Dave: Received your latest issue today. Very, very interesting information contained therein. Getting better and better every month. A couple of items really caught my eye, and particularly the one…
Category: Dec 2011/Jan 2012
Letter From Anthony Restaino
Hi Dave: I got “Madame Butterfly” (my V-tail Bonanza) back (from the avionics shop), and I am very happy with the work (slightly used Garmin 530 installed). I just hope…
Letter From Jim Hanson
Dear Dave: You have to wonder what he (the filmmaker) is buying for “$7,000 to $20,000 used, but in great condition?” My single-seat Kolb Firestar – a former ultralight turned…
Letter From Bob Leff
Dear Dave: In my work on a documentary film I’m making about LSA flying, I’m spending a good deal of time around southern Wisconsin guys who own their LSAs and…
Letter From Bob Kunkel
Dave: Thanks for the great article on Jeff Baum (Oct/Nov 2011). I learned several things about Jeff I did not know. I’ve known Jeff ever since he started in the…
Iowa Airports & National Politics
THE NATION’s eyes focused on Iowa for the historically close 2012 Iowa Caucuses held January 3. Iowa has hosted the nation’s first electoral event for every presidential election since 1972….
WWII Vet Savors Gift of Flight
by Brooke Miller Hall Before Jim Leonard could take the ride of his life, he needed to get in the plane. And that’s harder than it sounds. Jim is 90,…
Where The Cowboys Were Indians
by Jim Bildilli NASHVILLE, TENN. – At the National Association of State Aviation Officials’ (NASAO) 80th Anniversary Convention in Nashville, Tenn. in September 2011, there was a fascinating speaker by…
Babbitt Resigns After DWI
WASHINGTON, D.C. – FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt resigned following his arrest December 3, 2011 near his home in Fairfax City, Va., on charges of drunken driving. Babbitt, 65, said that…
Former FAA Administrator J. Lynn Helms Dies
WESTPORT, CONN. – Former FAA Administrator under the Reagan Administration, J. Lynn Helms, died December 11, 2011, at his home in Westport, Connecticut at age 86 from cardiopulmonary failure and…