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Full Text of the FAA’s New “One Level of Safety” Rules
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My Flying Vacation to Mexico
I just got back from a very enjoyable flying vacation trip toMexico with my wife and another couple. I flew my Cessna 210from Dallas to the beautiful city of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.After nearly a week in PV, we moved up the coast and over intoBaja. We departed on November 10, 1994 with the expectation ofspending […]
Tangier Island, Virginia
I think many of us in the Northeast are looking for relativelyshort trips that can be flown in three hours or less — and TangierIsland neatly fits that description. US Sprint’s TV commercials in spring of ’95 gave tons of freepublicity to Tangier Island, an isolated fishing community inthe middle of Chesapeake Bay. The commercial […]
Settlement Reached in Mobil AV-1 Class-Action Lawsuit
On October 25, 1995, a preliminary settlement agreement was reachedin the federal class-action lawsuit filed against Mobil Corporationby Malvern Gross and Paul Jimison. As previously reportedin AVweb, the plaintiffs claim that Mobil AV-1 syntheticoil may have caused substantial damage to a large number of big-boreTeledyne-Continental engines, and that all potentially affectedengines should be inspected and, […]
Mobil AV-1 Engine Inspection and Repair Protocol
I. Threshold Level of AV-1 Use/Engine History Protocol Teledyne-Continental IO-520, TSIO-520, GTSIO-520, IO-550, TSIO-550, GTSIO-550, O-470, IO-470, TSIO-470, O-360, IO-360 and TSIO-360 piston aircraft engines in which Mobil’s AV-1 oil was used for inore than 150 hours, and were not completelv rebuilt or completely overhauled since discontinuance of AV-1 use, qualify to be inspected pursuant […]
Press Release: Mobil AV-1 Settlement
GROSS, ET AL. v. MOBIL CORPORATION October 25,1995 PRESS RELEASE San Francisco, California – Plaintiffs and pilots Malvern J. Gross, Jr. and Paul Jimison succeeded today in obtaining preliminary approval of a settlement in Gross, et al. v. Mobil Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. C 95-1237 SC, pending in the United States District Court […]
Mobil AV-1 Notice of Settlement
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTNORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA MALVERN J. GROSS, JR. and PAUL JIMISON, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, PIaintiffs, v. MOBIL CORPORATION, a corporation; MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, a corporation; MOBIL INTERNATIONAL AVIATION AND MARINE SALES, INC., a corporation, Defendants. No. C 95-1237 SI NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AND HEARING CLASS […]
Mobil AV-1 Claim Form
The Mobil AV-1 Claim Form must be fully completed and returned to the address noted below in order to commenence processing your entitlement pursuant to the Inspection Protocol. To participate in the settlement, the Mobil AV-1 Claim Form must be returned no later than three months from the entry of order granting final approval to […]
Anthony J. Broderick
Anthony J. Broderick was named Associate Administrator forRegulation and Certification of the Federal Aviation Administration in July1988, after 17 years of government service. As head of the agency’s Regulation and Certification complex, he is principally responsible for: certification, production approval, and continued airworthiness of aircraft; certification of pilots, mechanics, and others in safety-related positions; certification […]
