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March 31, 2008

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Monday 03.31.08

The Art Of Holding Patterns, With CFII Bob Miller

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 03.31.08 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 03.31.08 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- The Art Of Holding Patterns: 03.31.08 (ANN Special Report, with CFII Bob Miller of "Over The Airwaves.")

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Avidyne, West Star Aviation Collaborate On RVSM

Aim To Bring Technology To Alliant/Envision Customers

Representatives with Avidyne and West Star Aviation told ANN Monday the two companies have launched a joint engineering effort to provide Envision/Alliant retrofit avionics customers with Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) capability.

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Things NOT To Do On Approach

Admit It... We've All 'Almost' Done Something Like This...

There's not a lot to say about the following report... except for the fact that we've all "almost" done something like it -- while a few of us have just flat-out experienced the same degree of "brain-fade" and gotten to take the "shortest step" out of an airplane known to an aviator... after landing gear up. We include the report for one reason only -- to remind EVERYONE that you need to VISUALLY confirm what you're doing rather than depending on the Braille method.

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Prop Failure Necessitates Unplanned 'Water Landing'

You can never be too careful... or too prepared... but a prop failure is one of those weird situations that can put you down in a heartbeat -- as an RV-6 pilot found out. Thankfully, there was no injury to the pilot, but a landing in a flooded field did wind up doing significant damage to his pride and joy. We hope the bird can be fixed.

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Gobosh Gets Bigger... Aero-TV Looks Over the G800XP

All-Composite Speedster Equipped With 'Chute

Recently, Gobosh Aviation unveiled a new addition to their product line, the all-composite 800XP. Sporting rakish lines similar to several other low-wing LSAs -- more on that in a minute -- the 800XP is a Czech-designed-and-built aircraft, unlike the Polish-built G700S that kicked off Gobosh's presence in the US last July.

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Seaplane Access Being Restored By Bureau Of Reclamation

AOPA, SPA And Other Organizations Win Big

AOPA tells ANN thhat there is 'Good News' for seaplane pilots. The Bureau of Reclamation intends to return seaplane access to more than 400 lakes in 17 western states.

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