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CAF Sending Zero To New Zealand
The CAF's Southern California Wing sent its Zero fighter to the "Warbirds Over Wanaka" air show to be held on New Zealand's South Island on April 2-4.
First they flew it to the Long Beach Airport in February for transport via flatbed truck to the Port of Long Beach in preparation for its long journey by [...]
Update On FAA’s Radical Proposals For Airports
There appears to be some confusion among readers, particularly lawyers, who have expressed doubt about our story on the FAA Order 5190.613, the Airport Compliance Manual.
There was even one suggestion made to our website that we fabricated the information for some personal reason. Here is the exact news release as sent by the EAA but [...]
CAF Teams Up With Country Music Star
Country music singer Aaron Tippin and the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) have announced they are joining forces to honor American military aviation "and remind Americans of the men and women of the armed services who have sacrificed for our freedoms."
Tippin will officially be the 2010 CAF celebrity spokesman, including special appearances at various CAF events [...]
Piper’s New Light Sport Aircraft
Piper Aircraft Co. is jumping into the Light Sport Aircraft market with a low-winged two seater it calls the PiperSport.
This one, unlike Cessna's which is made in China, will come from the Czech Republic and was already being manufactured. It was previously sold as a SportCruiser by Czech Sport Aircraft.
It made its first appearance [...]
Checkpoints
Upcoming events, airshows and Fly-Ins
Indicates new listing this month.
March 13-14: NAF El Centro Air Show, first performance by this year’s Blue Angels team. Free.
*March 19-21: 2010 Airspace and Arizona Days Airshow, Davis- Monthan AFB, Ariz., USAF T-Birds, Greg Poe, A-10 Team, CSAR demos. Tucson, Ariz. More info at www.dm.af.mil.
March 20-21: Aerospace and Arizona Days [...]
AOPA Angry At Full L0RAN Shutdown
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association says it's upset with the decision of the U.S. Coast Guard to terminate the U.S. Loran-C signal, which was shut down beginning Feb. 8, without a backup plan for the global positioning system.
The fiscal 2010 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill calls for the elimination of Loran-C funding [...]
Taxes On Aviation Becoming A Huge Problem
Aircraft owners in Washington state are facing a new tax that could add hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year to their fixed costs.
But they aren't alone, taxes have become an issue around the country, according to the National Business Aircraft Association.
Washington State Sen. Cheryl Pflug told the Washington Pilots Association that a citizens' [...]
Famed Aviatrix Dies At Age 85
Claire L. Walters, a flight instructor, co-founder of the Palms to Pines air race and owner of a popular flight school in Santa Monica that graduated thousands of pilots, has died at age 85.
She died Jan. 1 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of coronary failure following surgery, said her daughter, Susie Brittingham.
A [...]
No Geckos in your shorts
Travelers' note: it's against the law in New Zealand to try and board a commercial airliner with 44 geckos sewn into your underwear.
A German man has been jailed for 14 weeks and fined $3,540 for doing just that. Hans Kurt Kubus, 58, who said he traded in exploited species without a permit, will also be [...]
CRQ Shutdown coming for repairs
Palomar Airport facing weekly shutdowns.
