The FAA recently stirred things up with their issuing of order5190.6B. This
is the airport compliance manual. It contains all of the regulations and information on how public funded airports and landing areas operate. The manual went from 94 to 691 pages!
Here are the parts that have many concerned.
No more auto-fuel may be used in aircraft [...]
Challenger II Light Sport Aircraft
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The popular eBook Dreams to Flying Machines part one is now available as a free download. Part one is over 50 pages of information about building experimental homebuilt aircraft.
After reading this part i of the book you will gain a firm grasp of the world of homebuilt aircraft and be ready to make a better [...]
Just released
Dreams To Flying Machines is an eBook available at
aircraftbooksonline.com that shows a beginner how to take
your interest/dreams of aircraft and flying and get you up to speed
in the world of aircraft building. It illustrates that building and flying
your own airplane, (that many think is beyond their ability) could
be a new chapter in [...]
If you fly an ultralight, light sport, light aircraft or other aircraft you are likely to be an EAA member. Usually everything seems quite well run at the organization. But trouble have set it. And their reputation may have been tarnished a bit.
The EAA board decided to search for a new director to be the successor [...]
Whopping Cranes on ultralight led migration route
Sometimes wildlife can effect aircraft and other times aircraft effect wildlife.
In the Zimbabwe, at the Harare airport a Chinese built MA60 crashed after hitting a bush pig on takeoff. The Bush pig did not have a clue what to do when it saw the plane coming at it [...]
If you have an aircraft that you fly and want to try something fun, arrange a photo/video shoot of your aircraft in the air flying. It really is enjoyable to share is with your friends and family who often may have never seen your plane, let alone seen it in the air flying.
Find a friend [...]
The ongoing poor economy has started to show up in more aircraft for sale at reduced prices. Light aircraft, homebuilts and ultralight and light sport aircraft are becoming harder to sell due to less buyers willing to part with their cash. But this is also a great opportunity for someone who has been sitting on [...]
Just how difficult is it to get started flying ultralight aircraft? Not nearly as difficult as the average person pictures it.
First, ultralight airplanes can be not much more than a powered glider that you hang from or they can look like a real airplane with cockpit, tail, control stick and rudder. ultralight airplanes can be [...]
The Erickson Air Crane filling its tanks