Letters

Thank you for the nice article on my Fairchild (From basket case to award winner: Charlie Brown’s Fairchild, Oct. 6 issue). Everybody loves it. Next project underway is a 1928 C3B Stearman. It’s approximately half done. Fly date is two to three years from now. Charlie Brown Sand Point, Idaho

I recently read the review Thomas F. Norton wrote on Peter Forman’s book “Wings of Paradise” in the July 21 issue . I would like to thank you for the kind words you used in the paragraph describing my painting of the two Sikorsky S-38s over the Molokai sea cliffs. It doesn’t mention in the […]

Regarding the Meigs settlement between the FAA and the Daley regime, the media has reported that Chicago taxpayers will be required to pay the FAA $1,033,000, but the cost to the taxpayers is much more. Not counting the loss in business to Chicago that the airport brought it, there are the legal expenses, estimated to […]

Reference the article, “Can your airplane save your life?” in the Sept. 8 issue, in which the NTSB (initially) points to wake turbulence as a probable cause, it is disheartening to read that the pilot blames the accident on ATC, because “the tower cleared him to take off one minute and 28 seconds behind a […]

I read with great interest about how Mr. Jim Stewart asserts that his life was saved by the design of the Sport Jet (Can your airplane save your life? Sept. 8). Then I got to the “So what happened?” section and was appalled that Mr. Stewart blamed the crash on Air Traffic Control. The article […]

I agree we need to do something to stop user fees and to get rid of the ADIZ (To build a fire, to save our airspace, July 21 issue). The problem is how do you get anyone to listen? I belong to AOPA and know they are doing what they can. I have talked to […]

The Boeing Airplane Co. is planning to tear down a significant piece of aviation history. The Plant 2 building on East Marginal Way South in Seattle is slated for demolition soon. This is the factory that employed 30,000 Seattle people at the peak of World War II, turning out B-17 Flying Fortresses at the rate of several […]

In regards to the letter in the Aug. 18th issue about the New Jersey airport that is under attack (N.J. airport under attack), I wish to add the following: Unfortunately Mr. Walker’s statement that if the NIMBYS are legally successful in any way, it will set a precedent that will affect not only the airports […]

When your July 21 issued arrived, I turned immediately to the back page…as I always do…to see the articles by Larry Bledsoe. It’s like having dessert first. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” hit a special chord for me. A few years ago I had the honor of flying with Joe Gentile, son […]