The “you can’t judge a book by its cover” adage goes for airplanes as well as people. When we spotted a black, orange, gold and yellow Cessna 195 with the image of a black widow spider on it in the vintage display area at this year’s Sun ‘n Fun, General Aviation News photographer Will Jones […]
“Glacier Girl” to finish her mission
Legendary P-38 flying to Englandto complete “Operation Bolero” On July 15, 1942, an Army Air Force squadron left American soil on “Operation Bolero,” a World War II mission to support U.S. allies in Europe. Due to insurmountable weather problems, the entire squadron of six P-38s and two B-17s was forced to make an emergency landing […]
Soaring Society of America celebrates 75 years
The Soaring Society of America will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a display of vintage and modern gliders at AirVenture 2007 in Oshkosh. Volunteer members of the Soaring Society of America will be available to explain all aspects of soaring, glider licenses and places to take a ride or begin instruction during the fly-in from […]
FAA proposes longer repack cycles for parachutes
Skydivers, parachutists, and pilots who wear parachutes soon will be allowed to go longer between mandated parachute inspection and repacking. The FAA has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to change the regulations and allow reserve parachutes and emergency parachutes to go 180 days between required repacks by FAA-certificated parachute riggers. The agency still […]
Dolittle Raiders gather to sign new print
Military artist William S. Phillips and surviving Doolittle Raiders Col. William Bowers, Lt. Colonel Richard E. Cole, Lt. Colonel Frank Kappeler, Lt. Colonel Edward Saylor, MSgt. Edwin Horton Jr., Thomas Griffin and David J. Thatcher gathered in Washington, D.C., over Memorial Day weekend to commemorate one of the most famous aviation events of World War II […]
Who should be in charge? AOPA’s Boyer debates airlines’May over control of the airways
The fight over how to fund the FAA is, in reality, an argument about who will control the national air transportation system, stated AOPA President Phil Boyer during a debate late last month with James May, the Air Transport Association’s chief lobbyist. During the debate, held at the Aero Club of Washington, Boyer laid out […]
Having trouble? If you can’t reach flight service, you have options
.You can not only check weather, but file flight plans through DTC DUAT (DUAT.com) or CSC DUATS (DUATS.com). Both companies are approved by the FAA as weather sources and — perhaps more important — are independent of the FSS. You can go online to get continuously updated weather information and file, and close, flight plans. […]
Audit shows problems were possible
A just-released report by the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General predicted that Lockheed Martin’s aggressive consolidation schedule could lead to problems. The report is the result of an audit undertaken to see if the FAA had implemented effective controls to transition FSS to Lockheed Martin, achieve anticipated savings, and ensure that the operational needs of […]
Virtual airman: The history of the Berlin Airlift goes high tech
Climb aboard the C-54 Skymaster that is a flying museum devoted to telling the story of the Berlin Airlift and the first person you see is…not a person at all, but a virtual depiction of one. This virtual airman is projected onto a flat-screen TV located next to the rear door. He tells the story […]