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Lycoming Denies Insurance Threat Your Calls Are Welcome Lycoming is denying claims by a Texas law firm that owners of IO-540 engines affected by its crankshaft recall are risking future insurance coverage by accepting a compensation package. “We strongly disagree with this position and are certain that accepting our Customer Care Program with its general […]

The G550 Receives Its Provisional Type Certificate …   Gulfstream Aerospace recently announced that its flagship business jet, the Gulfstream G550, has received a Provisional Type Certificate from the FAA. The certification is subject to certain operational limitations that will be removed during the coming months, well in advance of the first Gulfstream G550 entering […]

BE A PILOT reported Monday that response to its learn-to-fly program was up 6.2 percent in 2002, through early December. Response this autumn was 50 to 70 percent higher each month compared to post-9/11 months in 2001… The National Aeronautic Association presented Paul H. Poberezny, founder of the EAA, with the Wright Brothers Memorial Award […]

While Eclipse is trying to redefine the personal jet market, Diamond Aircraft looks like it’s well on the way to creating a whole new class of light twin. The company created quite a buzz in the industry when it published some seemingly outlandish performance numbers for its DA42 — how could any airplane carry four […]

TCM, Aerosance System… The car you drive to the airport almost certainly has one, even the garden tractor you had to use before giving yourself permission to fly might have had one. Now, your airplane can have a Full Authority Digital Engine Control system keeping everything happy under the cowl. Aerosance and Teledyne Continental Motors […]

Aero Diesels Gaining Momentum… Although many skeptics predicted the government approvalswould be years in the making, German manufacturer Thielert Aircraft EnginesGmbH announced last Friday that it has certified its 135-horsepower TAE 125diesel for the Cessna 172N and P models. The conversion will sell under thebrand name Centurion 1.7, which designates the engine’s 1.7-liter displacement.The German […]

Lycoming has issued Mandatory Service Bulletin 554, which calls for removal of bad crankshaftretaining bolts installed in their engines and replacement of the bad boltswithin the next 10 hours or seven days of operation (whichever comes first).Affected engines are all O, IO, (L)TIO or AEIO-540 engines that have had acrankshaft bolt replaced during maintenance or […]

Last spring, clutching a free ticket on Southwest that was about to expire and harboring an intense desire to escape reality for a while, I journeyed to Seattle for a mini-vacation devoted to nothing except looking at airplanes and eating foods that were bad for me. I had a great time and would encourage you […]

Osh 2002 Home NOTAM Survival Guide TPL #38 Time to Fly One of a Kind Living History Gallery 1 Gallery 2 Gallery 3 Gallery 4 Click each individual picture for a larger image. “The propeller-type thingy! It was right here!” “Poberezny…P-o-b-e…” “Big mouth.” “Hard at work?” “And then the little alien climbed out of here…” […]

Osh 2002 Home NOTAM Survival Guide TPL #38 Time to Fly One of a Kind Living History Gallery 1 Gallery 2 Gallery 3 Gallery 4 Click each individual picture for a larger image. “Wacky Waco.” “Taken under wing.” “Even the cows wait in line.” “This doesn’t look like the lake.” “Casper the UN-friendly ghost.” “That’s […]