Apr 19, 2017
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A Crash that sent pilot to closed runway prompts FAA changes.
When pilot Joseph Milo reported engine trouble, an air traffic
controller directed him to a nearby airfield. But the airfield had
actually closed 25 years earlier, and industrial buildings occupied
its former runway. Milo crashed a quarter-mile away and died. His
death prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to update its
procedures to include weekly accuracy checks of its radar video
maps The FAA has adopted a
new airworthiness directive, effective Wednesday, in response
to a report of an event aboard an American Champion Aircraft Corp.
airplane. Specifically, a pilot reported dealing with a stuck
aileron during a flight in his Super Decathlon (model no. 8KCAB),
and while he was able to “un-stick” the aileron and land
successfully, the subsequent examination of the aircraft uncovered
a “cracked structure around several of the aileron hinges,”
according to the AD.
Area Forecasts (FA) to be discontinued in October 2017. AOPA
Regional Fly-in at Camarillo, CA on April 28-29
EAA officials announced this week that the Founder’s Innovation
Prize competition will continue through 2020, with five years’
worth of finalists eligible for a major grand prize. Each year’s
competition welcomes ideas to counter loss of control accidents in
amateur-built aircraft.
Five aircraft violated air restrictions during President
Trump’s 4-day Easter weekend stay at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm
Beach, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday. If you’re
keeping track there have been 13 weekends since the President was
inaugurated on Friday, January 20. Seven of those weekends have
been spent in Palm Beach. So pilots in Florida going to have to get
used to the fact that it appears that on any given weekend, there’s
a greater than 50% chance there will be a 30 NM TFR around Palm
Beach. So far, those visits have averaged over 3 days per visit. A
Southwest Airlines pilot has been arrested on a weapons charge
in New York after airport security officers found a loaded handgun
in his carry-on bag. Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple says
55-year-old Erik Gibson was slated to pilot a flight to Tampa,
Florida, on Monday morning when TSA officers found the gun during
routine screening. Over the weekend a Cessna
208 lost power and landed in a field safely in Texas. And
there’s a winner…for the
Red Bull races in San Diego last weekend. Japanese pilot
Yoshi Muroya placed first. Stemme AG, best known for its high-end
motor gliders, the S10 and S12, has
announced its merger with Remos AG, the German maker of the GX
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Volocopter 2X. Photo by Ute
Stumpf[/caption] More new models from Friedrichshafen, Germany
show. e-Volo shows
2X Volocopter on sale in 2018. The German company plans to
certify the two-seat 2X under a new German Ultralight category
being created for 2018 and offer the 2X for sale next year.
The first Public Showing Of The 11-seat
Tecnam P2012 Traveller. Australia International Airshow was
held last month at the Avalon Airport Video from
ThePlaneSpotterHD on Youtube. The boys for the Plane Crazy
Down Under podcast released a new episode yesterday in which they
did interviews at the Avalon Airport. So if you want to know more
about the Avalon show, look for
episode 130 of the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast. FAA ATC
Privatization Update.
AP Story.
NBAA story. Deadly Cockpit Distractions. We talk about how to
identify them when they occur, and what to do once you identify
them.