Car C-49 Served Military, Civilian Missions For 50+ Years
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is donating the Goodyear
blimp gondola, or car C-49, to the Smithsonian National Air and
Space Museum. C-49 car is going to the Smithsonian on the heels of
last year's donation of a lifeboat used on the 1911 airship,
Vaniman's Akron, which utilized Goodyear's first airship
envelope.
The FAA arrived late Monday on the scene of an accident
involving a helicopter that was being used to haul Christmas trees
on a farm north of Woodburn, Oregon. KTVZ-TV quotes the Marion
County Sheriff's Office in reporting the call came in about 1440
PST.
And Current Depositors May Get Stuck Paying It All!
Things are not all well with the LSA movement... especially if
you are one of the 1000 or so long-suffering folks awaiting the
delivery of a Skycatcher that is years overdue. Late Wednesday
evening, ANN received copies of a letter allegedly sent (via FedEx,
according to one depositor) in the last 48 hours to a number (if
not all) of the current list of Skycatcher depositors has raised
the price, effective as of January 1,2012 to a whopping $149,900...
well over $40K above the price first quoted when the aircraft was
introduced in 2006 -- $109,500.
As LSA Slowly Integrates Itself Into The Flight
Training Biz, The Skycatcher Stands Ready
ANN E-I-C Note: In light of the drastic
price increase announced by Cessna for the C-162 Skycatcher, we
thought it pertinent to look back at an interview we did with
Cessna personnel at the 2011 Sebring US Sport Aviation Expo... view
it and let us know how you think the the jump to a price of
$149,900 is going to affect the plans for this airplane and its
hopes for a serious role in the future of GA flight
training... -- Jim Campbell, ANN Editor-In-Chief
I don't have to tell you that the entire aviation biz has seen
bette
The FAA has codified special flight rules and flight
restrictions for certain aircraft operations in the Washington,
D.C. Metropolitan Area. A NOTAM scheduled to go into effect on
November 30th makes changes in rules that went into effect on
February 17th, 2009.
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