A new law will exempt aircraft parts and labor from sales taxes. It’s estimated Iowa airplane owners could save up to $10 million.
Pilots
Lift-Monster tug introduced
The new tug is designed for tailwheel and nosewheel aircraft up to 8,000 pounds.
Picture of the Day: 12 years in the making
Scot Cox submitted this photo and note: “My friend Mike Shade and I have built this Rose Parrakeet on Saturdays over the last 12-plus years. Thanks to Ed and Edith Fisher in Belle Center, Ohio, for the space in their shop to make this happen.”
When animals at the airport are a good thing
There are times when a flying bird around an airport is a good thing.
Aerox Aviation Oxygen Systems buys Sky-Ox
“Sky-Ox holds multiple legacy Supplemental Type Certificates for installed oxygen systems that will benefit from Aerox support, providing aircraft owners with the ability to use and maintain these very important systems with confidence. We intend to update these STCs with more modern hardware and to expand them to additional aircraft types to give aircraft owners a wider range of options.”
STC granted for retractable sensor mount for special mission aircraft
The STC has been approved for the Kodiak 100 and will be amended to certify on other aircraft as needed, according to officials with Fargo Jet Center.
Weather ‘suddenly and severely deteriorated’ during Oshkosh departure
I didn’t want to be “the guy who screwed up the OSH departure and snarled traffic for everyone.”
Picture of the Day: A beautiful sky that demands attention
Kent Shoemaker submitted this photo and note: “A beautiful sky that demands attention during the RNAV approach into Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport (KBTP) in Pennsylvania.”
25 years of fly-in success
Some rare and really cool airplanes made the trip to Rocky Mountain Metro Airport in Colorado in early June 2022 for the 25th annual JeffCo Aviation Association fly-in.