Piper Arrow Pilot Reported '30-foot tall' Triangular Object At 6,500 Feet Around noon on Wednesday, Dec. 20, the pilot of a Piper Arrow told air traffic controllers he saw an object, “approximately 30 feet tall,” passing in the opposite direction apparently under power, headed westwardly. The Arrow was on a 150-nautical-mile[…] Read this article
Jeffco-Area Homeowners Sue County Over Increased Air Traffic Issues More than 400 homeowners in Superior, Colorado’s Rock Creek housing development have sued Jefferson County over what they claim are violations of airspace, lead emissions and devaluation of their properties associated with operations at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC, aka[…] Read this article
USAF Program Will Revive World War II-Era Pacific Airfields The same runways that launched the atomic bomb raids on Hiroshima and Nagasaki could be refurbished to—in part—help defend Japan. According to a report in Stars and Stripes published today (Dec. 27), the United States Air Force (USAF) plans to[…] Read this article
Icon A5 Amphibian Notches FAA Primary Category Type Certification Icon Aircraft announced Tuesday (Dec. 26) it has received FAA type certification in the primary category for its light sport A5 amphibious aircraft. The ruling means Icon may now leverage reciprocal agreements with other nations’ aviation authorities to open international[…] Read this article
Career Maintenance Tech Earns NBAA Honors For Professionalism Bruce Gullingsrud represents a legion of unsung heroes in aviation—he’s a career maintenance technician. His life’s work recently received recognition from the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), which awarded Gullingsrud one of nine Dr. Tony Kern Professionalism in Aviation Awards[…] Read this article
Short Final: Coastal Navigation Stop me if you’re heard this one. Many years ago, a foreign student with a heavy accent contacts air traffic control over the east coast of Florida saying he’s lost. The controller gives him a transponder code and tries to[…] Read this article
