Late Thursday (May 28) afternoon the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reported in an e-mail to EAA and other organizations it had issued a revision to its commercial airport Security Directive 1542-04-08F (SD-8F) that addresses one of the myriad concerns of EAA and other organizations: transient operations at affected airports.
YOU ARE ON F-I-R-E ! GET O-U-T OF T-H-E-R-E !
Needless to say that startling command . . got my attention !
Our in-flight refueling process was necessary, and routine, because the F-8 Crusader could not hold enough fuel to fly from California to Hawaii.
Soon, after plugging-in to the tanker, my fuel gauges stirred, showing that all [...]
Less than two months remain before the start of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2009, and since the convention site has undergone so many exciting new changes since last year, we want to help visitors prepare for the new layout as much as we can.
My Rans S-6ES Coyote project is coming along nicely. I am getting ready to begin covering the remaining tailfeathers. I have covered the elevators already. The covering is like a slip cover, you must actually disassemble the elevator and re-assemble it inside the covering material. You then make a tool to insert a brace [...]
The House has passed the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009 (H.R.915), which would continue funding the agency through 2012 using excise taxes on fuel and airline tickets and a general fund contribution, but no user fees.
An aircraft type never seen before at AirVenture Oshkosh, an Erickson S-64F Aircrane Helitanker, will appear throughout the weeklong event, July 27-August 2. The heavy-duty, twin-engined rotorcraft, which many feel is the best aerial firefighting platform available, is scheduled to arrive mid-day opening day, Monday, July 27, and be displayed throughout the week on AeroShell [...]
Indiana pilot Kris Maynard, EAA 751966, who last year established the world’s first official aviation fuel efficiency record in his factory-standard Aviat Husky A-1A, had another remarkably fuel-frugal flight in that airplane last week. On May 12, Maynard flew the Husky for 15 hours, 3 minutes and 20 seconds straight on a single tank of [...]
Legendary pilots and aircraft of the past 75 years will take center stage again at AirVenture Oshkosh as the EAA Warbirds of America hosts its popular “Warbirds in Review” program.
For many who attend AirVenture, this annual gathering of planes and pilots is one of the most pleasurable and rewarding events of their year, a time to meet old friends, make new ones, and learn just about anything and everything concerning sport aviation. It’s no wonder that people often refer to it as an “adult [...]
An airplane that has generated a lot of interest in the seaplane community, the Gweduck flying-boat style amphibian, has made its first flights off the water on Lake Washington in Renton, Wash. Land-based flights are expected to take place this weekend, and hopefully the twin-engine high wing will be flown to Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture [...]
