I have followed with interest the articles concerning the lobbying tactics of the NRA and the objections of a number of the readers (Letters to the Editor, Feb. 25). I believe the point of highlighting the NRA was to demonstrate... Continue Reading →
Overhauled engine means relearning how it operates
Posted on April 8th, 2005 by Paul McBride
QUESTION: First, let me say thanks for your excellent column. It’s always one of the first things I flip to when GANews arrives. In my 1947 PA-12 (I’m new to the plane, purchased after complete restoration), I have an O290-D2B... Continue Reading →
Bridgin generations in Dallas
Posted on April 8th, 2005 by Meg Godlewski
I can now honestly say, “I was on the grassy knoll.” I visited Dealey Plaza in Dallas when I was in the Lone Star State attending the 16th annual Women in Aviation International Conference. Continue Reading →
Test conducted to use lasers in defense of D.C.
Posted on April 8th, 2005 by Charles Spence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a time when laser beams aimed at aircraft are coming under scrutiny with Congress and others seeking methods to counter the potential danger, the military is testing a dual-based laser program to aim at aircraft that... Continue Reading →
A story worth telling
Posted on April 8th, 2005 by GAN Staff
Just wanted to say thanks to Tom Norton for the nice book review you ran on “Things My Flight Instructor Never Told Me” (Need to know info, Feb. 25 issue). Continue Reading →
Camping under the wing
Posted on April 7th, 2005 by Deborah A. McFarland
Winter’s end found me suffering from a very Victorian condition — a maudlin mood. Had I lived in that grand age, my condition would have been more grandiose, more pronounced, more eloquent, with tomes of Edgar Allen Poe and pots... Continue Reading →
What’s wrong with GA
Posted on April 7th, 2005 by GAN Staff
The letter to the editor in the March 2005 edition of The Southern Aviator (The two don’t add up) in which Bill Howard objects to Joel Elman’s article in a previous edition and calls it “irresponsible” was, to me, indicative... Continue Reading →
‘An American Trilogy’
Posted on April 7th, 2005 by GAN Staff
I enjoyed your article in the March issue (To save the South). In 1972, my friend and mentor, the late songwriter Mickey Newbury, recorded a song that he called “An American Trilogy.” He had taken a few lines from “Dixie,”... Continue Reading →
Great BBQ and Garth Brooks
Posted on April 7th, 2005 by GAN Staff
I believe the best BBQ in the South is a place called Swadley’s Bar-B-Que in Bethany, Okla. Swadley’s is a mile or two south of Wiley Post (PWA) Airport in Bethany. Wiley Post is 6 nm north of Will Rogers... Continue Reading →
An impossible task
Posted on April 7th, 2005 by GAN Staff
Name the best BBQ in the country (The Best of the South, Our readers weigh in on the best eating, including the best BBQ, March issue)? C’mon gang, that is an impossible task. I know, every, and I mean every,... Continue Reading →
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