2011 will be an amazing year for General Aviation. The following is the first in a series of absurd (unless they come to fruition) predictions. The quotes are manufactured (by me) and the only thing standing in the way of... Continue Reading →
Aviate to recreate
Posted on November 28th, 2010 by Ben Sclair
AOPA‘s Aviation Summit is the end of our fly-in/event season. Phew. I’m glad we’ve wrapped for the year. Being last in our schedule, however, certainly doesn’t make Summit least. Not in my opinion anyway. This year a Flight Training Summit... Continue Reading →
Go ahead and fly
Posted on November 14th, 2010 by Janice Wood
Michael Kraft is senior vice president and general manager of Lycoming Engines. By MICHAEL J. KRAFT, Guest Editorial Lycoming started 2010 with the objective of raising awareness of the issues surrounding a transition from 100LL to an unleaded alternate. As... Continue Reading →
Airparks & GA: International interest in U.S. airparks highlights strength of GA here
Posted on October 25th, 2010 by Dave Sclair
Dave Sclair was co-publisher of General Aviation News from 1970-2000 and is the co-founder of Living With Your Plane Recently I received an interesting note from an individual in Europe. He had watched an EAA-sponsored webinar on residential airparks and... Continue Reading →
Why you should care about TTF
Posted on October 7th, 2010 by Ben Sclair
Public comments are interesting…or can be. Following are but three comments made at the Sept. 22 hearing of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on an FAA proposal to prohibit any new residential through the fence (TTF) agreements at... Continue Reading →
The fallout from sonic booms
Posted on September 13th, 2010 by Dave Sclair
Recently the Seattle-Tacoma region in Washington state where I live was hit by a pair of sonic booms. They were caused by the flight of two Oregon Air National Guard F-15s sent to intercept a floatplane that had violated a... Continue Reading →
A few moments with Jim Scott
Posted on July 20th, 2010 by Ben Sclair
I caught up with Jim Scott, owner of Aircore Aviation in Arlington, Wash. at the recent Arlington Fly-In. Seems business is up 300% year over year. He is focusing his energy exclusively on maintaining light-sport aircraft and Rotax engines. A... Continue Reading →
A few moments with Glen Gordon
Posted on July 19th, 2010 by Ben Sclair
“Eighteen years, $18 million-$19 million dollars invested, and we haven’t delivered a single plane… yet.” Sherpa Aircraft founder Glen Gordon is ready to ship some product. In fact, they are currently assembling components for the first three customer-built Sherpa K650T’s.... Continue Reading →
A few moments with Jack Pelton
Posted on July 18th, 2010 by Ben Sclair
Bonus depreciation and research and development tax credits. Those were two pieces of legislation Cessna’s Jack Pelton, president and CEO mentioned in response to my query, following his June 21 speech to the Aero Club of Washington. He spoke of... Continue Reading →
A trip back in time
Posted on June 30th, 2010 by Dave Sclair
I’ve been working on a book about my newspaper career. A major portion of my time in the business — more than 50 years in total — has been spent in the world of aviation. As I ventured into different... Continue Reading →
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