What about Tie-Downs?

Posted on December 1st, 2006 by

At Romeo State Airport: $70,000 for design work for terminal area site preparation: $56,000 federal, $12,250 local and $1,750 state; $492,500 for construction of a new entrance road and site preparation for a new terminal building: $394,000 federal, $86,187 state... Continue Reading →

Still Learning

Posted on December 1st, 2006 by

Well, Tom, I learned a couple of things (I’m almost 60 and started flying in 1965) from your article “Old School Flying.” Continue Reading →

Old school flying

Posted on December 1st, 2006 by

Your article on “Old School Flying” in the Oct. 20 issue was great! You know my affinity for the classic airplanes so this article really hit home. I went with a friend to pick up a new Legend Cub and... Continue Reading →

Not all aviators are conservative

Posted on December 1st, 2006 by

I was reading your editorial (Knee jerks: The selling of fear in America, Nov. 3 issue) with interest and approval until the part about populists and socialist media – then I sort of choked. Continue Reading →

What he didn’t know

Posted on December 1st, 2006 by

Reference the letter to the editor in your Oct. 20 issue written by Kim H. Wallis (Test pilots held to a higher standard?): Clearly Kim Wallis did not think through the Sport Jet crash scenario before he hit the send... Continue Reading →

We don’t need more red tape

Posted on December 1st, 2006 by

The FAA doesn’t see patients on a day-to-day basis, so they should leave medical certification procedures up to the AMEs who practice their trade! Continue Reading →

Between a rock and a hard place

Posted on November 17th, 2006 by

Several years ago I pursued a special issuance for my medical and received same. It was a long and tedious process but I was persistent and won. I was able to fly for several years and then out of nowhere... Continue Reading →

The sooner, the better

Posted on November 17th, 2006 by

Your reference to the T3 airplanes scrapped by the Air Force caught my attention (Decisions, decisions, Touch & Go, Oct. 6). Continue Reading →

Congestion

Posted on November 17th, 2006 by

As more and more people are saying “traffic in the area please advise” on the radio, the Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) 4-1-9 g-1 now states: Continue Reading →

THANKS!

Posted on November 3rd, 2006 by

Thank you for the nice article on my Fairchild (From basket case to award winner: Charlie Brown’s Fairchild, Oct. 6 issue). Everybody loves it. Next project underway is a 1928 C3B Stearman. It’s approximately half done. Fly date is two... Continue Reading →