It is probable that you’ve never heard of Charles Lanier Lawrance, and that’s a shame. You know a lot about Wilbur and Orville Wright, of course, and you’re beginning to know about Charles Taylor, who was their mechanic and engine builder, and thus the world’s first A&P. You know somewhat less about Glenn Curtiss than […]
Opinion
And now, the rest of the story: An update on increased levels of copper in oil
After my Nov. 3 column, “”Why are there increased levels of copper in my oil?”” was published, I received some valuable advice from industry experts on the subject. After doing further research, here’s the rest of the story: First of all, the column was on the mark, but I feel I may have been off […]
NEW FORMATA WINNER
I really like the format of the latest General Aviation News and hope that it will continue. 1. The pink pages are no longer all pink. The black print on the pink pages was difficult to read. The black on white is a big improvement. 2. The pink pages are located at the back of […]
FAA EFFICIENCY?
To Charles Spence: I’m sure your Capital Comments column (Fair is fair? FAA, airlines continue blitz for user fees, Nov. 17 issue) went to press before the story by AOPA came out in its internet newsletter on Nov. 24. You know the one where it was pointed out that the FAA had almost $5 billion […]
HOW TO PROTECTYOUR AIRPORT
Have anyone of you any concerns about the Yakima Airport in Washington State and the big new office development along the departure end of the flight path? I think the airport manager is more interested in getting revenue for renting the airport property than in what the sound of airplanes will do when the offices […]
When the wind blows
“Prepare yourself.” You can add that phrase to the list of those I do not want to hear in or around an airplane. The mechanic uttered the warning just before he pulled open the hangar door and showed me a Cessna 172 that was heavily damaged by a windstorm that battered the Pacific Northwest on […]
The latest on NAVAIDS, user fees and fuel rules
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Should the NAVAIDS at airports go unmonitored when the tower is closed? That’s a question the FAA is asking as it proposes leaving certain Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), Localizer Type Directional Aids (LDA), Microwave Landing Systems (MLS), and Non-Directional Beacons (NDB) unmonitored at times when the control tower is not operating. Some […]
HAPPY, HAPPY: A long-awaited decision makes this Luscombe owner a happy woman
A friend of mine once told me that he didn’t read most flying magazines because they were full of gloom and doom. Airplanes crashing and pilots doing stupid things were not high on his agenda for enlightening reading. Where, he wondered, were the stories of pilots who did the right things? Of those successful forced […]
Not my kind of neighbor
NOT MY KIND OF NEIGHBOR I am a pilot, aircraft owner, aviation enthusiast and member of EAA, but from what I’ve read about this issue (New Jacksonville law targets homebuilder in Florida city, Sept. 8 issue), I don’t think I would want Mr. Kraut living next door to me, either. John Bradberry Sulphur Springs, Texas