NewsWire Complete Issue
November 2, 2005
By The AVweb Editorial Staff
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Potomac Airfield "Not In Compliance"
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Tuesday informed Potomac Airfield -- one of three small GA airports in the Washington
area that operate under special post-9/11 security regulations -- that its security program has been suspended, effectively closing down operations. "The airport was told it is not in compliance with
its approved security plan," TSA spokesman Darrin Kayser told AVweb yesterday. "We had told them they were not meeting certain criteria, and then did a spot check over the weekend, and found
they are still not in compliance." Exactly what those measures are that were supposed to be followed, or what the transgressions were, the TSA will not discuss. "Planes utilizing this airfield, which
is a part of the Maryland Three group [Potomac Airfield, College Park Airport, and Washington Executive/Hyde Field], fly in close proximity to many key assets and critical infrastructure in the DC
metropolitan area," the TSA said on Tuesday, in a news release
announcing the closure of the field.
In February 2005, the TSA assumed management of a program that allowed the three airports to continue operations under a rule that was created specifically for them, due to their location within the
Washington, D.C., Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ), which extends to approximately a 15-mile radius from the Washington Monument. (The FRZ is separate and distinct from the Air Defense Identification Zone
(ADIZ) that extends at its widest point to 90 miles and is currently being considered in an FAA rulemaking.) The rule also grants access to pilots not based at the Maryland Three airports if they
comply with the TSA-mandated security requirements and procedures. The TSA said it routinely monitors these airports to ensure compliance through regular inspections and communications with the
airport security coordinator. Operations at College Park and Washington Executive/Hyde Field are not impacted by the suspension of the Potomac Airfield security plan.
David Wartofsky, owner of Potomac Airfield, told AVweb yesterday that he is working to get the situation rectified. He says the security procedures he has put into place at Potomac are not
exactly those prescribed by the TSA plan, but in fact are enhanced. "It's like if they told you to use 25-watt light bulbs and instead I put in 100 watts," he said. "It's not what is in the plan, but
it meets and exceeds what is in the plan." He also said that he's been caught in a Catch-22 because the TSA says the only approved procedures are the ones they sign off on, but then the agency won't
sign off on any of his requests for revisions to enhance the procedures. Wartofsky added that he is working through the White House and Congress to try to get clarification of whether the TSA has the
authority to dictate to him what is acceptable for what he says is a "private security plan" that he has implemented in addition to the plan required by the TSA. "There's no precedent for all this
weirdness," Wartofsky said. Kayser, of the TSA office, said: "Security for the national capital region is a shared responsibility. We must take steps to work together."
About 90 airplanes are on the ground at the airport and about 400 pilots have passed the necessary security procedures to operate there. A plan is in place to allow those airplanes to be flown off the
field tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday. (Hopefully, nobody had other plans.) Wartofsky said he is hopeful that a mutually agreeable solution to the problem can be reached soon and the airport will be
back in operation. "The agency will continue to work with the Potomac Airfield staff on the issues surrounding the suspension," the TSA said in its news release. Pilots in need of more information
from the TSA regarding Potomac Airfield, including aircraft relocation plans, should contact TSA program manager Dirk Ahle at (571) 227-1898. The toll-free hotline for GA pilots is (866) GA-SECUR.
Light Sport Aircraft On Display
With two GA shows in Florida coming up back-to-back, we can only hope that the hurricane season is really over. So far, the weather is looking great for Tampa, where the three-day AOPA Expo opens today. U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta will open the show, as guest speaker for this morning's general session.
Sixteen Light Sport Aircraft are on display at Peter O. Knight Airport, with demo flights available. The show also includes over 500 exhibitors, 75 technology seminars, and lots more airplanes.
AVweb's Russ Niles is there, and will bring you all the news live from Florida in your next issue of AVflash, on Monday. Also on the agenda is a panel discussion on the future of GA with Dan
Johnson of LSA Marketing, Alan Klapmeier of Cirrus Design, and Vern Raburn of Eclipse. If you plan to fly in to AOPA Expo, you can land at either Vandenberg, Tampa International, or Peter O. Knight.
Be sure to check with AOPA to review the arrival procedures before you fly.
