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February 8, 2007
By The AVweb Editorial Staff
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 On Wednesday, the FAA released a proposed new rule that will update and overhaul Federal Aviation Regulations Part 61
subsections that govern certification of airmen. Some 200 changes are proposed, which range from minor tweaks in the language to more substantive changes. Among the changes: The FAA would allow
student pilot certificates to last longer -- 36 months for those under 40, and 24 months for those 40 and over; allow computers and simulators to be used for credit toward flight-time requirements;
establish rules for training with night-vision goggles; and simplify the paperwork for certified flight instructors to renew their certificates. On Wednesday afternoon, AOPA staffers were still
sifting through the complex proposal to check for changes that could affect pilots. AOPA said most of the
changes it had lobbied for were adopted. Comments on the proposal are invited, and the deadline to do so is May 8.
 The FAA will probably issue a new rule to permanently impose restrictions on VFR traffic above New York's East River, according to
the NTSB. The Safety Board released documents on Monday in connection with a fatal airplane crash last
October when New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor, Tyler Stanger, hit a Manhattan apartment building. The two were flying Lidle's Cirrus SR20 and tried to negotiate a
180-degree turn in the narrow airspace corridor above the river. The Safety Board documents also show that no evidence was found of drugs or alcohol in either pilot, according to The Associated Press. Investigators could not determine which of the men
was flying the airplane at the time of the crash. According to radar data, the aircraft appears to have started its turn from a spot above the middle of the river, and then drifted to the west into
the building. A temporary restriction requiring VFR fixed-wing aircraft (excluding seaplanes arriving or departing the New York City seaplane base) to contact air traffic control while in the airspace
has been in place since the accident. It is expected that seaplane, as well as helicopter, operations in the river will also be exempt from any permanent rule.
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 The White House released the Fiscal Year 2008 budget amid fanfare on Monday morning, but general aviation groups aren’t jumping for
joy. In the DOT budget breakdown, the FAA allotment includes $175 million for a 21st Century satellite
navigation system to replace older air traffic control equipment and $900 million in additional air traffic control system upgrades, but it also includes an expected user-fee proposal. "The [Bush]
Administration will transmit a reauthorization proposal in 2007 that transforms the FAA’s excise tax financing system to a cost-based system that recovers most of costs of air traffic services
through user fees," the document states. NBAA quickly rapped the Bush Administration for the move: "After more than a year of intense lobbying by the nation's big airlines, the White House has decided
to introduce a budget that shifts airline costs to other segments of the industry and gives airlines more control over the air traffic system. NBAA and the rest of the general aviation community will
oppose this toxic mix of higher taxes, new fees and airline control. The fact is the current approach to funding and oversight of the aviation system is effective and efficient -- there is no need for
radical 'fixes' like those proposed in this budget." The document released by the White House says that, "under the proposal, FAA’s financing sources shift from a mix of fuel taxes, other
excise taxes, and general fund contributions to user fees, fuel taxes, and a general fund contribution. FAA would have the authority to collect the user fees that directly offset the cost of
FAA’s operations; expenditure of the available fees would be affirmed in the appropriations process. Air traffic user fees would be collected from commercial aviation operators. General aviation
users would continue to pay a fuel tax that would be deposited into the Airport and Airway Trust Fund; fuel tax rates will be calibrated based on the costs that these users impose on the system. The
general fund component of FAA’s budget would cover activities that benefit the public good like safety and public use of the airspace. Finally, the Airport Improvements Grants program and the
majority of Research, Engineering, and Development program would continue to be funded by fuel taxes paid by all aviation users into the Airport and Airway Trust Fund."
 The FAA's new budget proposal could mean a fourfold hike in fuel taxes and "severely threatens the freedom of our country's general
aviation community," EAA said on Monday. The proposal would create new user fees for FAA services that
today are provided free, says Doug Macnair, EAA's vice president of government relations. "Such a system will not enhance safety, it will not improve services, and it will add barriers for thousands
of recreational aviators while being a costly burden to the federal government," he adds. Fees would be imposed for access to busy airports, aircraft certification and registration, and airman medical
certificates. AOPA President Phil Boyer concurred with the grim assessment: "It's going to take an all-out
fight by the aviation community to defeat this." President Bush's budget would also slash airport funding by $1 billion, AOPA said. Details of the FAA proposal will be made public later this month.
The FAA has no funding shortfall, but wants user fees to replace taxes so it can sidestep the congressional budget process, AOPA said.
