Anytimea vector takes me across the scene of a hot-rod show or an ad hocdrive-in gathering, memories of weekend nights spent idling through hometowncruising spots nearly always sweep me back to my teenage years. That neverhappened with an airplane, though. Until, that is, those same hot-rod imagesflashed back to me upon my first glimpse of […]
ExcitementAnd Growth Still Energize General Aviation’s Hard-Core Hardy Anyone who arrived a day early for AOPA’s 60th Anniversary convention,Expo ’99, got a near-identical taste of what early arrivals experienced going toAtlanta the week before the NBAA Convention: low ceilings, soggy skies, and morerain than the runway drains could handle at Atlantic City International Airport(ACY). (Of […]
Interview with the FAA’s Chief Counseland Deputy Chief Counsel This is an edited transcript of meeting held August 17, 1999, at FAA Headquarters in Washington DC. Representing the FAA were Chief Counsel Nicholas Garaufis, Deputy Chief Counsel James Whitlow, and Eliot Brenner from FAA Public Affairs. Representing AVweb were Editor-In-Chief Mike Busch, Executive Editor Jeb […]
NASAGives Students A Taste Of Space Flight — 30 Seconds At A Time The engines are screaming at full power as I pullmyself up off the floor against the 1.8 Gs and manage to look out the sidewindow. What I see is not the typical view from a four-engine transport categoryaircraft: the starboard wing with […]
On a blustery winter day near the ocean inKitty Hawk, North Carolina, the first aviation accident investigation of a poweredfixed-wing aircraft took place. It happened right after the first powered flight. ButWilbur and Orville Wright had a plan. With that plan they investigated and they learnedand their second flight was a little longer. And the […]
Liz Im partial to Mooneys, I guess I need to admit that straight up. I own a 1966Mooney M20E, one of the short-bodied speedster models. My little bird “Mike”cruises along at a calm-wind 140-plus knots and drinks a mere 10 gallons of avgas perhour. I like Mike. I transitioned to my 200-hp, complex M20E “Super […]
Homebuilts: The New GA Market Homebuilt Litigation Growing Are Homebuilts Covered By GARA? Creation of a Homebuilt Aircraft Who Has Liability Exposure? Defense #1: Modification Defense #2: Pilot Error Common Homebuilt Myths Exculpatory Agreements “Boilerplate” Disclaimers Conclusion Do you have a dream? Do you: If you pursue this dream, you will probably do so as […]
The aircraft magneto is a cursed thing. Its technology seemingly dates to the discovery of fire, every engine needs at leasttwo and on a dark and stormy night over the Appalachians, the last thing you want to thinkabout is how many fragile moving parts are whirling around inside a mag at the speed ofheat. But […]
Airline passengers injured or killed in “operational” airline accidents have always been able to successfully sue the airlines if they had proof of airline negligence. However, Airline defense lawyers have frequently persuaded courts that the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 (ADA) “preempted” state law tort claims for injuries resulting from the airline’s “services.” Thus, claims […]
Cessnahas always been a marketing-driven company, and one of the company’s signature marketingstrategies has been to offer more aircraft models than any of its competitors. Back in thedays when GA was predominantly propelled by piston powerplants, Cessna started with fourbasic models in the 1950s (140, 170, 180, 310) and exploded to some 30 different pistonmodels […]
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