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LAWSUIT MISSES A FEW DEFENDANTS

By General Aviation News Staff · May 18, 2007 ·

Thank you for reporting on the insanity being promulgated by Mr. Macaluso against Cirrus and everyone else he can possibly connect with the tragic accident that claimed Mr. Lidle and Mr. Stanger (Cirrus facing wrongful death lawsuit in Lidle crash, April 6 issue). I noted with great interest that Teledyne, Hartzell Propeller, S-Tec, Honeywell and […]

SPECIALISTS IN OLDER PLANES

By General Aviation News Staff · May 18, 2007 ·

In response to “Serious Trouble” and “Turned Down” who have been turned down for service on their older planes (Letters to the Editor, April 6 issue): Bring them to us at Whisler Aviation at Seward Municipal Airport in Seward, Neb. We’re close and we specialize in work on older planes. TERRY WHISLER Seward, Neb.

EVERYONE MUST FIGHT USER FEES

By General Aviation News Staff · May 18, 2007 ·

Several weeks ago, the Air Transport Association (ATA), perhaps operating in concert with the FAA, initiated a media campaign that is not in the best interests of us, the “little guys” who enjoy flying our personal, general aviation aircraft without paying “user fees.” The ATA’s pro-user fee position is appearing throughout the nation in numerous […]

ANOTHER PIONEER

By General Aviation News Staff · May 18, 2007 ·

For Dave Sclair, that was a great article on John Thun (Bigger than life: The world needs more characters like John Thun, April 20 issue). We are running out of these great people as the ongoing story of aviation moves on. I would like to tell you of another pioneer in the aviation world here […]

SANTA’S NEW RIDE

By General Aviation News Staff · May 18, 2007 ·

My husband subscribes to GANews and I was just noting the cover on the December ’06 issue. Jolly Old St. Nick was shown standing beside a red Mooney. That prompted me to tell you about our “airborne Santa.” We have a large choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm here in the southeast corner of Michigan between Detroit […]

HERE WE GO AGAIN

By General Aviation News Staff · May 18, 2007 ·

Here we go again — it seems that around every five years there is a “new discovery” about the Earhart “mystery.” In the one in your April 20 issue (e-Bay purchase sparks new interest in search for Earhart) it seems that, after 70 years, a typewritten copy of a diary has suddenly been discovered on […]

Pilot error blamed in Lidel crash

By Charles Spence · May 18, 2007 ·

WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was pilot misjudgment, incomplete planning, and airmanship that caused the accident last October in which Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor, Tyler Stanger, died when their Cirrus SR20 hit an apartment building in Manhattan. In a hearing to determine the cause of the accident, the National Transportation Safety Board […]

What parts can I use in my 1955 engine?

By Paul McBride · May 18, 2007 ·

My 1955 Tri-Pacer original Lycoming O-320 engine was torn down and inspected. It has a Part No. 74166 camshaft gone bad (#3). I found a P/N 76097 camshaft. Is it OK to use this part number for the engine? WENDELL HAMILTON Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Wendell, to answer your question, no, you cannot use the P/N […]

We are not alone

By Janice Wood · May 18, 2007 ·

Anyone in general aviation who is unaware of the user fee proposals currently being debated in Congress must be singularly disconnected from aviation media. What most of us do not realize is that we are not the only people being threatened by user fees and increased federal fuel taxes. Tucked away in the administration’s FY2008 […]

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