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Flight School Liability Insurance Twenty years ago, the University of Michigan Aerospace Engineering Department had an airplane and a flight testing course. Western Michigan, Embry Riddle, etc., still do. We sold ours, as “it was too expensive.” Now, we can get the funding for another aircraft, but the administrators tell us that no way will […]

ADIZ Flight Plans I just returned from Sun-N-Fun this weekend. Coming from Raleigh, N.C., to Hyannis, Mass., the handling of the ADIZ flight plans was cumbersome and does not, in my opinion, add any level of extra security to the area. Our experience was as follows: Sunday (April 6) at 12:00 called 1-800-WX BRIEF, was […]

Continental Crankshaft Failure Just to let you know we have had a crankshaft failure on a Continental IO-520 factory rebuild with 230 hours on the engine. This could be something to watch as we wait results from Continental on cause.Dan KlaesBettles Air Chicago VFR Corridor I’m sure that the FAA is not happy about being […]

The Death Of An Airport I have an idea! Let’s have a fly-in at Chicago for single-engine General Aviation aircraft owners! As we strive to do at all our fly-ins, we’ll show the people of Chicago how nice, professional, and interesting General Aviation can be.Since Mayor Daley doesn’t see any value in General Aviation airports […]

Meigs Field Massacred I just read about an early morning attack against an airport and how its runway was destroyed. What stunned me was that it didn’t occur in Iraq or Afghanistan by those fighting against us, but rather, by a government entity right here in the USA.The cited rationale that the Meigs closure (actually, […]

Hijack Transponder Rule Panned So, instead of labelling the proposed new transponder’s “panic” buttons in the normal way, perhaps they should label them the “Please shoot me down” button. Only a suicidal pilot these days would deliberately squawk a “hijack” code, right? George Horn US Military May Degrade GPS Signal This article indicates that the […]

Hijack Transponder Rule Panned No doubt these hijack transponders will find tremendous utility in the Mooney Mite and the single seat Pitts Special!David Abrams This article states “The agency has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would require the replacement of virtually all existing transponders in GA aircraft with models that have a […]

The “Wright” Stuff … And A Kiwi’s Accomplishments Are Still Remembered In the early Kiwi airplane piece in your March 20 issue, your writer shifts time frames without explanation. The result appears to imply that the 1903 Wright (Kitty Hawk) Flyer benefitted from a catapult launch. It didn’t. The 1903 Flyer made its total of […]

Honda’s New Engine I just read the news on the teaming of Honda and TCM for a piston engine. What great news to have Honda enter this market. I was looking for a place to send encouragement to Honda/TCM to sell a non-certified version of this new engine for experimental aircraft builders. We really need […]

Kudos to AVweb I subscribe to AOPA and they are a very good magazine BUT, I must say that in my opinion the INTERNET’S AVIATION MAGAZINE is the BEST. BAR NONE AND 2nd TO NO-ONE. I ENJOY READING it 100%, and that means every article and issue. You’re doing an excellent job.Fred Swazy AVweb Format […]