Four People Aboard A Cessna 180B Floatplane Fatally
Injured
Two floatplanes operating in VFR conditions collided over a lake
in Alaska July 30th, resulting in the fatal injure to all four
people aboard one of the aircraft. The pilot of the larger Cessna
206 who survived the accident told NTSB investigators he simply did
not see the Cessna 180 until it was too late to avoid the
collision.
Sometimes, it's just good to know that perhaps you've done some
good. We received this e-mail earlier this week from a company who
had read David Juwel's piece about being in the business of
aviation, but not in the business of business.
Pipistrel Flies The First 4-Seat Electric Aircraft In The
World
The Tarus G4 ... the first 4-seat electric aircraft in the world
... took off Thursday morning at 0700 local time from Wittman Field
in Oshkosh, WI. Pipistrel, the developer of the G4, said the flight
was the result of long and demanding work nearly of a nearly
30-member team of developers and constructors.
In a letter to DOT Secretary Ray LaHood, FAA Administrator Randy
Babbitt, and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, a bipartisan group of
U.S. Representatives have suggested that the federal government
should intervene in an intended lawsuit against fixed base
operators (FBOs) and fuel distributors for supplying and using
leaded aviation gasoline (avgas) in the state of California.
Babbitt Takes Only A Few Questions... And Pretty Much Repeats The
Party Line
The 'Meet The Boss' event at Oshkosh, where pilots of all types
can actually face down the FAA Administrator and ask questions, has
been a staple of this annual gathering. This year, though, was a
bit of a non-starter in that the time for questions was cut short
by EAA President Rod Hightower's own questions and when we finally
got the chance to confront the Administrator, there were scant
minutes left to question him while the few answers we received were
very much like those we had heard in the past.
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