Posted on March 4, 2014, 5:39 pm, by Dave Higdon, under
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Well, the predictable, durable reaction of amazement is here — you know, the shock that President Obama (again) submitted a budget that uses new FAA user fees to fund the agency. Not selling the issue short, but the level of rhetoric and occasionally shrill reactions continue to startle and surprise me. It’s not as if [...]
Posted on August 22, 2013, 1:37 pm, by Dave Higdon, under
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Seeing Paul briefly during Oshkosh a few weeks ago made me smile; cruising with a driver in Red One, his presence reminded me of the irrefutable influence “Papa Paul” has been in aviation — general aviation, specifically. From our first face-to-face visit at EAA’s old HQ in Hales Corners, Wisc., he exuded enthusiasm and delight [...]
Posted on July 10, 2013, 10:50 am, by Dave Higdon, under
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My congressman’s Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013 passed the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this morning. H.R. 1848 directs the FAA to implement the FAA’s Part 23 Reorganization Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) recommendations by December 31, 2015. That would be about two years if Congress gets it to the President and he signs it [...]
Posted on January 30, 2013, 1:17 pm, by Dave Higdon, under
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Not quite like Bill Murray and “Ground Hog Day” — it’s a day early, for one thing…but if you tune in “Mythbusters” the afternoon of Friday, Feb. 1, you just may think you’ve experiencing a flashback… You see, we just got word from our friends the Wiebe’s at BeLite that the “Mythbusters” Duct Tape Airplane [...]
Posted on December 25, 2012, 9:37 am, by Dave Higdon, under
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Merry, Happy, Ho-Ho to all…no matter how you celebrate the season, no matter why, here’s hoping you have a wonderful one and a great New Year!
Posted on September 13, 2012, 4:08 pm, by Dave Higdon, under
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…so just copying the alert from the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force — or JTTF: =========================================== TSA and FAA Issue BOLO Advisory for Possible GA Aircraft Threat September 13,2012 JTTF notified Region 2 of a potential threat of an individual wanting to crash GA aircraft (Piper) into his girlfriend”s house or another building. The subject [...]
Posted on August 28, 2012, 5:03 pm, by Dave Higdon, under
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As it sometimes does, Congress tries to force the FAA’s hand on a policy or regulation; these efforts have but mixed results. Sometimes the FAA has no wiggle room — other times, like in this instance, the agency staff not only wants to wiggle away, but effectively reverse Congressional Intent on residential Through-the-Fence agreements (rTTF) [...]
Posted on August 27, 2012, 2:24 pm, by Dave Higdon, under
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Nothing like the loss of a friend or relative to restore long-faded memories of them and the events you shared. That’s my fallout from learning that Neil Armstrong passed over the weekend. On one side the description of his death — from complications the developed after bypass surgery — struck home for its striking familiarity. [...]
Posted on November 18, 2011, 7:36 pm, by jeburnside, under
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“A special committee set up to steer the implementation of a critical NextGen technology has concluded there is – as yet – no business case for an equipage mandate.” via FAA Aviation Rulemaking Committee pans ADS-B. For now….
Posted on November 11, 2011, 10:04 am, by Dave Higdon, under
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Well, it’s 11/11/11…and at 11 there’s an event honoring veterans that’s on my to-do list. There will be lots of hats and pins and patches attesting to the different services and various conflicts the veterans faced and survived. For my part, the moment is but one moment on one day in which the service of [...]