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May 25, 2012

FAA Tells Aspen Airport FBO's Can't Be Arbitrarily Denied

New Businesses Must Be Accommodated If Space And Market Conditions Are Favorable

It's a pretty fair bet that large sums of federal grant money are going to come with strings attached, a fact that Aspen, CO, aviation officials found out in meetings this week with the FAA.

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AD: Continental Motors Reciprocating Engines

AD NUMBER: 2012-10-13

PRODUCT: Certain Continental Motors, Inc. (CMI) models TSIO-520, TSIO-550-K, TSIOF-550K, and IO-550-N series reciprocating engines with new or rebuilt CMI starter adapters installed between January 1, 2011 and November 20, 2011.

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NTSB Issues Recommendations To FAA Regarding STC Installers

Ageny Should Offer Guidence On Compatibility Of Modifications

The NTSB has issued a set of reccomendations to the FAA concerning the installation of STC modifications on aircraft. In its recommendation letter, the board cites several examples of accidents in which the STC modifications were made on aircraft but no compatibility check was performed to be sure there was no conflict between the mods.

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Solar Impulse Launches Transcontinental Flight

Airplane Powered Only By Solar Energy Will Eventually Attempt To Circle The Globe

The Solar Impulse aircraft developed by Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg departed Payerne, Switzerland Thursday morning with final destination Rabat, the capital of Morocco. The takeoff was reportedly delayed by a couple of hours by fog at Payerne airport, but by mid afternoon EDT Thursday, the Solar Impulse website reported that the "zero-fuel" aircraft had crossed the Pyrenees mountains at the Franco-Spanish border, and Andre was on his way to Madrid.

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