Enough Of The Excuses... Here Are Our Final Decisions On The
Best Birds Of The Year
The second of our five categorical choices (covering GA
Piston Single, GA Piston Twin, SA Experimental Kit, E-LSA Kit, and
S-LSA Ready To Fly) for the "Best of Breed" of 2006... a heckuva
good year for aviation, is...
Sonex-Ltd's Sonex
The “hump” -- sounds pretty harmless, but the
nickname does no justice to the terrible flying conditions
encountered flying “over the hump”, at the southern
edge of the Himalayas.
Change Over Point -- When a frequency change on an airway is
necessary and it is not the midpoint of the airway, a COP or change
over point is depicted where it is necessary to switch to the nav
aid ahead of you and discontinue using the nav aid you are headed
away from.
"It's being kept warm. It's got a low level of activity
that makes sense right now."
Source: Sikorsky Aircraft president Jeffrey
Pino, commenting on the helomaker's plans to restart development of
its next-generation X2 coaxial-rotor helicopter concept. First
announced in June 2005, the program was shelved following a worker
strike last year.
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