Eclipse Aviation, manufacturer of the Eclipse 500 very light jet (VLJ), broke ground late last month on a new primary assembly building called Sunport 11. The 52,000-square-foot space will house a state-of-the-art assembly and manufacturing center, and serve as a central hub for Eclipse 500 production. The company, which expects its jet to be certified […]
Cirrus promotes Coleal to president
There’s a new president at Cirrus Design. David Coleal was promoted from chief operating officer to president, while Dale Klapmeier, who founded the company with his brother, Alan, was promoted to vice chairman of the board. The moves at the executive level are in response to the company’s rapid growth, as well as an opportunity […]
Aircraft Spruce buys rights to Cozy, Long EZ parts
Aircraft Spruce is now the source for Cozy and Long EZ parts. The Corona, Calif.-based company has acquired all the existing inventory, tooling and drawings from the former Ken Brock Manufacturing Co., which had been producing Cozy and Long EZ parts since the 1970s. It ceased parts production in December. Aircraft Spruce owns the design […]
U.S.-Mexico border TFR created
The FAA has established a TFR along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona and New Mexico that many pilots don’t think is temporary. The TFR, 300 nm long and 17 nm wide, is designed to prevent U.S. Customs and Border Patrol unmanned surveillance aircraft (UAVs) from colliding with civilian aircraft. Active from 5 p.m. until 7 […]
Chalk’s hit with multimillion dollar lawsuits after crash
Two wrongful death lawsuits have been filed against Chalk’s Ocean Airways in the wake of a fatal crash Dec. 19. The first was filed on behalf of Kendrick Sherman of Bimini, whose wife and daughter were among the 20 people killed. Attorney John Ruiz says that it is a class action suit “to insure that […]
A grand display
After Charles Lindbergh made his solo Atlantic crossing in 1927 in the Spirit of St. Louis, he embarked on a national tour to display the Ryan. The aircraft would eventually be placed in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum. The first men to make the first transatlantic crossing from east to west had […]
Make plans now for fly-in season
As I write this, Seattle is in the midst of a record-breaking rain spell. It has rained for 28 days straight. The record is 33 days. Some Pacific Northwest residents have a perverse desire to break that record. I’d just as soon see the sun again. The cold and gray weather is tedious. I think […]
Sport Pilots committed to self-certification
I very much enjoy GANews. Keep up the good work! In your Dec. 2, 2005, issue, you published a letter, “Could medical kill Sport Pilot?” in response to Amelia T. Reiheld’s article titled, “Pilots still frustrated by Sport Pilot medical,” which appeared in the Oct. 21, 2005, issue. I would like to counter several points […]
Missing the point
I believe that JT Helms is missing the point that the medical standards for the Sport Pilot license are LESS than for the third class aviation medical just as the standards for third class are less than the second class (which is less than for a first class) (Could medical kill Sport Pilot? Dec. 2 […]