by Greg Reigel, Attorney At Law Back on July 8, 2010, the FAA published a Proposed Interpretation seeking public comment regarding a proposal to modify the FAA’s broad prohibition on…
Category: Feb/March 2011
Getting Connected
by Craig Fuller, President & CEO – Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association It’s no secret that as AOPA president I spend a lot of time on the road or, more…
Promote Expanding State Support, While Protecting What We Have!
by Bill Blake, AOPA Great Lakes Regional Representative As I write this column at the end of 2010, I would like to review the state aviation legislative issues in the…
B-B-But Doctor, What Do I Do Now?
by Art Risser These are the first words the Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) usually hears when telling an applicant for a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Medical Certificate that he doesn’t…
Bird Strikes – To Takeoff, or Not To Takeoff? Decision Point!
by Steve Rehwinkel The trip called for Jim Taylor (JT) and I to take eight passengers to our plant near Quonset, Rhode Island (yes, home of the Quonset hut) for…
Funding Proposed For NextGen Aircraft Equipment
WASHINGTON, DC – After seven months of debate, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Future of Aviation Advisory Committee (FAAC ) completed its assignment December 17, 2010. FAAC voted on and…
Is There Glass In Your Future?
by Michael Kaufman, CFII Volk Field Safety Seminar “Is There Glass In Your Future” was the topic I presented August 21, 2010, at the Volk Field Air National Guard Base…
What We Can & Cannot Do To Increase Our Pilot Numbers
by Dave Weiman There has been much talk about the 80 percent dropout rate among flight students, and this should concern all of us. It is counterproductive in our efforts…
Wipaire Names Chuck Wiplinger President
SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINN. – Wipaire, Inc. has announced that it has appointed Chuck Wiplinger as President. In a meeting to employees on December 23, 2010, Gene DePalma, Assistant to…
Piper To Terminate PiperSport Distributor Business Relationship
VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft Inc. will terminate its business relationship with Czech Republic-based Czech Sport Aircraft to market that company’s Light Sport Aircraft, citing differences in business philosophies….
Honda Achieves First Flight of FAA-Conforming HondaJet
Greensboro, North Carolina, December 21, 2010 – Honda Aircraft Company, Inc., today announced that it has successfully completed the first flight of its FAA-conforming HondaJet advanced light business jet. The…
High Altitude Parachute Jumper Featured At Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet
OSHKOSH, WIS. – Joe Kittinger, who jumped from a hot air balloon (Excelsior III) from 102,800 feet (31,300 m) on August 16, 1960 and lived to tell about it, was…