Avidyne and Ryan International will today make a series of announcements including a merger agreement that translates to the coming
addition of active traffic surveillance to Avidyne's product lines. The merger will transform Ryan's Ohio headquarters into Safety Systems Group, to be maintained by Avidyne. Paul Ryan, who invented
the Stormscope weather system and collision avoidance systems in 1981 founded Ryan International, serving as it's CEO -- he now will serve the company as a consultant. "Our combined resources will
accelerate the process of bringing innovative and affordable new products to the market," Ryan said through a press release. New product releases followed that announcement. Three products in the
TAS600 series, range from $9,990 to $20,990 and offer active traffic detection from a 7 nm range to a 21 nm range. "When interfaced with Avidyne’s Entegra, EX500, EX5000, and MHD displays,
TAS600s provide transponder squawk codes, as well as N-numbers of Mode S equipped aircraft (in US airspace), making it even easier to identify specific targets." Higher-end offerings available through
the MHAS6000 series provide hazard avoidance packages with weather, active traffic alerting, terrain and situational awareness. Pricing on that line starts just under $17,000 and runs through
$33,000.
NBAA's annual convention is coming up in Orlando next week, and a brand-new company will be there to unveil its plans for a
brand-new bizjet. The Spectrum 33, a 10-seat, all-composite twin turbofan, is the latest contender to enter the growing small-jet market. The aircraft, about the size of a Cessna CJ2, will cruise at
415 knots, weigh 7,300 pounds and carry two Williams FJ33-4A engines. Renderings at the company's Web site show a cockpit with sidestick
controls. The engines are mounted on the aft fuselage. FAA certification is projected for 2007 or 2008. The jet is under development by Spectrum Aeronautical, a new company based in Encinitas, Calif.,
under the leadership of Linden Blue. Blue is a former CEO of Beechcraft, who oversaw the Starship project there. A prototype aircraft is reportedly already in the works. More details are promised at
next week's news conference in Orlando. The huge NBAA convention, which expects to attract about 30,000 visitors with 1,000 exhibitors and 110 aircraft on static display, was quickly moved from its
scheduled venue in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Guest speakers will include Ellen Engleman Conners of the NTSB, astronaut Gene Cernan, and legendary pilots Scott Crossfield and Bob Hoover.
Over 75 forums are scheduled. And of course all the aviation companies will have updates on their latest projects. AVweb's Jeb Burnside will be in Orlando to file a special edition of
AVweb's BizAV newsletter, which will appear in your inbox on Friday Nov. 11. (If you're not a BizAV subscriber, you can sign up today
... it's free ... or check the online version for updates.)
Two Died In Fiery Crash
It's unusual for the NTSB to complete its investigation of a GA accident and find no fault with the pilot. But in its probable-cause report on a September 2002 crash in New Jersey, issued last week, the safety board found that a bad bolt caused the engine of a Piper Saratoga PA 32R-301T to stop
without warning, and put none of the blame on the pilot's handling of the ensuing emergency. Mike Kirkley and his wife, Sandy, of London, Ontario, died when their airplane crashed and burned in a
wooded residential neighborhood. Their two young sons were rescued by bystanders and survived. The Kirkleys were well-known in their home region, where she was a leading orthopedic surgeon and he was
a former football star who had built a successful communications company.
The probable cause, says the NTSB, was improper manufacturing of a crankshaft bolt that was supplied by Champion Bolt Corp. About two weeks after the crash, Lycoming issued a Service Bulletin to
replace bolts on certain 540-series engines, and in October 2002, the FAA issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive to also replace the
bolts. An earlier AD had mandated replacement of the bolts in helicopters. The NTSB report also cited as a "causal" factor that Lycoming had failed to remove the bolts from all of its fixed-wing
engines, although four years had passed since the bolts had first been identified as flawed. The FAA's inaction on the matter also was cited as a factor in the accident. The bolts had been known to
fail twice in helicopters in 1998, once in a Piper Saratoga in 1999, twice in Royal Jordanian Falcon trainer airplanes in 2000 and 2001, and again in a Piper Saratoga in June 2002, the NTSB said. In September 2002, the fatal New Jersey accident occurred.
Cirrus Design's one airframe may be pressing production and design at Cessna. As Cirrus practically matches deliveries with Cessna, Cessna Aircraft CEO Jack Pelton confirmed last week what his company
has been leaking -- Cessna is planning to not only produce a new design, but to revamp its line of single-engine aircraft, "to be competitive." "We're working real hard on it," Pelton told The Wichita
Eagle. Cessna spokesman Dick Ziegler told AVweb Tuesday that changes are in the works but insists no further details are available just yet. "We're studying designs, materials, and
technologies, we're analyzing available data, and we're getting customer feedback," he said. "We are committed to retaining our leadership in the single-engine market ..." and "We'll announce and go
forward when the leadership is ready," he said. The company has said that its new products will continue to be built
in Kansas. Cirrus, which has become the strongest threat to Cessna's single-engine four-place dominance, welcomes the competition. "I think it will be good for aviation and good for pilots,"
Cirrus VP of Marketing John Bingham said recently. Any time new products that enhance safety and performance
are introduced, the industry as a whole benefits, he said. The latest numbers from the General Aviation
Manufacturers Association showed that Cirrus delivered 447 single-engine four-place aircraft in the first three quarters of 2005, compared to 424 for Cessna.
