Visitors to Miller Electric’s booths at this year’s AirVenture will have the opportunity to see and participate in MIG and TIG welding and plasma cutting demonstrations. Also on hand will be the Miller 75th anniversary Chopper, built by Orange County Choppers on the TLC hit show American Chopper, as well as the latest Miller welding […]
TravelScoot: An easier way to get around
Does a walking problem prevent you from flying into places where ground transportation is not available? Until now electric mobility scooters were far too heavy and way too bulky to fit in small airplanes. Hardy Huber, builder of one of the first Wheeler Express composite fourseaters, has changed that. His TravelScoot is the world’s lightest […]
A Field Guide to Airplanes
You are on the grounds at AirVenture — or any other air show — and trying to impress your traveling companion with your aircraft knowledge. Your companion points to a particular aircraft and asks what it is. You have no idea. You can avoid this particularly nasty form of aviation embarrassment by carrying “A Field […]
“Wings of Paradise”
“Wings of Paradise, Hawaii’s Incomparable Airlines,” by Peter N. Forman is a fascinating tale of the human courage, underhanded plots, dirty politics, brilliant imagination, chicanery and other intriguing elements that went into the formation and operation of the airlines serving the Hawaiian Islands. Most of the book is devoted to airlines that were born, grew […]
The Story of the Boeing Company
“The Story of the Boeing Company,” by Bill Yenne, is a massive book, nearly a foot square and weighing an impressive four pounds, which tells the story not only of Boeing itself, but of the many other firms that have combined to become the world’s largest aerospace company. Its 35 chapters are supplemented by helpful […]
Air taxi boosters take their case to lawmakers
“Most of our travelers will come off the highways,” DayJet Vice President Traver Gruen-Kennedy told a Congressional policy forum last month, strongly suggesting that any lessening of road traffic enhances public safety. “We will be serving secondary markets from point A to point B,” he stated. “We’re not going to be flying in Class B […]
A Cirrus Jet
“We are not going to do a VLJ,” Alan Klapmeier stated flatly during an interview at Sun ‘n Fun in April. However, he added quickly, “we are going to explore the concept of a personal jet.” Asked to give us a hint at what a Cirrus personal jet might look like, the Cirrus Design chairman […]
Adam Aircraft
“The two big activities in the company are ramping up production rate and finishing up certification on the jet,” said Rick Adam when asked “What’s new at Adam Aircraft?” “Our primary focus is finishing up the certification work on the A700, using the Number Two jet. It has major improvements over the Number One jet. […]
VLJ’s and LSA’s dominate aviation’s second century so far
The latest news in aircraft certification and production hovers mostly around the two ends of the general aviation spectrum – Very Light Jets and Light Sport Aircraft – although many interesting things are happening in between. The pioneer VLJ certification may have been achieved by the time you read this. The Eclipse 500 (below) appeared […]