Endurance Contest Is A Parody Of The Famous Le Mans Road Race
You may have heard about the 24 Hours of Le Mans road race, but a lesser-known parody of the endurance contest is the "24 Hours of LeMons" (lemons), which features cars that are supposed to cost under $500. This year's race drew an entry that was cobbled together from the remains of a 1957 Cessna 310 and various car parts made street-legal by Maryland police officer Jeff Bloch.
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The Small Aircraft Revitalization Act of 2013 has been introduced in the Senate. This is the Senate companion to H.R. 1848, introduced by U.S. Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS) and a bipartisan group of U.S. House members earlier this month. An unspecified number of workers have been laid off at Cessna, according to a company statement. The move came last Thursday, a month after the planemaker asked for voluntary retirements from both salaried and hourly workers. A PA-34 twin engined Seneca reportedly broke apart in flight before impacting the grou
What I saw at EBACE2013 was an industry that is not only addressing the economic situation in this region, but one that is taking the necessary steps to ensure that business aviation remains essential in Europe." Source: EBAA CEO Fabio Gamba.
The P-38 National Association is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to collect data and memorabilia to preserve and perpetuate the memory of this classic WWII aircraft -- the P-38 "Lockheed Lightning" -- for future generations.
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