THIS COULD
HAPPEN TO YOU
Many pilots take for granted the idea that
their FBO will always be there for them — or at least that their
place on the airport is relatively secure — but that's not always
the case. At Hemet field in Southern California, the closing of an FBO
may mean not only the demise of a soaring club that's operated on the
field for about 40 years, but also the closing of the runway the gliders
use — basically altogether banishing glider operations from the
field.
President of the Orange County Soaring Association Larry
Tuohino says that while the county essentially controls the fate of
the highly active and community-friendly soaring club, he's not aware of
any public hearings or even user surveys the county has organized to
determine the impact of shutting down the runway and FBO. The struggle
is ongoing, but an ominous deadline looms. We caught up with Tuohino for
his comments.
For more information, or you'd like to join the cause, click here.
Click here to listen. (3.9 MB,
8:43)
FLIGHT
DESIGN'S TOM PEGHINY
Tom Peghiny, just back from a
long and exhausting week at AirVenture, talked with AVweb's Mary
Grady about reaction to the Flightstar eSpyder ultralight, powered by a
Yuneec electric motor, which he flew at Oshkosh. Plus conversation about
how things are going at Flight Design, the future of electric flight,
hybrid engines, and more.
Click here to listen. (18.7 MB,
16:22)
