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A story currently unfolding on a maillist that I subscribe to isreason to review preparations for winter flying. It seems that a group of people headedout on a flight a few days ago and has not reported in. They disappeared from radarsomewhere in the Sierras. It has been cold up there and the chances of […]

43xD.a Each person performing an annual or 100 hour inspection shall, before that inspection, remove or open all necessary inspection plates, access doors, fairing, and cowling. He shall thoroughly clean the aircraft and aircraft engine. 43xD.b Each person performing an annual or 100 hour inspection shall inspect (where applicable) the following components of the fuselage […]

Dr. Schroeder did more than most purchasers to plan his purchase carefully. He bought from a knowledgeable and impressive seller who specialized in Beechcraft. He insured that a fresh annual inspection would be performed before he purchased the aircraft. He flight tested the aircraft before buying it He brought along a mechanic to check the […]

I had been flying Beechcraft Barons for about eight years in connection with my business in New Jersey, but when I sold the company and took a job as CEO of a larger company in Florida, the Baron no longer made sense. The places I had to go were too far away and I had […]

Most people wouldn’t think of Northern California as a place withmuch of an aviation history, and probably wouldn’t envision Palo Alto – home of StanfordUniversity and the birthplace of Silicon Valley – as a likely place for an aircraftmanufacturer to have been based. But in fact, Northern California has a notable history in aviation, and […]

Insurance can be one of the most expensive elements in the fixedcost of owning an aircraft. It can be, but it doesn’t always have to be. Before we go further into the cost issues, I should caution that the least expensiveisn’t always the best choice. Aircraft insurance is not heavily regulated, except in ageneral way. […]

This is a great time for NASA. It’s our 40th anniversary. Yesterday morning, we launched Deep Space One, our first electric propulsion probe; we will turn on that electric engine in about two weeks. In about a month, the first piece of the International Space Station will be launched. And in just five days now […]

NOTE: You can listen to a full-lengthRealAudio feed of Dan Goldin’s speech here on AVweb, and also read the prepared text furnished by NASA. Have you ever listened to any of AVweb’s audio streams?Well, this is the time. NASA administrator Dan Goldin addressed the 1998 AOPA conventionin Palm Springs, California on Saturday and had the […]

If you haven’t figured it out by now, I like to use a provocative “headline” to grab your attention, and sucker you into clicking that button to read my column. The headline will generally be related to the content, but in ways you might not expect. If you’re reading this, you fell for it! Seriously, […]

NTSB Identification: SEA98FA047. Accident occurred MAR-19-98 at PORTLAND, OR Aircraft: Aerospatiale SN-601, registration: N600RA Injuries: 4 Uninjured. History of Flight On March 19, 1998, at 0918 Pacific standard time, an Aerospatiale SN-601 Corvette,N600RA, owned by R. L. Riemenschneider Enterprises of Redmond, Oregon, and operated byRedmond Flight Center of Redmond, Oregon under contract to the aircraft […]