Business Jet Traveler Managing Director Wilson S. Leach, who also is head of Aviation International News, has issued an “urgent message” to the business aviation community stating that “Business aviation has suddenly become the whipping boy for many populist causes. The general media and many members of Congress are having a field day with this […]
Repair station symposium slated
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association‘s (ARSA) 2009 Annual Repair Symposium is slated for March 26-28 in Washington, D.C. The three-day meeting kicks off with Legislative Day on March 26, as association members take to Capitol Hill to meet with members of Congress and staff on the issues impacting the industry, particularly reauthorization of the FAA. […]
SR-71 symposium set for Tucson museum
“For decades, they couldn’t talk about the super-secret SR-71 Blackbird. On February 21 and 22 they’ll tell you all about it,” stated an intriguing news release from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. During the weekend of Feb. 21 and 22, visitors to the museum will have a rare opportunity to participate […]
NBAA merges Light Business Airplane Conference, annual convention
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) said on Jan. 28 that its planned 2009 Light Business Airplane Conference (LBA2009) will be incorporated into the association’s 62nd Annual Meeting & Convention in Orlando, FL, scheduled for October 20 to 22. The LBA event originally was to take place in San Diego, CA, on March 13 and […]
A ‘Flying Companion Seminar’ at NW Av Conf
The Greater Seattle Chapter of the 99s plans to present a Flying Companion Seminar at the Northwest Aviation Trade Show, to be held on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at the Puyallup (Washington) Fairgrounds. If you are a pilot with a “nervous Nelly or Ned” in your right seat, the seminar will explain what’s going on […]
Corrosion blamed for crash
The fatigue failure of the engine cylinder, which resulted in a complete loss of engine power.
Solar-lighted windsock debuts
Airport Windsock Corp. has introduced its new solar-lighted windsock. The self-contained solar-powered windsocks, which come complete and ready to install, are a solution for a lighted windsock at remote locations or where electrical power is not practical to supply, said company officials. The high output solar panels supply and maintain power to the AGM deep […]
GA again pounds TSA on LASP
The Transportation Security Administration has held the last of four public hearings into its increasingly-controversial Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP) in Chicago, where TSA representatives heard a lot more of what they already had heard from the General Aviation community at three prior sessions. If the TSA thought of the hearings as an opportunity to […]
2009 Sun ‘n Fun poster available
Sun ‘n Fun‘s 2009 event poster is now available. The poster, sporting this year’s theme, “Spring Break for Pilots,” was a co-design by Sun ‘n Fun staffers Melissa Rankin and Elisa Stillinger. The poster is available for free at the fly-in’s main office at Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport in Florida, or you can order it from […]