Presidential TFRs are complicated. These flight restrictions are temporary and, often, the boundaries keep moving. Furthermore, they can occur without warning anytime a president decides to travel. They are kind of like pop-up summer thunderstorms. They’re avoidable, but a pilot sometimes has to use every available resource to avoid them. A search of NASA’s Aviation Safety […]
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Virginia helicopter hangar wins building of the year award
A helicopter hangar in Purcellville, Virginia, won the 2017 Building of the Year award for commercial buildings under 5,000 square feet from the National Frame Building Association. Hangar owner Chuck Kuhn worked with Fuog/InterBuild to design the barn-style hangar. The hangar boasts a Schweiss Doors hydraulic one-piece 55′ by 16′ designer door. The exterior Hardie Plank […]
Greg Shelton to receive 2018 Bill Barber Award for Showmanship
World Airshow News has revealed that Greg Shelton is the 2018 recipient of the Bill Barber Award for Showmanship. One of the most prestigious awards in the airshow industry, the list of Barber honorees reads like an airshow hall of fame. Like many in the airshow business, Shelton’s interest in aviation started as a child. […]
2017 GA Activity Survey cleared for takeoff
The 40th annual General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey is now underway. The survey is the FAA’s primary source of information about the size and activity of the general aviation and on-demand Part 135 fleet. The information obtained from the survey enables the FAA to monitor the general aviation fleet so that it can: […]
Airforms awarded PMA approval for Cessna Engine Mount Heat Shields
WASILLA, ALASKA – Airforms has been awarded FAA PMA approval for engine mount isolator heat shields for the Cessna 206/207/210 family of aircraft powered by Continental engines. The aluminum construction of the heat shields absorbs less heat than steel, and a cerakote coating on one side inhibits heat transfer to the flexible isolators, company officials […]
Lake LA-4 sinks into lake
The pilot of the amphibious Lake LA-4 reported that during the fourth water landing of the flight, during touchdown, “the nose pitched down aggressively” and the airplane nosed over. He and a passenger were able to perform an emergency evacuation before the airplane sank near Greers Ferry, Arkansas. The fuselage sustained substantial damage. During a […]
Picture of the Day: A golden tribute to a great demonstration team
Gord McNulty submitted the following photo with a note: “A beautifully refurbished Canadair-built Sabre as flown by Canada’s Golden Hawks demonstration team from 1959 to 1964 is impressively displayed in Germain Park at Sarnia, Ontario, which shares the Canada-U.S. border with Port Huron, Michigan. Sabre #23164 was one of the original Sabre jets that flew […]
An apology to the US Sport Aviation Expo, and you
This may come as a surprise to some readers, but occasionally, I am mistaken. In error. Out to lunch. Wrong. This is one of those times. For nearly 15 years I’ve been attending and writing about the US Sport Aviation Expo, which takes place each January in Sebring, Florida. It’s one of my favorite shows. […]
Sonaca 200 certified
The Sonaca 200 earns EASA type certificate. The first certified aircraft from Belgium in several decades.