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Aero Diesels Gaining Momentum… Although many skeptics predicted the government approvalswould be years in the making, German manufacturer Thielert Aircraft EnginesGmbH announced last Friday that it has certified its 135-horsepower TAE 125diesel for the Cessna 172N and P models. The conversion will sell under thebrand name Centurion 1.7, which designates the engine’s 1.7-liter displacement.The German […]

Slowly But Surely EAA reports that meetings were recently held in OklahomaCity to discuss the specifics of sport pilot training. The meetings — heldOctober 21-23 — were attended by several EAA officials and FAA officialsresponsible for developing all FAA training and testing materials for the SportPilot certificate. The EAA staffers presented survey data concerning sportpilots, […]

Freezing Valve Cited… Cessna will be notifying Encore owners that a pressurization system problemneeds fixing. Cessna spokeswoman Jessica Myers told AVweb Wednesday that at least 71 of theseven-place twin jets will be modified, under warranty, to address the problem.The tally could rise slightly because it doesn’t include sales made in thecurrent quarter. Myers said water […]

Tampa Skyscraper Crash… Released Monday, the NTSB’s factual narrative on the January5 teen / skyscraper crash in Tampa, which brought front-and-center the specterof GA terrorism and precipitated a list of non-mandatory recommendations fromthe FAA to flight schools, adds a little more to the story than what wepreviously knew. The 15-year-old student pilot who alone took […]

Adam Aircraft Joins The Jet Fray… Ho-hum, another show, another new jet. This week the show is AOPA’s Expo in Palm Springs, Calif., and the jet is the A700 from Adam Aircraft. Although it hasn’t delivered even one of its planned piston twins, Adam this week announced that it’s taking orders for … you guessed […]

QC And Customer Service Carry Hefty Price Tag In an effort to rapidly clean up its crankshaft recall crisis, Lycoming announced Wednesday that it will engage 30 FAA-certified shops around the world to boost daily engine production to 20 to 30 engines per day, a development that may soothe the raw nerves of about 1,800 […]

Post-9/11 Relief For Aviation Still On The Drawing Board… Heres the latest attempt to extract a little financial relief on the behalf of struggling aviation workers in the post-9/11 world. House Transportation Committee Ranking Member, Congressman James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.) has introduced a bill that would extend benefits to laid-off aviation industry workers. The Aviation […]

Position Paper Released… The flies on the wall are likely to get an earful at a meeting between the presidents of AOPA and the National Association of Air Traffic Specialists (NAATS) next week. The meeting was called between AOPA’s Phil Boyer and NAATS President Wally Pike to discuss the potential contracting out of flight service […]