Managing Slippery Runways, Taxiways & Ramps At GA Airports by Pete Vercouteren Winter operations at general aviation (GA) airports can cause many challenges compared to the larger commercial airports. The…
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Sales Tax Exemptions In Other Midwest States
Minnesota joins other Midwest states in exempting sales tax on aircraft parts and associated installation labor. Wisconsin currently has an interstate commercial operations exemption. Interstate commercial operations, although a bit…
Minnesota Aviation Trades Association Board Sets Goals For 2013 & 2014
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – The entire nine-member board of directors of the Minnesota Aviation Trades Association (MATA) met August 22, 2013 at Thunderbird Aviation at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden…
AOPA’s Flying Club Network Surpasses 400 Mark
FREDERICK, MD – The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s (AOPA) campaign to grow the number of flying clubs in the United States reached a new milestone recently when the 400th…
Wind, Waves or Weather . . . Schweiss Doors Work!
Imagine having a fun family day on the water in your favorite fishing or speedboat, or better yet, you’re flying your floatplane! As the sun is setting or a sudden…
An ICON At EAA
by Woody Minar ICON Aircraft once again displayed its two-seat, light-sport aircraft (LSA), amphibian ICON A5, which just received a weight exemption from the FAA. The exemption increases the gross…
General Observations of AirVenture 2013
“Oh my gosh, how’d they do that?” by Harold Green This year EAA AirVenture, July 29 thru August 4, 2013, provided an opportunity to consider the impact of this event…
Fuller Joins Redbird Simulator Board
AUSTIN, TEXAS (September 9, 2013) – Redbird Chairman Jerry Gregoire has announced the appointment of former AOPA President Craig Fuller to the company’s board of directors. Fuller currently runs his…
FAA Requests Proposals For GA Transition To Unleaded Fuels
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has asked the world’s fuel producers to submit proposals for fuel options that would help the general aviation industry make a transition…
Court Decision Aids Safe Transition To Unleaded Avgas
A U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruling March 27, 2013, has freed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from having to make an accelerated endangerment finding on emissions from…
Biofuels For Aviation In Midwest
CHICAGO, ILL. – The commercial aviation industry has a clear path toward cleaner, more economical and more secure energy alternatives through the increased use of advanced biofuels developed in the…
Unmanned Aircraft At Camp Ripley
CAMP RIPLEY, MINN. – The Minnesota National Guard has opened an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) facility at Camp Ripley Training Center on May 17, 2013. The facility provides a centralized…
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Action Summit Addresses Future Of Unmanned Aircraft Industry
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – More than 350 professionals associated with the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) industry gathered for the seventh annual Red River Valley Research Corridor UAS Action Summit, May…
Wicks Aircraft Offers Variety of New Products
HIGHLAND, ILL. – Wicks Aircraft Supply has expanded its high-tech product line to include everything from low-cost GPS Emergency Locator Transmitters to strobe lights: • 406mHz ELT from ACK: This…
Tanis Receives STC For AgustaWestland AW119
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – Tanis Aircraft Products has obtained a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the installation of a Tanis Preheat System on the AgustaWestland AW119. AgustaWestland has already placed…