 Amid all the recent protest over the FAA's plans to change its funding structure, EAA has found something to be glad about
in the agency's reauthorization bill, which is now heading for debate in Congress. The FAA is asking for permission to release abandoned type certificate or supplemental type certificate data to
individuals so that aircraft airworthiness can be maintained. The change was lobbied for by EAA and the Vintage Aircraft Association (VAA). If approved, it would eliminate the dilemma for owners who
had to maintain their vintage aircraft to approved data even though that data could not be released due to intellectual-property rules. "This is a major step in the right direction to preserve unique
vintage aircraft," said H.G. Frautschy, VAA executive director. "The owners of these aircraft want to maintain them to the highest possible standards, but could not do so because the original factory
data was regarded as intellectual property -- even though the companies have not existed for decades and no other entity offered technical support for these aircraft." Frautschy emphasized that the
proposal is designed to address the problem of abandoned type certificates, such as those for aircraft built by long-defunct companies. It would not block any rights by current companies or holders of
aircraft type certificates that offer support for those vintage models.
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 On Monday morning, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey announced that FAA Chief Operating Officer Russ Chew would be leaving at the end of
February. "We were hoping to keep hold on him longer, but this was an opportunity he just couldn't pass up," she told staff at a weekly meeting. Just what that opportunity will be is unclear because
Chew said he has a number of options under consideration and has not made a final decision, though he plans to stay in aviation in some capacity. He has served as the agency's COO since June 10, 2003,
after a long career at American Airlines as a line pilot and later in management. The FAA's COO oversees the operational and financial performance of the U.S. air traffic control system and the FAA's
research and acquisition programs. Chew was the first person to fill the position created in 2002 by the AIR-21 FAA reauthorization bill. Before he accepted the job, the then newly created position
sat vacant for more than a year because the FAA said it was unable to attract a qualified COO due to problems with compensation, responsibility and goals. No replacement has yet been named for Chew,
and it is unknown what impact Chew's departure will have on the FAA's Next Generation Air Transportation System initiative.
 Cessna Aircraft Company said on Tuesday it delivered 1,239 aircraft last year, keeping its spot as the world's largest manufacturer
of general aviation aircraft. Jet sales and overseas sales both grew significantly, said company CEO Jack Pelton. "We also did very well with our single-engine line, with 865 piston aircraft and 67
turboprops delivered," he said. The company delivered 307 Citation jets, up more than 50 over the year before. Almost half of all business-jet orders originated outside the U.S., Pelton noted. The
company expects to deliver 375 jets this year, including 40 newly certified Citation Mustangs. Cessna is also finding a market for piston aircraft abroad. This week alone, a flight school in China
ordered 72 new Skyhawks and Aero Club of India signed for 11 of the piston singles; all will come with Garmin G1000 glass cockpits. Last year was also a busy one for new product announcements and
upgrades. Cessna developed prototypes of a new "next-generation piston" and a light sport aircraft, and announced two new jet models, in addition to gaining certification for the Mustang in September.
Competitor Cirrus Design expects to release its year-end numbers this week, spokeswoman Kate Dougherty told AVweb on Tuesday. At the end of the third quarter, the two companies were nearly
neck-and-neck in the piston four-seater category. The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) will release its roundup of aircraft sales numbers for 2006 on Monday.
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 The approach lights to Runway 5 at New Bedford (Mass.) Regional Airport were turned off last Friday night when a Socata TBM 700 crashed
on approach in rain and fog, killing all three people on board. The lights were functional but had been turned off last August because overgrown vegetation "obscured and distorted" the lights,
according to the New Bedford Standard-Times. New Bedford Mayor Scott Lang had asked the FAA in January to
deal with the problem so the lights could be turned back on. Lang now has asked the FAA to get the lights back on immediately, but stressed that was to reassure pilots who use the airport. "I have no
information to conclude the lights had any bearing on what happened," he told the newspaper. "No information whatsoever." The lights are in a marshy area that is thick with tall grasses and trees,
which could take several weeks to clear. The NTSB is investigating the crash.
 The NTSB's investigation of a King Air B200 that landed safely last Friday after suffering serious structural damage is
likely to focus on cockpit checklists and procedures, along with radar data collection. N777AJ was headed from Rogers, Ark., for Stanton, Va., when it encountered complications after suffering a
shattered (but not blown out) windshield at 27,000 feet and ultimately rained parts down on an aeromedical helicopter flying below. The helicopter was not struck by debris, and the King Air landed at
Cape Giraradeau, Mo., with buckled wing skins and empennage and much of the horizontal stabilizer and elevator missing. The King Air's pilot, Sheldon Stone, said in early reports that the aircraft
suffered a shattered left windshield at altitude and he then depressurized the cabin to prevent a blowout. According to the King Air pilot operating manual, the "abnormal checklist" for a cracked
windshield specifies a descent to 10,000 feet or other methods to reduce the pressure differential to less than 3 PSI within 10 minutes. After depressurizing the cabin, Stone and his copilot then
donned their oxygen masks and turned on the valve, but no oxygen appeared to be forthcoming. The sole-occupant pilots then passed out. Stone, a 4,200 hour ATP-rated pilot, said he awoke at 7,000 feet
and recovered the aircraft.
