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The plight of Johanson, who has circled the world three times in his RV, has sparked a major reaction in the aviation community. EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski said senior officials of his organization were in contact with government and NSF officials most of the day Wednesday trying to work something out. He said the issue […]

“Locals” Won’t Supply Fuel… It looks like a famous Australian aerial adventurer who flew his RV-4 to Antarctica will be taking a Hercules home — and leaving his aircraft behind (after disassembly) until (perhaps) February. Jon Johanson, who in 2000 flew his Vans homebuilt aircraft from Australia to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh and back again, was […]

For instance, not many outside the local area know that you can land right on Copalis State Beach in Washington State or get into ghost towns and landlocked settlements in the western mountains. Who would have thought the Western-themed fly-in resort called the Flying W Ranch would be a short hop from Teterboro in New […]

Be A Pilot Adds Destinations… Tried every $100 hamburger within flying distance? Tired of Unicom operators recognizing your voice? Maybe it’s time to spread your wings a little (or a lot) and do what your airplane and your certificate were meant for. Be A Pilot has devoted part of its Web site to Places Pilots […]

Miller isn’t the only civic politician with an anti-airport platform. In Naples, Fla., city council candidate William Willkomm III says he’d like to see the city’s airport, a popular bizjet destination, converted into a high-tech industrial park with on-site schools to turn out skilled workers for the businesses that set up there. In Concord, Calif., […]

Although parallels to Chicago’s Meigs Field spring to mind, Psutka said it’s unlikely Miller will send in a fleet of excavators (by “sea”) to seal TCCA’s fate. Rather, Psutka said he believes Miller and his anti-airport backers will administer a political death. After killing the bridge, he believes the next target will be the smoke-belching, […]

One Airport To Improve, Or Destroy … Toronto’s new anti-airport mayor is starting a long process to get rid of the city’s unique downtown island airport, claims Canada’s biggest pilots’ organization. Kevin Psutka, president of the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA), says the current controversy over a bridge linking the Toronto City Centre Airport […]

Specifically, the NTSB recommended that the FAA should require en route inspections and observe ground training, flight training, and proficiency checks at all Part 135 on-demand charter operations, just as they do at Part 121 and Part 135 commuter operations. Also, the FAA should require that Part 135 on-demand charter operators that conduct dual-pilot operations […]

NTSB Wants FAA To Beef Up On-Demand Charter Regs… The NTSB on Tuesday issued several safety recommendations, stemming from the board’s final report on the 2002 crash that killed Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone and seven others. The board suggests that the FAA should enhance its oversight of on-demand charter operations, require that such operators who […]

The Pentagon’s action followed Monday’s news that CEO Phil Condit would step down, after 38 years at the company. And just last week, Boeing fired CFO Mike Sears and Darleen Druyun, a vice president in the missile unit, for alleged ethical misconduct. Druyun and Sears improperly discussed Druyun’s future at Boeing while she was still […]