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Gallery 1 | Gallery2 | Gallery 3 Special Report: Sun ‘n Fun 2000 No, it’s not a Staggerwing, it’s a Lionheart, an all-new composite design mounting a 450-h.p. Pratt & Whitney Wasp Jr. radial engine and capable of 200-knot speeds. Ultralights stacked up at Paradise City. Some aerobatic birds take a break from the action. […]

Gallery 1 | Gallery2 | Gallery 3 Special Report: Sun ‘n Fun 2000 This Fokker Triplane is one of three WWI-era aircraft from the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome flown daily at SnF 2000 in mock dogfights. Another of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome aircraft, this one a Spad. Aviat’s Monocoupe 110 Special made daily passes down the […]

Special Report: Sun ‘n Fun 2000 SnF 2000: From Dry To Soggy Two Accidents, Poor Weather… Ever hear the one about the week-long aviation celebration that enjoyedperfect weather and safety from the first early-bird arrival to the finalflyer’s flight home? Probably not, because they just don’t happen – or, at theleast, don’t happen often. And […]

Special Report: Sun ‘n Fun 2000 By Any Other Name: Sun ‘n Fun 2000 Living Up To Its Name Comfy Days, Cool Nights, Dry Camps And Few Bugs… When the faithful gathered for the first EAA Sun ‘n Fun some 26 years ago, conditions that matched the title were hit and miss. January in Florida […]

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The designation “unusual” connotes something that is either unexpected or extraordinary. Leave it to the FAA to slap the label “unusual” on an event that is predictable and routine. If you leave an airplane to its own devices, it will enter a descending turn. If airspeed is not a consideration, recovering from a descending turn […]

April 27, 2000   Mr. Robert HackmanSr. Technical SpecialistAviation Services DepartmentAircraft Owners and Pilots Association421 Aviation WayFrederick, MD  21701-4798 Dear Mr. Hackman: This is a follow-up response to your letter dated April 26, 1999, to the Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), regarding the definition of “dual controls” under 14 CFR section […]

U.S. Departmentof TransportationFederal AviationAdministration Memorandum Subject: Dual Controls under 91.109 and 61.45 From: Regional Counsel, AEA-7 To: Manager, RIC FSDOTHRU: Manager, Technical Branch, AEA-230 Date: Mar 17 2000 Reply toAttn. of: SBrice x3268 You have requested our opinion with respect to fully functional aircraft dual controls under 91.109 and 61.45 of the FARs. After further […]

U.S. Departmentof TransportationFederal Aviation Administration FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE5707 Huntsman Road, Suite 100Richmond Int’l Airport, VA 23250-2415 March 29, 2000 CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Mr. Thomas OsinkoskyShanandoah Flight ServicesShenandoah Valley Regional Airport51 Aviation Circle, Suite 112Weyers Cave, VA 24486 Dear Mr. Osinkosky: Last year, personnel from this office had a discussion about the use […]