Sales are booming at Glasair Aviation. The Arlington, Wash.-based company reports that sales in the first quarter of 2005 exceeded total deliveries in all of 2004. The company’s new Customer Assembly Center has been booked through September, officials added.
Cirrus increases deliveries 27%
Cirrus Design Corp. had a great year last year, beating all sales records for the company. That growth has continued this year, with the company reporting a 27% increase in first quarter deliveries over the same period in 2004. New purchase orders were well above first quarter projections, according to John Bingham, executive vp of […]
FAA revokes certificate of Sheaffer
The FAA has revoked the airman certificate of Hayden L. Sheaffer, who was pilot in command of the Cessna 150 that violated the restricted airspace around the nation’s capital on Wednesday, May 11. He was required to surrender his certificate immediately to the FAA and will not be permitted to fly for at least one […]
Another plane busts the Washington ADIZ
Less than two weeks after a Cessna 150 violated the Washington ADIZ and caused evacuation of the White House and Capitol Hill buildings, another incursion, involving a Cessna 340A, brought a brief elevation in the terror alert level before the plane was led to a Maryland airport. The plane departed New Orleans and was on […]
Lost pilots hurt us all
While I certainly don’t have all the facts concerning the recent incursion into the Washington ADIZ — and within three miles of the White House — by Hayden Sheaffer, a certificated pilot, and Troy Martin, a student pilot, in a Cessna 150, I am upset with them for what they’ve probably done to all of […]
Required reading
I have just finished reading “The Outsiders,” (April 22 issue) several times over. This well-done article should be required reading for every one in the GA industry. It is a well expressed point of view of a highly qualified expert that requires consideration, if GA is going to continue to grow. Let’s face it, the […]
Win-Win situation
The Spokane Chapter of the Washington Pilot’s Association is making a difference. We started a move last fall through the Washington State Adopt an Airport program to improve a little known airstrip on the beautiful Snake River. The airstrip is “00W,” Lower Granite State Airport near Boyer Park Campground and Marina in southeast Washington State. […]
Accidentally identified
First I want to compliment you on the quality of your publication. I like the Pacific Northwest regional coverage and find the aviation news very informative. In your April 22 issue Accident Reports (page 51), the second accident involves the loss of a Cessna T207 near Merlin, Ore. I was acquainted with the pilot. He […]
Sincere thanks
GAN does so much to help general aviation in many aspects, especially the EAA fly-ins. Ben Sclair and his staff are real supporters of all the groups. The EAA Southwest Regional Fly-In moved to its biggest and best venue this year: Hondo Municipal Airfield at Hondo, Texas. We had to shift operations and all our accumulated […]