SHORT FINAL By DEBORAH McFARLAND As I write this, my own Lester is buzzing over my head. While I’ve always thought his throaty C-85/O-200 made a sweet sound, today I find the noise annoying but, in hearing it, I know that my place in heaven is assured. Any woman who lets her husband borrow her […]
Opinion
Remaining Vigilant
Ed Rosiak – President California Pilots Association Protecting general aviation airports isn’t sexy. There, I have said it, and I doubt anyone would argue the point. Having said that let me also state – it still must be done. It does not surprise the California Pilots Association that we have to work harder than ever […]
LSAs, Unite!
SPLOG By DAN JOHSON “LSAs, Unite!” might be the campaign slogan. Sector-only air shows are rare. By that term I mean an all-one-class or -type event. Club fly-ins occur where all owners of a certain brand get together at a regional airport. A gathering of Van’s aircraft builders can bring quite a flock of flying […]
GA economic value website launches
A major step to informing the public of general aviation’s value was taken Sept. 30 when the Alliance for Aviation Across America launched a new website that highlights the economic impact and importance of general aviation and its airports state-by-state across America. Alliance officials hope the new website will help dispel much of the negative […]
Making magic happen
SHORT FINAL By DEB McFARLAND Every now and then magic happens. It can happen in a certain time, at a certain place or with certain people. Mine came on a Saturday with a group of pilots from a friendly country airport called Jackson County in northeast Georgia. This particular day and time, these folks shared […]
The Times They Are a-Changin’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Popular musician Bob Dylan said it with an album several years ago: “The Times They Are a-Changin’.” That phrase applies to general aviation today. The times they are a-changin’ is how aviation associations, politicians, agencies, and the public are seeing general aviation — and how these groups are affecting changes. For too […]
Flying ‘Songbird III’
If you are of a certain vintage, you probably remember this sentence: “Out of the clear blue of the western sky it’s Sky King!” The words were followed by majestic music that introduced the popular adventure serial from the 1940s and 1950s. The show, which first aired on radio then went to television, depicted the […]
Fuels for Sport Aircraft: The looming crisis
FOR GENERAL AVIATION NEWS By DEAN BILLING, KENT MISEGADES and TODD PETERSEN Among the hundreds of forums and workshops held at this summer’s AirVenture, few concerned a matter of greater importance to sport aviation than the two forums dealing with aviation fuels. On Monday, July 27, the EAA’s Vice President of Government Relations, Doug Macnair, […]
Forbes: Cessna Refutes the Decline of Capitalism
Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes, and longtime pilot, posted some interesting thoughts regarding Cessna’s VLJ, Embraer’s Phenom 100 and capitalism (it is Forbes after all).