The FAA has released a safety bulletin regarding amateur-built airplanes operating under an experimental airworthiness certificate and possessing particular stall characteristics, which may include high wing loading and stall speeds in excess of 61 knots.
Campers who enjoy a few more amenities as part of their camping experience will now have that opportunity during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010, as The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration is offering a limited number of improved campsites at its drive-in Camp Scholler facility.
A couple weeks back, Gerry Hornick, of Chardon, Ohio, was in Virginia picking up his Cherokee 180, which had just undergone an engine overhaul. Back home his wife took a call from EAA headquarters that Gerry was the winner in the Ultimate Oshkosh Experience contest conducted through EAA’s online community, Oshkosh365.
People making their lodging plans for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010 now have new tools with which to search out private housing through the Oshkosh Convention and Visitors Bureau’s website, www.visitoshkosh.com.
A unique aircraft type that had its Oshkosh debut at AirVenture 2009 will make an encore appearance in 2010, as Erickson Air-Crane, Inc. will bring another of its S-64 twin-engine, heavy-lift helicopters to AirVenture Oshkosh this summer. Last year “Elvis” thrilled Oshkosh attendees with several water drop demonstrations, and this year Erickson’s “Goliath” will make [...]
What? You don’t have enough aviation-related material to read? Try the newly redesigned FAA Safety Briefing. Give it a look. As pilots we can never learn too much about safely flying our aircraft.
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has issued a Revised Private Air APIS Guide, an update to the first edition published in 2008 that explains the requirements for pilots flying into the U.S. using the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS). The new guide incorporates several “real-world experience” recommendations from EAA derived in part through [...]
A recent revision by Transport Canada (TC) makes it more affordable and less cumbersome for light-sport aircraft from the United States to be flown into Canada. TC’s new Standardized Validation form, the equivalent to the operating limitations for experimental aircraft in the U.S., puts LSA on equal footing with U.S. amateur-built aircraft flying into Canada.
Apr. 24 San Andreas, CA. Calaveras County Airport (KCPU) Fly-In & Open House 8am-5pm.
Aircraft static displays, $5 airplane rides, Music by Calaveras community band, Classic cars,Radio control aircraft exhibit, Breakfast by Lyons Club, Tri-Tip BBQ by EAA chapter 484.
Kathy Zancanella: kz@mlode.com or Larry Mersek: rv6flyer@hughes.net
Airport Info: (209) 736-2501 EAA Motherlode chapter 484 website: www.EAA484.org
John Lee Baker, the second president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) who served from 1977-1990, passed away on Thursday, March 11, at his home in Angier, North Carolina, at the age of 81.
