happens to be really good flying weather in the state of Kansas,” says Ed Young, director of aviation for the Kansas Department of […]
Garmin fixes G1000 problem
Garmin International officials say the company has fixed a problem with the G1000 that resulted in delayed aircraft shipments and the furlough of employees at Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Corp. On Aug. 13 Columbia furloughed 300 employees when its production line ground to a halt because of a faulty GRS 77 Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) […]
MKC celebrates 80th anniversary
Kansas City’s Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport marked its 80th anniversary last month. Charles Lindbergh dedicated the Kansas City Municipal Airport, as it was known then, in 1927, less than three months after his historic flight. In 1928, a passenger terminal was built for Transcontinental Air Transport and Western Air Express. By April 1929, MKC […]
KRNH completes runway extension, opens new FBO
New Richmond Regional Airport (KRNH), located in Wisconsin just minutes from Minneapolis/St. Paul, now has a 5,500-foot runway and a new 18,000-square-foot FBO building to serve the flying public. A 1,500-foot runway extension project was completed in mid June. The project also included additional ramp space, a full-length parallel taxiway with taxiway lighting and additional […]
Florida airport gets new layer of scurity
A new layer of security has been added to Florida’s Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). AFAB International Inc. recently completed installation of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Access Control System at the airport. The system provides selected vehicles with hands-free access on and off airside operations, according to AFAB officials. Additionally, an electronic device inside the […]