The clock has run out on time allotted for comments regarding the FAA's proposal to create a permanent flight-restricted area over Washington, D.C., and in the final pushEAA weighed in with 39 pages of remarks. That was added to the more than 17,680 comments the site listed as
logged. "EAA ... strenuously asserts that converting the current ADIZ into a permanently restricted area is a very bad idea and an even worse precedent," said EAA President Tom Poberezny, in a news
release on Tuesday. "This proposal does nothing to enhance security while it eviscerates the general aviation infrastructure in that area." Also, the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, which has direct control over the FAA, has requested public meetings with Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security officials on the matter, and it has asked for an
extended comment period, according to AOPA. The FAA proposal, which has drawn opposition from just about every
national aviation organization, would convert the existing Air Defense Identification Zone into a permanent Special Flight Rules Area, severely restricting general aviation activities in a wide region
within 50 miles of the nation's capital.
Some of EAA's points include: This is the first airspace proposal whose sole focus is to deprive Americans of their right to have access to the National Airspace System ... It specifically targets
recreational and general aviation pilots ... It is the latest in a disturbing trend where specific agencies and even private corporations have superceded FAA's authority to manage airspace ... A
multitude of flight safety and economic threats in the affected region remain under the proposal and, in a number of cases, are worse ... and more. The official comment period ended yesterday ...
unless that changes. To read the comments now filed, go to the Docket Management System, type in 17005 and click on Search.
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The way the FAA now is funded, Congress has some control over the purse strings. But if the agency gets it way and user fees and privatization prevail, that important oversight function could be
wrested from the hands of elected officials, AOPA warns. AOPA made its comments last week in response to an FAA
document on funding ATC and other critical components of the nation's aviation system. "Instead of imposing user fees to fill perceived shortfalls, the FAA should work with the aviation community to
find cost savings by eliminating FAA services that are no longer needed and to identify creative ways to fund the capital improvements needed to modernize the air traffic control system," said AOPA
President Phil Boyer. "The FAA must be very careful not to advance funding policies that would dismantle the air transportation network," he added. "Virtually every citizen in the country benefits
from this system that is so crucial to the nation's economy -- whether or not they ever fly." AOPA has argued that user fees would disproportionately impact general aviation pilots, who are the only
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of the Air Traffic Control System, Other Aviation System Components, and Related Issues" that was recently published in the Federal Register.
It's a small world, and the aviation industry is globalizing and outsourcing -- Mexico has attracted Raytheon for wire harness work and Cessna has announced plans to follow. Last week, Bombardier Aerospace announced it will open a manufacturing plant in Queretaro, Mexico, in an effort to cut operating costs and boost
profits. The company will invest about $200 million there over the next seven years. The new facility will manufacture and assemble wire harnesses for Bombardier aircraft. Will the change mean jobs
lost in the company's current workforce? Bombardier said it is "in the process of evaluating the impact of the transfer of these activities." By late next year, the new facility is scheduled to start
manufacturing major structural aircraft components currently being built by Bombardier Aerospace suppliers. By the end of 2006, employment at the Queretaro facility is expected to reach 300 workers
and increase to 600 by the end of 2007.
A diverse group of GA pilots from North America and Europe, flying Cessna 172s, a turbo Maule on floats, a Piper TriPacer, a Pilatus PC-12, and more, gathered in Canada in August for a week of
competitive flying. The fliers covered 2,200 nautical miles, visiting Hudson Bay, Maine, New Brunswick, and Quebec. The rally has been held every summer since 2001. This year's rally was unique, organizers said, for its North Canadian experience, hospitality from the Cree Communities, and the successful cross-border
experience into Maine. The 2006 rally, to be held Aug. 3-12, will launch in Minnesota and will take pilots to remote territories of Ontario, Quebec and Labrador. A documentary about this year's event
is scheduled to be shown on Canada's TSN channel on Nov. 12.
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A P-51 Mustang allegedly flew low across Washington-Grizzly
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With jet prices dropping and manufacturers promising even more
affordable models in the future, AVweb wondered just what our
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That's the question we put to our readership last week, and the
answers we received were all over the economic spectrum.
