Build A Plane (BAP), a non-profit organization that helps kids learn science, technology, engineering and mathematics by building and working on real airplanes, is in need of aircraft donations. BAP places donated aircraft into high schools across the country that want to add aviation into their curriculum. It also works with groups that use aviation […]
US Unlimited Aerobatic Team selected
The new US Unlimited Aerobatic Team was selected earlier this month. Of the 97 contestants who competed in the National Aerobatic Championships in Sherman, Texas, in September, 11 were chosen to represent the USA at next summer’s World Aerobatic Championship. They are: Debby Rihn-Harvey, Michael Racy, David Martin, Melissa Andrzejewski, Robert Armstrong, Chandy Clanton, Dan […]
Diamond Aircraft arrive at Doss Aviation for Air Force Initial Flight Screening Program
The first 11 of 44 Diamond DA20-C1 and one DA40 aircraft have arrived at Doss Aviation at Pueblo Memorial Airport in Colorado for the Air Force’s Initial Flight Screening Program. The program is a 40-day, 25-hour flight screening course for up to 1,700 United States Air Force officers annually.
Procedures established for reimbursing five Washington D.C. general aviation operators for Sept 11 losses
The Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that establishes procedures for reimbursing general aviation operators at five Washington, D.C., area airports for the “direct and incremental financial losses they incurred while the airports were closed due to federal government actions taken after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001,” […]
Cirrus has landed a milestone
Cirrus Design Corp. has landed a milestone, receiving an Organization Designated Airworthiness Representative (ODAR) designation from the FAA. This authority allows Cirrus to train, evaluate and manage its own team of airworthiness designees. The designation is a “testament to the FAA’s confidence in our quality systems and personnel,” says David Coleal, president and COO. The […]
Jabirum’s smallest LSA receives certification
Jabiru USA’s smallest Light Sport Aircraft, the Calypso, has earned LSA certification. The Calypso-SP (Sport Pilot) can cruise at 100 knots on 85 hp, provided by a four-cylinder, aircooled, direct-drive Jabiru 2200 engine, which runs on either 100LL or 91-octane auto gas, Jabiru officials said. With full fuel, the LSA accommodates a 400-pound additional payload. […]
Of Meigs and mayors
Pilots are not the only people still talking about the closure of Meigs Field in Chicago. According to the group Friends of Meigs Field, the issue is a hot topic in this year’s Chicago mayoral race. Candidates Bill Walls and Dorothy Brown have both made the midnight illegal destruction of the airport an issue in […]
When cargo goes astray…
How did alligators get into the sewers of New York? Maybe they took an airplane. When West Palm Beach Airport was officially dedicated in 1936, the first flight out was an Eastern Airlines DC-2 bound for New York City. To celebrate the event West Palm Beach Mayor Ted Brown and Florida Postmaster O.B. Carr decided […]
Former President Bush’s wings bring luck to new aircraft carrier
When its 700-ton island was lifted onto the flight deck of the nation’s newest and most advanced nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, George H. W. Bush (CVN 77), the ship’s namesake placed his World War II Naval Aviator’s wings under the structure. Tradition holds that placing such tokens aboard new vessels brings good fortune. Vessels from ancient […]