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Takes Over Renaissance Hangar The owners’ group that bought the assets of Commander Aircraft Company (CAC) has found a home. The Commander Premier Aircraft Corp. (CPAC) will set up shop in Cape Girardeau, Mo. “It’s a wonderful location for our new company,” CPAC President and CEO Joel Hartstone told members of the Commander Owners Group […]

The Australian program sounds a lot like one that’s been running in the U.S. for almost a decade. “ADS-B is the backbone of the Alaska Capstone project,” FAA spokesman Greg Martin told AVweb. Capstone is aimed at reducing Alaska’s hugely disproportionate accident rate with the use of new, chiefly satellite-based navigation and weather technology. As […]

A Technological Milestone? Is Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) destined to become the modern equivalent of Mode C? Australia seems to be moving in that direction with implementation of a large-scale test of the technology in GA aircraft. Airservices Australia has called for proposals for a project that would equip 1,500 GA aircraft with the electronic […]

The Fury (aesthetically similar to the Globe Swift) is a two-place side-by-side taildragger with a 200-hp Lycoming up front and all those smooth slippery lines that made Lopresti famous to put every pony to use. It has a maximum speed of 222 mph but stalls at 54 mph with flaps. It’s fully aerobatic with an […]

High-Performance Taildragger Ready In 2008? There could be a new high-performance airplane on the market in 2008 but the name will be a familiar one to those who care about going faster. According to the Sebastian, Fla., Sun, LoPresti Speed Merchants is shopping for a location to build its long-awaited Fury, a two-place firecracker that […]

If you’re still stumped on what to say in your comment to the FAA, take a few minutes to read what others have had to say. (Click on the TXT file. It loads faster than the PDF.) You’ll note that most of the comments are short and to the point. “The Washington DC ADIZ is […]

For those who have never commented on a proposed rule, the process is fairly straightforward and open to anyone. But AOPA is making it even easier with a step-by-step guide to ensuring your voice is heard in Washington. The guide contains all the links and helpful hints necessary to post comments via the Internet, which […]

Membership Mobilized To Fight Permanent Restrictions It appears pilots are responding to AOPA’s national alert to protest permanent implementation of the Washington Air Defense Identification Zone. The alert went out to all 406,000 AOPA members on Oct. 5 and by Saturday afternoon more than 1,200 fresh protests had been registered (although there’s no way of […]

Police in Miami have charged a man who posed as a pilot working night and day to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. The man allegedly set up a bogus Internet donation site that fraudulently solicited donations to buy fuel for rescue aircraft that did not exist. Internet postings by the man claimed he was transporting […]

Gossip May Have Grounded Rescue Aircraft Remember the rage you felt when you heard last month from major news outlets that people were taking shots at rescue helicopters over New Orleans. A Knight Ridder investigation has revealed no evidence whatsoever that any helicopter came under fire during the relief effort. In one news conference, a […]