Atlantic Aero's John Ackerman Talks Engine Conversions With
ANN
Make no mistake about it: pilots ALWAYS want to go higher, and
fly faster -- and if we can do it while burning the same amount of
fuel, then that's close to nirvana. Greensboro, SC-based Atlantic
Aero specializes in doing exactly that, by retrofitting Beechcraft
Bonanzas and Cessna 210s with the 310-hp Teledyne Continental
IO-550 engine -- the same engine that's on a new Cirrus SR22, or
Columbia 300.
"I believe the problem's fixed. We haven't had an unsafe landing
on Taxiway Tango yet. Every one of them was wrong, and every one of
them should not have happened, but they were not unsafe."
Source: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Manager Mark Coates, commenting on safety programs in place to
prevent crews in landing aircraft from mistaking Runway 16R/34L
with nearby Taxiway Tango. At least eight aircraft have confused
the 180-ft wide taxiway with the 200-ft runway since 1999, and
three have landed on the taxiway.
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