Aircraft Parking Amendment Dropped In House FAA Reauthorization An amendment to the House’s FAA reauthorization package that would have guaranteed reasonably priced parking for transient aircraft at public use airports did not survive the markup process. The House Rules package was stripped of that and several other GA-related[…] Read this article
Why No Love For The B-21? When I was a budding juvenile delinquent growing up in the Texas oil patch, I was at least smart enough to get myself an aircraft identification book. I can’t remember the title, but I’d bet it was something like The[…] Read this article
Pilot Plans Record-Setting Trip To OSH For many pilots, landing at AirVenture is a bucket list item, but for Dan Moore it will just be icing on the cake. Assuming he’s aiming for one of the colored dots on July 24, it will hopefully be after[…] Read this article
Major Canadian GA Airport To Become Warehouse Development One of Canada’s busiest GA and business airports will soon be transformed into rows of featureless warehouse buildings. Buttonville Airport is a privately owned facility just north of Toronto and is a significant reliever airport for nearby Pearson International. It[…] Read this article
Garmin Introduces Radar 'Height Advisor' Garmin has introduced its take on the radar altimeter for small aircraft with the GHA 15 “height advisor.” The device, which is now available for experimental and light sport aircraft, starts measuring the aircraft’s AGL altitude at 500 feet and[…] Read this article
Short Final: Blimp Traffic Several years ago, I was flying into St. Petersburg during the NCAA Final Four. There was quite a bit of traffic and the Goodyear blimp was circling the domed stadium in which the games would be played, about one mile[…] Read this article