According to the aircraft's flight track as provided by FlightAware, the aircraft reached 27,000 feet just after 7:00 a.m. It cruised at that altitude until 7:17 when it went to 25,900. At 7:18 the
aircraft was at 25,400 but a minute later was back at 27,000 and had slowed from 417 to 104 knots ground speed, further slowing to 44 knots at 7:20, according to FlightAware. At 7:22, the position
report showed holding 27,000 feet and 102 knots. One minute later, the radar indicates 125 knots at 7,800. Aberrations earlier in the minute-by-minute reporting (from 6:49 to 6:50, the aircraft is
shown to jump from 17,000 to 27,000 then back down) suggest the data may not be entirely accurate. But the data seem to follow roughly with the pilot's initial comments and damage suffered by the
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 It's not often that a brand-new airport opens up, but Houston
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aircraft and provide FBO services, including fuel. The airport was established by former commercial pilot and Houston native Ron Henriksen. “General aviation airports are disappearing around the
country,” said Henriksen. “When I saw the closing of Houston’s Andrau Airport and Austin’s Robert Mueller Airport, I was determined to build this new airport with private
investment to ensure its longevity and positively impact the local community.” The significant growth of the Energy Corridor along Interstate 10 was a natural draw for an airport located west of
Houston, Henriksen said. But he also hopes the airport will draw people who are interested in airplanes. "We have plans for a public park where families can picnic, play sports and let their kids
watch planes come and go," he said. "And who knows? There may be a child out here whose life, like mine, will be changed forever by learning about the opportunities available in the field of
aviation.” Other plans for the airport's future include instrument approaches, an extension of the runway to 7,000 feet and the construction of 50 T-hangars. The site was formerly a private
airfield used mainly for crop-dusting operations.
 For years, ducted fans have been tinkered with as a means to propel vehicles into the air and bring us a step closer to the
"flying car" of the old Jetsons cartoons. So far the technology has proved less robust than the vision, but an Israeli company has recently attracted attention from Bell Helicopter for its
vertical-takeoff design, which could help rescue people from skyscrapers and carry troops into urban combat zones. Urban Aeronautics' X-Hawk is
designed to carry up to a dozen people, take off vertically and fly up to 155 mph for about two hours. Bell hosted a mock-up of the design at its Farnborough Air Show exhibit last summer and has been
working with the company to seek government contracts to develop the technology for military use. A smaller, autonomous version of the aircraft could be used for supply missions and emergency
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Comp Air hopes to have its new Comp Air 12 turboprop prototype ready to fly to Sun 'n Fun in April...
Hartzell now has an STC for its three-bladed prop conversion for Beech 58 Barons…
The FAA has released an audio clip from a conversation between an airport intern and an AFSS
employee on the night that John Kennedy Jr. crashed his airplane near Martha's Vineyard eight years ago...
The FAA has updated its Advisory Circular on obstruction lights...
A Florida sheriff says he plans to fly his eight-pound remotely-operated
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A 737 landing at Denver had to brake hard to miss a snowplow on the runway on Friday; the NTSB is investigating...
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Well.
We were all set to go on and on about the weather and
how many weather-related submissions we received this week.
Ominous clouds and rain-drenched runways were all set to be the theme of
this week's "POTW" slideshow on the AVweb home page — but then we
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last-minute surge of submissions, we've lost our theme. There are
still a few bad weather pics in the mix, but it looks like the skies
cleared up for our submitters in the last 48 hours.
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G.A. Sunset
It's always a pleasant surprise when we discover a "POTW" submitter who
says something the rest of us have been thinking. In this case,
it's Nicholas Ruemker of Colorado,
who writes:
This is 3sq at sunset from earlier this summer. I like it
because the atmosphere brings me back to the roots of aviation, away
from thinking about fighter jets, mid-air refueling, and USAF
missions.
Nicholas may have been talking about his own USAF duties, but many
readers have noticed a decidedly military turn in "POTW" submissions
over the last few weeks, and have been asking what happened to all the
Cessna 172s, the first flights, and the small airports. (Honestly,
we've just been inundated with jet pictures of late.)
Thanks for reminding us of the airport sunsets that are familiar to
every pilot, Nicholas. For sending in a shot that's sure to
resonate with everyone from fighter pilots to ultralight builders, we're
naming this our "Picture of the Week." Watch your mailbox for that
spiffy new AVweb hat we'll be sending your way!
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Business End of 'Aluminum Overcast'
At the other end of the spectrum, here's a bird not everyone gets to fly
— Aluminum Overcast.
Michael Mahoney of Redmond,
Washington serves up this photo of the Overcast's most familiar
feature. There's something about her that seems to draw camera
hounds out of the woodwork — and even after all this time looking at
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Punching Holes in the Sky
Those cloudy, weather-filled shots we mentioned above? This one,
taken by Mauricio Arevalo and sent
to us by George Logue of Hurst,
Texas, might be the coolest to arrive in our
submission box this week.
Taken just west of Dallas-Fort Worth, the holes you see here "were
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