An immensely talented man and fervent aviator, Toni Onley, was lost this past Sunday when his Lake Buccaneer was involved in an accident on the Fraser River near Vancouver, British Columbia. Onley, 75, was enjoying some tough and goes when his LA4 Buccaneer when it went down in 35 feet of water near Maple Ridge. Onley was justifiably famed for his work in watercolors, a distinction that won him the Order of Canada and numerous honors from around the world. His abilities as a pilot allowed him to access parts of the earth unseen by many and available only through talents such as his.

Company Signs 30-Year Airport Lease

Mooney Airplane Company has entered into a new lease for its buildings and land in Kerrville (TX). Mooney, the City of Kerrville, the Kerr County Commission and the Kerrville Airport Authority have been negotiating for several months according to Mooney President, J. Nelson Happy. The terms of the new agreement reduced Mooney's leased acreage from 51 acres to the 17 acres the company actually uses.

Thief Leaves Behind Wrecked Plane, Few Clues

After breaking into 16 hangars at the Brazoria County Airport (TX) early Sunday, an unidentified suspect finally found an airplane he could steal. But the plane thief didn't get far. The Cessna 172 crashed after the pilot flew the plane into a series of high-tension power lines about two miles southeast of the airport. "It's just an absolute miracle that he lived," said Louis Jones, Brazoria County's aviation director. "The aircraft was, of course, totaled." Brazoria County Sheriff's deputies, however, found only a heap of mangled metal when they arrived at the scene sometime after the 6:45 a.m. crash.

Organization Concerned With Direction Of Agency's Review

Last Friday, February 27th, the TSA held a public meeting to discuss proposed new security requirements for domestic and foreign Part 145 repair stations. However, NATA is expressing cocnern with the direction its review is taking. This initiative is the result of a provision that was included within the Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act that Congress approved and the President signed into law late last falls. The new law directs the TSA to conduct security audits of all foreign repair stations. These audits must then be completed within 18 months. Two members from NATA's Aircraft Maintenance and System Technology Committee, Michael Mertens from Duncan Aviation in Lincoln (NE) and Ed Green from Garrett A

Issued Due to Local Hazards NOTAM: 4/1635 Issued: 03/01/2004 19:53 Effective: Immediately - Until Further Notice State: AK Facility: ZAN - ANCHORAGE (ARTCC),AK. Type: HAZARDS Description: FAIRBANKS, ALASKA.

AD NUMBER: 2001-13-18R1

MANUFACTURER: Raytheon SUBJECT: Wing Spar Cracks SUMMARY: The FAA is revising Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2001-13-18, which applies to Raytheon Aircraft Corporation (Raytheon) Beech Models 45 (YT-34), A45 (T-34A, B-45), and D45 (T-34B) airplanes. AD 2001-13-18 currently requires you to repetitively inspect the wing spar assembly for cracks and replace any wing spar assembly found cracked (unless the spar assembly has a crackindication in the filler strip where the direction of the crack is toward the outside edge of the fillerstrip). AD 2001-13-18 also requires you to report the results of the initial inspection and maintain the flight and operating restrictions required by AD 99-12-02 unti