It's Home!

Aerocomp reached a significant milestone today after flying its new all-composite, single-engine Comp Air Jet back to the 3,500 foot, Merritt Island airport following months of exhaustive flight-testing at Titusville Airport. Titusville was selected for the initial flight test program because of its long and multiple runways. It's much easier to test aircraft when there is a choice of runways and with four named hurricanes that passed through Florida this year, causing unpredictable winds, it was a perfect location to begin flight tests. Titusville often has light traffic as well. Even with the storms, we managed to log more than 30 hours of flight testing this unique new jet. 

Weather Blamed For Delay Until At Least Feb. 12th

The date for Steve Fossett's solo 'round-the-world record attempt continues to slip. Now, the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer team says the weather just won't be right before next Saturday, according to the Salina Journal.

Goal: Complete 8230.2F By April

EAA's Earl Lawrence was in Kansas City, MO, last week to provide EAA expertise in the review and revision of FAA policy governing issuance of special light-sport aircraft (SLSA) and experimental light-sport aircraft (ELSA) airworthiness certificates.