A new Micco Aircraft Co. is back in business and there are some familiar faces at the new company. Dewitt Beckett, who ran the original Micco Aircraft in Florida from 1996 to 2002, has entered into an agreement to acquire the type certificate, tooling, fixtures and inventory for the Micco SP26 aerobatic sport aircraft. The […]
New Jacksonville law targets homebuilders in Florida city
Are you one of the thousands of people building an aircraft at home? How would you like it if your city council passed an ordinance outlawing this activity? Brian Kraut, a pilot and aircraft builder in Jacksonville, Fla., says that’s what happened in his town. According to Kraut, a new law, Ordinance 2006-543-E, bans the […]
Wisconsin couple’s plane becomes a canvas
You may spend hundreds of hours constructing the airframe of your homebuilt and dozens of days tinkering with the engine for the best performance, but it will most likely be the paint job that people remember. That is certainly the case for Randy and Sandy Effinger of Watertown, Wis. The Effingers’ amphibious float-mounted Zenith 701 […]
Cessna owners told to get torqued
The owners of certain Cessna 172 and 206 models will be taking their planes into the shop soon to comply with a new Airworthiness Directive concerning torque tension on fittings of the fuel line attachment. According to the FAA summary, the AD, for Cessna Models 172R, 172S, 182T, T182T, 206H, and T206H airplanes, requires inspection […]
New airport slated for St. George, Utah
The FAA has given officials in St. George, Utah, the nod to build a new airport. The community’s current airport, St. George Municipal (SGU), is located about a mile from the city. St. George is in southwest Utah, approximately 119 miles northeast of Las Vegas. The municipal airport has run out of room to grow, […]
Last airworthy C-82 returns to Hagertown
What may be the last airworthy Fairchild Aircraft Corp. C-82 now belongs to the Hagerstown Aviation Museum in Hagerstown, Md. It is a homecoming of sorts because between 1945 and 1948 the Fairchild factory in Hagerstown produced 223 C-82 Packet cargo and troop transport planes. “This is one of the most important airplanes built in […]
New Jersey’s Bader Field to close
City officials in Atlantic City, N.J., have notified the FAA of their intent to close Atlantic City Municipal/ Bader Field Airport (AIY). As this issue was going to press, the FAA was processing the city’s petition for closure. “The paperwork is being reviewed to be sure everything that needs to be done when you close […]
Ohio pilots pitch in to recruit next memers of the aviation community
A program created by two pilots from Columbus, Ohio, has helped to get more than 2,000 kids and many of their parents excited about aviation. Called Youth Aviation Adventure (YAA), the program began nine years ago with a curriculum based on the requirements for the Boy Scout aviation merit badge. Over the years, more items […]
Airlines vs GA
Airlines drive the cost of the system, according to GAMA’s Bunce. Huge costs are generated “at certain times of the day when we have major arrivals and departures at hub airports,” he said. “It is not the same to move a general aviation aircraft from Chicago to New York City using reliever airports as an […]