15% of you chose not to play our version of The Price Is Right,
saying you'd just as soon stick with your piston,
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A very small 4% of our readership said they were ready with their
down payment if we could get them a jet for a cool million.
Slightly more of you (7% of those who responded) started to run the
numbers when we got the price down to $800,000. As we took
another $200K off the price, interest started to rise considerably:
14% of our readers were willing to consider it at $600,000, and
another 12% at $400,000.
A significant portion of our readers (another 15%) said they'd be
interested in an aircraft share for $100,000 if we could wrangle
that.
And the largest number of respondents this week (still only 33%)
said we were off our collective rocker to consider dropping that
much money on a fancy jet-engine aeroplane.
Needless to say, we won't be having an "Everything Must Go"
clearance on AVweb jets this holiday season ... .
*** THIS WEEK'S QUESTION ***
They've
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This week, AVweb wants to hear your reactions to the closing of
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the vicinity of Washington, D.C.
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In a nutshell: You send us pictures. We're flabbergasted
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send just one of our contributors a spiffy new AVweb baseball cap as a
"thank you." Then we run as many photos as the bean-counters and
our tight production schedule will allow right here (on this very page!)
so you can be flabbergasted and amazed, too. If that sounds like
your cup of tea, welcome to AVweb's "Picture of the Week"!
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"Relief Efforts in Pakistan"
Steve Ratchford of Norcross,
Georgia
sent us a couple of photos taken during
Pakistani relief runs, but this was our favorite.
It was "sent by a friend's brother on a business
trip," writes Steve. "His tent was set up
next to this plane while it ran all night."
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Due to privacy issues, AVweb does not publish e-mail addresses of
readers who submit photos.
*** THIS WEEK'S WINNERS ***
AVweb continues to receive a large number of excellent images for our
POTW contest. Here are some of the runners-up. Click on the links below to view
larger versions.
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Used with permission
of George Mock |
"Barnstormer"
George Mock
of Windsor, Ontario (Canada)
pops up in our "POTW" submissions from time to
time, and he's always got a treat for our eyes. We
were a bit surprised to see his name on this photo, as
it's a slight departure from the last few action-packed
photos we got from George. But once we read his
comments, we realized there was plenty of action
going on here, too: "The camera was stretched at
arm's length and held backwards, guessing and hoping
to have Denis [the pilot in command] lined up in the lens. ...
[U]sed was an Olympus E-300 with 14-45 lens at 1/400
and a good grip on the camera strap."
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Those first three were good stuff, right?
So why stop now? Let's keep rolling ... !
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"Thunderbirds in Guatemala"
Just when we thought we'd seen the
Fabulous Thunderbirds in every possible
context we could hope for, here comes this
spectacular photo of the 'birds in front of
Agua Volcano, taken at the Guatemalan
Air Show on October 26, 2005, courtesy of
Jean Paul Morel from (where else?) Guatemala.
Nice work, Jean Paul!
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"Sea Plane Preflight"
Paul Gernhardt
of Ashburn, Virginia
is gonna be one waterlogged pilot when
he finally comes up for air! As a companion to
last
week's wrecked DC-3 photo (back story
here),
Paul sent us "another of my favorite sea planes."
So is this a hobby of yours, Paul? And how many
more of these amazing photos can we drag out
of you before we have to send you a hat? :P
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"Now That's Fast"
David Johnson
of McDonough, Georgia
caught this F-86 in mid-flight while it was making
a low pass at the Great Georgia Air Show "to wow
the audience." For the record, it wowed some
AVwebbers who were too busy typing away in their
darkened offices to attend any shows this year.
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"Alaskan Glacier from 12,000 Feet"
Finally, David Alger
of Lago Vista, Texas
sees us out with one of our favorite black-and-white
landscapes. David snapped this grand image
while flying over the glaciers in Alaska this summer.
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These are not to be confused with the glaciers in
Arkansas —
which, we understand, are
pretty nice in their own right.
Thanks to all those who kept us honest
this week and otherwise kept us entertained
and educated with their letters and e-mails.
To enter next week's contest,
click here.
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source of your image before submitting to our "Picture of the Week" contest.
If you did not take the photo yourself, ask yourself if you are indeed
authorized to release publication rights to AVweb. If you're uncertain,
consult the
POTW
Rules or
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ZD PUBLISHING INTRODUCES TWO NEW PILOT FRIENDLY MANUALS
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