The FAA has issued an Airworthiness Directive (AD) requiring replacement of portable Halon 1211 fire extinguishers manufactured by Fire Fighting Enterprises, Ltd. The AD comes on the heels of a mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) from the Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom, which informed the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) that significant quantities […]
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Banyan slates Bahamas Day
The First Annual Bahamas Day is being hosted Feb. 20 by Banyan Air Service, located at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE). Bahamas Day is for pilots who want to fly their aircraft to the Bahamas, as well as for non-pilots who desire information on charter flights and accommodations. Banyan’s hangar will be transformed into the […]
TSA’s latest target: Your mechanic
By aviation security expert David Hook, president, Planehook Aviation Services, LLC Remember the Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP) that the TSA proposed about this same time last year? Well, this time TSA is proposing something similar, but with a twist. The latest proposal has your aircraft mechanic in the agency’s crosshairs. “Good security is good […]
TSA a ‘substantial threat’ to GA
Aviation attorney Alan Armstrong warns that TSA ambitions still represent a “substantial threat” to the aviation community. In his monthly newsletter, “FlightWatch,” Armstrong notes that while some members of the aviation community congratulate themselves and each other based on the belief that threats represented by the TSA to the general aviation community are subsiding, he […]
Flying the Flight Design CTLS
Two-place airplanes are often used as trainer aircraft because they are less expensive to rent than four-place designs. Yet once that private pilot ticket is in your hand, you may look for a larger airplane for cross-country flights because a two-place is just too cramped to be comfortable over long distances. But that won’t be […]
Job description for next EAA president posted
Looking for a new job or know someone who would be great as the next president of EAA? The association’s search firm, Korn/Ferry, has posted a position description for the post online. You can check it out here. President Tom Poberezny assumed the chairman’s role last year and is maintaining duties as president until a […]
National Hall of Fame Class of 2010
The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF)’s Class of 2010 has been unveiled. Those who will be inducted are Captain Alan Bean, astronaut and lunar module pilot on Apollo 12, man’s second lunar landing; Warren Grimes, father of aircraft lighting and inventor of aircraft navigation instruments; Clay Lacy, a 50,000-hour pilot, business aviation icon and […]
Looking back at the year in business aviation
The aviation community faced many challenges in 2009. The TSA’s controversial Large Aircraft Security Program proposal, the aircraft emissions proposals introduced in the U.S. and overseas, continuing concerns over user fees as part of FAA reauthorization, and ongoing work to preserve access at local airports were just a few of the issues confronting the industry. […]
Want to share your hangar?
By JOHN SCHUSSLER for General Aviation News Rental hangar tenants sometimes ask their landlords if they can sublease hangar space to someone else. Maybe a second airplane will fit in the hangar or the airplane will be gone several months and someone else wants to use it during that time. The landlord usually says “no.” […]