AOPA News

Inset charts available for New York City SFRA

The FAA has created inset charts of the Hudson River to make it easier for pilots to navigate the New York City Special Flight Rules Area. The charts, one of the SFRA and the other of the New York City skyline route, will be available free online to pilots starting Feb. 11.

Tell us about your pilot, airport group

Are you a member of an airport or pilot group at your home base? AOPA is compiling information on airport and pilot groups nationwide in order to build up grassroots advocacy efforts and engage pilots when their airport is under attack.

FAA releases call-to-action report from Colgan accident

The FAA this week issued the final report on its call to action following the fatal crash of Colgan Airlines Flight 3407 last February outside Buffalo, N.Y.

Photographer captured history of aviation

Photographer Howard Levy shot aviation photos continuously starting in 1936 with a few years off for World War II. Even then he was a photographer for the Army Air Corps. The dedicated aviation photographer died Jan. 29 at his home in New Jersey at the age of 88.

Singapore show watched for signs of recovery

The 130,000 attendees at this week's Singapore Airshow are watching company announcements for signs that the recession is ending. It appears that while it is ending, orders won't return to normal until 2012.

AVWEB

15 Years and Now 15 Grand Giveaways ... Now's Your Chance to Win 100,000 Air BP Bravo Reward Points

Now's your chance to win 100,000 Air BP Bravo Rewards Points as we celebrate our 15th Anniversary! All you have to do is click here to enter your name and e-mail address. (You only have to enter once, and you'll be entered in our prize drawings for the entire year. If you've already entered for the previous Bose Headset drawing, you're all set — no need to register again.)And no, we're not going to rent or sell your name, ever. Tell your friends, and invite them to sign up for AVweb so they can qualify for our 15 Grand Giveaways prize drawings, too. (We won't spam them, either — but we hope they will sign up for our newsletters.)Deadline for entries is 11:59pm Zulu time February 19, 2010.Click here to read the contest rules and enter.Congratulations to Ron Goin of Idaho Falls, ID, who won the Bose Aviation Headset X! (click here to get your own from Bose Corporation)

Short Final

With Super Bowl XLIV about to kick off as we prepare this week's AVweb stories, we can't resist the temptation to delve into our mailbag and serve up a "Short Final" that's been holding for over a year:It was a Friday afternoon in November when we were departing OSU airport in the company King Air for our home base in Grand Rapids. The huge college rivalry between OSU and U of M was to be played tomorrow. Since the OSU fans can be quite literally fanatical about their team, my co-pilot and I were pretty quiet all day about our allegiance to the Michigan football squad.As we were taxiing out to the busy runway, we changed over to tower, and the pattern was full of OSU students and their instructors. The frequency was busy. It was my leg, so the co-pilot was on the radio. My voice had not been heard yet.After my copilot responded to our takeoff clearance, I couldn't help myself and keyed the mike, saying in a deep and serious voice, "Go Blue!"We enjoyed a takeoff roll in complete radio silence. All communications stopped dead for about ten seconds!The shocked silence was broken with the words "Who said that?!"I knew we had gotten away with it when we were handed off to Columbus departure and didn't have to enter a hold! That ten seconds of silence was almost as good as the beating we gave them in the next day's game!Doug Downervia e-mail

FBO of the Week: Airbound Aviation (Essex County Airport, KCDW, Caldwell, NJ)

>>> AVWEB FUEL FINDERCURRENT PRICE FOR 100LL: $4.62 (down 1¢ from last week)CURRENT PRICE FOR JET A: $4.30 (down 4¢ from last week)Fuel prices provided weekly by AirNav, based on prices from the past 2 weeks. Changes are relative to last week's prices. /TEXT_ONLY-->http://media.avweb.com/banmanavweb/a.aspx?Task=Click&ZoneID=0&CampaignID=5517&AdvertiserID=167&BannerID=2798&SiteID=19&RandomNumber=1475325602&Keywords=/TEXT_ONLY-->AVweb's "FBO of the Week" ribbon goes to Airbound Aviation at Essex County Airport (KCDW) in Caldwell, New Jersey.AVweb reader Mike Kenny described the FBO as "a hidden gem" in his comments and told us the team at Airbound took care of him on a recent trip into New York City. "The service was exceptional, and they also arranged minor service on our PC-12 on very short notice," wrote Mike.AVweb is actively seeking out the best FBOs in the country and another one, submitted by you, will be spotlighted here next Monday!Keep those nominations coming. For complete contest rules, click here.

Exclusive Video: AVweb's G100UL Flight Test

For nearly three decades, general aviation has been struggling to find an unleaded replacement for 100LL avgas. General Aviation Modifications Inc. (GAMI) in Ada, Oklahoma says they've found it. AVweb's Paul Bertorelli recently took a test flight to see how the new fuel works.

AVweb Flies New G100UL Fuel

After years of searching for a replacement for the lead in 100LL, is the solution upon us? General Aviation Modifications thinks so and demonstrated the new fuel to AVweb in a test flight and engine test cell run last week. The new fuel is called G100UL and has essentially come out of nowhere as a developmental fuel to replace 100LL.

Aero-News

747-8 First Flight Planned For Monday

New Cargo Variant Completed Taxi Tests, Ready To Fly The first flight test of the Boeing 787-8 is slated for Monday, February 8, 2010. The first flight window will open 10:00am PDT.

Stowaway Found Dead After Transatlantic Flight

Maintenance Discovered Body A body was discovered aboard a Delta flight 59 after a flight from JFK to Japan's Tokyo Nartia (NRT).

C-5M Super Galaxy Completes Operational Test And Evaluation

Aircraft Released For Operations Worldwide The C-5M Super Galaxy completed operational test and evaluation in January, releasing the aircraft for use in worldwide operations. The tests, which lasted nearly 4 months, measured key performance parameters to demonstrate the capabilities and reliability of the C-5M.

NASA's Redirection: Beware Of Politicians Offering Undefined Goals Without Deadl

Guest Editorial By Wes Oleszewski The headlines read "Bolden Denies Abandoning Human Spaceflight," but the budget for NASA says otherwise. Beware of politicians who rip apart national icons while offering undefined goals without deadlines. It is much the same as saying "we're going to bulldoze the Washington Monument, but don't worry, we're going to replace it with something really terrific sometime later." That is the same message that the new NASA Administrator and his immediate underlings are pandering to the spaceflight community when it comes to President Obama's new budget and NASA's place in it.

Embry-Riddle Mixes Fixed-Wing and Helo Training At AZ Campus

New Program Will Have Students Fly Robinson And Sikorsky Helos Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) recently announced its selection of Universal Helicopters (UHI) as the exclusive provider of the Helicopter Flight Training Program to students at the university's Prescott, AZ, campus.

	Las Vegas NASCAR Weekend	Dave Smith	Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:11 pm
	New "Arrivals and Departures" Quiz...	Ed Turley	Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:52 pm
	WAAS on CJ	Ken Wolf	Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:02 am
	Headsets In Rear...	Tracy Forrest	Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:57 am
	Engine Covers	Ritchie Lipson	Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:20 pm

	Sun 'n Fun	Lakeland, FL	Apr 13-18, 2010
	Cessna Special Olympics Airlift	Lincoln, NE (KLNK)	Jul 17-24, 2010
	Airventure Oshkosh	Oshkosh, WI	Jul 26-Aug 1, 2010
	CJP Annual Meeting	Colorado Springs, CO	Sep 1-4, 2010
	NBAA 2010	Atlanta, GA	Oct 19-21, 2010