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March 25, 2004

Sport Pilot Rule Set Back... Again

There is a lot of rumor-mongering circulating, at the moment, concerning the welfare and status of the FAA's much-ballyhooed Sport Pilot Rule. A high-level source, in regular contact with the FAA and Sport Pilot-associated officials, has confirmed the worst... that there are more delays in the works for the oft-delayed, over-promised Sport Pilot rule. It now appears that the FAA has taken back the Sport Pilot rule (albeit temporarily) from the officials who are working it over at OMB. The reason for this is simple... to work on the questions OMB was raising with certain aspects of the program.

The first whooping crane to return to Wisconsin from Florida this year has been confirmed. The crane, known as “6-01”, was confirmed amid 20 sandhill cranes Sunday in Marquette County, Wisconsin by the International Crane Foundation’s Field Ecology Project Coordinator, Anne Lacy. This crane is one of five pioneering endangered birds from the first year of an ongoing reintroduction effort that uses ultralight aircraft to guide young cranes on their first southward migration.

Balloonist Claims Altitude Record

A daring balloonist sailed into a world record attempt on Tuesday, but only to find himself in hot water with the FAA. David Hempleman-Adams took off from Greeley (CO) and landed about 3 1/2 hours later in a farmer's field near Akron, 100 miles east of Denver on the Colorado plains. The British balloonist claims he