Everyone in the industry — from FAA officials to flight instructors to manufacturers — has been busy gearing up for the new rules. LSAs just began getting approval a few months ago and it seems that every day we hear of another aircraft winning approval. In this issue of General Aviation News, we focus on […]
Return of the Cub
If you learned to fly before 1965, chances are you have some stick time in a Piper Cub. For many people, even the aviation-challenged, the little yellow aircraft is synonymous with pleasure flying. Is it any wonder then that several aircraft manufacturers who are targeting the Sport Pilot/ Light Sport Aircraft market are producing aircraft […]
Picking the right LSA for you
Are you in the market for a Light Sport Aircraft? With so many options in both the ready to fly and the build it yourself genres, there are lots to choose from. One of the first questions you need to ask is whether you want a ready-to-fly model or a project? On the plus side, […]
The birth of Sport Pilot
If you are one of the hundreds of people who have been waiting years for Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraft to become reality, this could be the year you get your hands on a ready-to-fly Light Sport Aircraft (LSA). In April the first ready-to-fly models, which are European imports, were certified by the FAA and made […]
EAA chapter plans Corporate Aviation Museum in Iowa
When you think of corporate aviation, you probably don’t think of Newton, Iowa, as its birthplace. You should, says Drew Schumann, an amateur historian and president of EAA Chapter 456, which is based there. “Newton was the home of the first business aircraft, a 1929 TravelAir 6000 B built by Walter Beech for Henry Ogg, […]
NASCAR sets sights on land next to Bremerton, Wash., airport
Bremerton International Airport (PWT) in Bremerton, Wash., may soon have a new neighbor: a NASCAR speedway. International Speedway Corp. has secured an option to buy land near the airport for a track. The land is private property and covered with woods and brush. PWT, a non-towered airport, is a few miles west of Seattle in […]
Missing L-39 found
An L-39 that went missing while on a flight from Seattle to Lewiston, Idaho, in 2004 has been found. Hikers found the wreckage in mountainous terrain in eastern Washington several weeks ago, but did not immediately notify authorities because they thought it was an old crash. According to a preliminary report from the National Transportation […]
Wal-Mart heir dies in ultralight crash
Billionaire John T. Walton, an heir to the Wal-Mart fortune, died June 27 when his ultralight crashed shortly after takeoff from the Jackson Hole Airport (JAC) Grand Teton National Park, in Wyoming. He was 58. John Walton was the second son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and served on the board of directors of the […]
The race for space, Part 2
The race for space has trickled down to — of all things — a trailer park in the Mojave Desert. Kayo’s Trailer Park, right next to Mojave Airport — the scene of SpaceShipOne’s successful flights into space — has a new name: Spaceport RV Park. Originally built in the 1940s to tap into the new […]