Fines Being Levied On Some Non-Conforming Businesses Renting Hangars

Businesses using hangar space at Honolulu International Airport as self-storage units are seeing notices of fines arrive in the mail after years of lax enforcement by the state DOT.

AOPA Sued Over Flight Planning Patent Squabble

OK... its been kind of quiet on the FlightPrep front... but a suit that the company's bosses threatened in 2010 appears have come back to life, under new names, but with the same players behind the scenes... and the same lawyer leading the charge. As you may recall, when operating under the corporate guise of FlightPrep, its principles Stenbock & Everson, attempted to send bills/demands to a number of flight planning businesses working on the web claiming that their efforts violated their patent... a patent that had gone through multiple iterations and machinations before finally being granted. A number of the most powerful players in the business were threatened with legal action and the industry DID NOT take

What We Need To Do and Where We Need To Go, From Here… (Part  1 of 2)

“This Will Remain The Land Of The Free Only So Long As It Is The Home Of The Brave.” --Elmer Davis Opinion, Analysis and Observation by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell I’m surprised (and alternately proud, yet sad) with the number and regularity with which the calls have come – “Hi Jim… I hate to bother you… but I think you’re the only guy who cares enough to listen and might actually be able to help me…” Lately, they’ve come more and more, with increasing urgency… and

Available For Cirrus SR22, SR22T

Flight Resource, LLC; a distributor of MT Propellers, announced Tuesday that an STC has been approved to install the 4-blade MT composite propellers on the Cirrus SR22 and SR22T, including those with Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI).