Long Beach Subsidizes Unleaded Avgas The City of Long Beach, California, is offering to pay piston aircraft operators to switch to unleaded fuel. Last week the city council of the Los Angeles suburb voted to have the city cover the $2-$4 per gallon difference between[…] Read this article
Is MOSAIC Creating Pilots Or Passengers? When the light sport category was established 20 years ago, a lot of the emphasis in commentary on it at the time was about training. Don’t forget it was supposed to open the floodgates of pent-up pilot demand that had[…] Read this article
Best Of The Web: RC Aircraft Carrier File this under “Why didn’t I think of that?” Although it’s a little crude, it is the first attempt and now we can’t wait to see what the RC world comes up with to top it. The possibilities boggle the[…] Read this article
Van's Sets Third-Party Parts Price Increases As KITPLANES reported Saturday, Van’s Aircraft customers who ordered engines, avionics or propellers along with their kits will have until roughly mid-February to accept modest price increases on those items and have their existing deposits honored. Van’s announced Saturday that[…] Read this article
Alaska Says MAX 9 Grounding Cost $150 Million, Expects Boeing To Pay On Thursday, Alaska Airlines said the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX-9 will cost the carrier $150 million, according to a CNBC report. Alaska and United Airlines, the two sole U.S. operators of the MAX-9, were forced to ground parts of their[…] Read this article
PPR Returns To Vegas For Super Bowl, Costs From $0 to $14,729 Las Vegas area airports will again be charging special event fees and implementing a Prior Permission Required (PPR) program for the Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11. Clark County airports, including Harry Reid International Airport (KLAS), Henderson Executive Airport (KHND) and[…] Read this article
Poll: How Do We Train Pilots For Autonomous Aircraft? Read this article
Last Week's Poll Results: Because It's There Almost two-thirds of respondents think the sky is no limit. They believe it’s in our nature to explore and going to the moon is part of that. Read this article
