Close Vote Removes John Washington From Advisory Panel

The Scottsdale, AZ, City council has voted 4-3 to remove John Washington from the Scottsdale Airport Advisory Commission. Washington had reportedly sent a letter to the FAA which questioned the council's vote to allow an apartment complex to be built near Scottsdale Airport (KSDL).

Aircraft Was Getaway Vehicle For Drug Runners

A video has popped up on the Internet taken from the back seat of a Brazilian police vehicle which shows the car ramming an airplane to prevent it from taking off. The clip has a very Hollywood action movie feel to it ... but it's real life.

Cessna Throws Down The Gauntlet In The High-Performance Piston Airplane Game

Aero-Note: Since this program appeared last spring, much has changed. Cessna retired Jack Pelton... while Cirrus Aircraft, who used to eat Cessna's lunch in this market has imploded and appears to be heading for even more trouble. All that being the case... will the Corvalis TTX become the leading edge for the high-end GA piston market? Hmmmm.... -- Jim Campbell, ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief The battle for supremacy among the high performance piston aircraft market just got a great deal more interesting. Cessna has revamped the Corvalis li

The Face of GA Is Changing... But Is It A Positive Change?

Guest Analysis/Opinion by Rich Belzer ANN E-I-C Introduction: We continue to enjoy the contributions of outside experts and their analysis of the pressing issues that the aviation world is dealing with. And while we may not agree with their conclusions, methodology or research, there is no question that there is much to learn from the contributions of others with unquestioned insight and expertise into the topics at hand. Herewith, another inriguing analysis of the changing face of GA... by someone who has worked in the trenches of this business. And agree or disagree, we find a lot of food for thought in the following extrapolations... -- Jim Campbell, ANN E-I-C. Pipe

Charter Pioneer Clay Lacy Among Four 2011 Inductees

From the time he was a young boy growing up in the farmland of Wichita, Kansas during the Great Depression, veteran pilot and business aviation pioneer Clay Lacy experienced a natural fascination with flight. He first took to the air at age eight and began working at a local airport in exchange for flying time at age 12. He has since spent nearly every day of his life around airplanes.