Part of the fun of visiting an aviation museum is bringing home a keepsake – or two. At the Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C., an M&M candy dispenser is the big item this year, according to spokesman Mike Marcus. “We partnered with Mars Candy and have a limited edition collectors M&M dispenser,” he […]
Pilots speak out against Washington ADIZ
WASHINGTON, D.C. — “”Don’t take a bad idea and make it permanent.”” — Phil Boyer, president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). “”This is an idiot’s game. All we are doing is punishing law-abiding citizens.”” — Jim Coyne, president, National Air Transportation Association (NATA). “”Do rules or little lines on a chart really […]
Can you use synthetic oil in a piston engine?
QUESTION: I am in the process of building a Zodiac 601 XL and intend on using an 0-235 Lycoming engine. My question: Can you use the Amsoil synthetic engine oil in this, or any other piston aircraft engine, without any problems? Steve Dunn Elwood, Ind. ANSWER: Steve, congratulations on your Zodiac 601 project. It’s good […]
German FK series LSAs coming to U.S.
FK Lightplanes of Speyer, Germany, has appointed FK Lightplanes USA as its American agent. The Florida company will import the FK9 Mark IV high wing Light Sport Aircraft, which recently won approval as a Special LSA. FK Lightplanes also will introduce to the U.S. the German manufacturer’s other models, which are the folding bi-wing FK12 […]
Historic warbird week in Miami
A visit by World War II bombers and a weekend air show are highlights of the Wings Over Miami Air Museum’s Warbird Week, Feb. 15-19. The Collings Foundation B-17 “Nine-O-Nine” and B-25 “Tondelayo” will be on static display and will do a fly-over of Miami during their arrival on the 15th. Flights aboard the B-17 […]
Feds get an ADIZ earful
The federal government has proposed making permanent the huge restricted airspace over and around the capital, Washington, D.C., and its adjoining states of Maryland and Virginia. Stated purpose is to reduce the number of “careless and inadvertent” violations – the only kind that have occurred – and to reduce the risk of terrorist attack. An […]
A patent for the “flying motorcycle”
Larry Neal, a Texan and inventor of the “flying motorcycle” demonstrated at Sun ‘n Fun last year, received a U.S. patent for it on Dec. 27. “And I’m flying it now!” said the ever-enthusiastic Neal, president of The Butterfly LLC company that builds gyroplane kits. “Every flying vehicle we design and build will be based […]
Angel Flight Southeast sets record in 2005
It was a record year for Angel Flight Southeast (AFSE), a nonprofit group of more than 1,000 pilots who volunteer to transport thousands of people free, each year. AFSE coordinated 3,617 flights in 2005, up from 2,635 flights in 2004. Most flights are for medical and humanitarian reasons, and 2005’s increase was largely in response […]
Bill Morris dies at 98
Nathan “Bill” Morris, one of the world’s oldest active pilots, died Dec. 29 at the age of 98. He had renewed his medical last August and continued to fly until kidney failure grounded him. Morris developed Kentmorr Airpark (3W3) on Maryland’s Kent Island in 1945, laying out a grass airstrip from what had been a […]