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Volume 25, Number 12a
March 19, 2018
 
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Bizjet Sales: Still Slumbering in the Lost Decade
 
Paul Bertorelli
 
 
Aerospace has always been a boom-bust business, but following the economic downturn of 2008, the robust upswing has proven elusive, primarily because there are simply too many airplanes available for too few buyers. Says Citi aerospace analyst Jonathan Raviv, this sluggish recovery has earned a name: the lost decade. In this exclusive podcast, AVweb spoke with Raviv about his market findings.

“The lost decade does indeed refer to a decade in which we did not see in the bizjet market that we would have expected to see coming out of the recession,” Raviv says, summarizing a presentation he will give on March 19th at NBAA’s Business, Finance and Legal conference in Fort Myers, Florida. Raviv says the post-2008 non-recovery was different because although the three leading indicators—GDP growth, corporate earnings and a rising Dow—portended a sales snap back, it hasn’t happened yet.
 
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Guest Blog: Dream Flying Jobs
 
Ryan Lunde
 
What could be better than flying a taildragger down low and snapping photos of antelope?

When trying to count and classify a group of pronghorn antelope from the air, you deal with lots of factors that aren’t included in most other general aviation flying. Where are the towers or power lines? Where’s the light coming from? Where’s the wind coming from and how strong is it? Where are the fences? We don’t want to run them through a fence. Let’s just direct them back this way. How long have we been making passes on this herd? Any chance they’re dealing with exhaustion? We’ve got a total count, now let’s just get the doe to fawn ratio. Angle of attack, angle of attack, nose down a touch. What’s the CHT of the number two cylinder? It better not sneak up on me again in this 90-degree weather.
 
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Video: Top Flightbag Picks
 
Larry Anglisano
 
 
The pilot's flight bag has gotten smaller over the years and in a market flooded with compact flight totes, four bags—all with different styling—survived our long-term evaluation and earned our critical praise. In this video, Aviation Consumer Editor Larry Anglisano offers a close look at four favorites on the Aviation Consumer evaluation bench.
 
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Podcast: Citi's Jonathan Raviv on Slow Bizjet Sales
 
Paul Bertorelli
 
 
Aerospace has always been a boom-bust business, but following the economic downturn of 2008, the robust upswing has proven elusive, primarily because there are simply too many airplanes available for too few buyers. Says Citi aerospace analyst Jonathan Raviv, this sluggish recovery has earned a name: the lost decade. In this exclusive podcast, AVweb spoke with Raviv about his market findings.
 
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Low-Flying Plane Causes Concern At Ohio High School
 
Joy Finnegan
 
 
A low-flying plane over an Ohio high school caused concern Thursday afternoon, according to Cincinnati news station WLWT. “After an exhaustive investigation, we determined there is no evidence of any threat or plan to attack any person or school,” Hamilton Police Chief Craig Bucheit said in a tweet. “HPD is working with Federal Aviation Administration officials to determine what, if any, violation of Federal Aviation Regulations occurred."

School officials received notification of the low-flying plane spotted near school grounds and called police and the Butler County Regional Airport. "We had teachers express some concerns, 'Hey what's going on?' because they kept flying over the neighborhood and around our building," Badin principal Brian Pendergest said. "At no point was it heading directly at our building or anything like that. It was above our building at all times."
 
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FAA Restricts Doors-Off Helicopter Tours
 
Paul Bertorelli
 
 
The FAA said Friday that it's restricting helicopter operators from offering so-called doors-off tours unless the passengers are equipped with quick-release harnesses. The announcement came five days after five people died when a tour helicopter autorotated into New York's East River and rolled over. Although the pilot escaped, five passengers apparently drowned because they couldn't release harnesses intended to keep them secure with open doors.
 
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NTSB Reminder: Check Weight And Balance
 
Mary Grady
 
 
The NTSB issued a Safety Alert on Friday reminding general aviation pilots they should calculate weight and balance before every flight. Between 2008 and 2016, the board said, incorrect or neglected performance calculations were cited as a probable cause in 136 GA accident reports. In one-third of those accidents, people died. The effects of weather also should be considered, the NTSB says.
 
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Russian Runway Paved in Gold
 
Joy Finnegan
 
 
The cargo door of an Antonov An-12, a Soviet-era cargo plane, loaded with nine metric tons of gold broke open as the aircraft took off from Yakutsk in East Siberia. The aircraft’s door apparently gave way and broke off due to the weight shifting the cargo hold. Gold alloy bars were then strewn across the runway and on the airport property.
 
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AOPA Updates FBO Complaint Status
 
Mary Grady
 
 
Two complaints about FBO pricing and practices that AOPA filed with the FAA last August have completed the “reply and response” phase and now will be studied by the FAA, AOPA said on Wednesday. The complaints address “egregious” fees and restricted airport access imposed by FBOs at Asheville Regional Airport, in North Carolina, and at Key West International Airport, in Florida. AOPA believes those airports and FBOs have failed to fulfill federal grant obligations to protect the airport for public use.
 
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WASP Florence “Shutsy” Reynolds Dies
 
Joy Finnegan
 
 
Florence “Shutsy” Reynolds of Connellsville, Penn., passed away Thursday, March 15, 2018, at home. She was 95. She took a Civilian Pilot Training Program at her local airport in Connellsville and completed it, receiving her pilot’s certificate at the end. According to the “Fly Girls the Series” blog, “Reynolds was required to sign a document promising that she would join the aviation military service in case of war. ‘That was a big joke at the airport that day … But I signed it. By damn I joined later on.’”
 
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Picture of the Week
 
 
Deon Mitton sent us this beautiful shot of a Kodiak and a Beaver in formation taking a fun flight. This amazing photo happened at the 2017 Sun 'n Fun Seaplane fly-in in Tavares, near Orlando FL.
 
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