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EAA AIRVENTURE
MUSEUM ANNOUNCES SPECIAL EVENTS, EXHIBITS FOR 2007
Special events, exhibits and activities are among the spectacular
highlights of this year's schedule at the world-class EAA
AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, which celebrates its 24th year of
operation in 2007.
Among the featured events in 2007 is a presentation by Thomas
Griffin of the famed Doolittle Raiders on March 27; new "Living
History Days" at Pioneer Airport throughout the year; the
openings of the Aerospace Design and Space Gallery exhibits in July;
and renowned designer Burt Rutan as the keynote speaker at the
annual Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet on Dec. 14.
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Q & A:
Question of the Week
EAA Aviation Services
I have transitioned my SkyRaider to the E-LSA category. While
doing the paperwork, I was informed I could not work on this
aircraft except for a list of minor preventive maintenance
things. I did not build this aircraft, but I do have the
16-hour inspection rating for the airplane. Would you clarify
this, as I have never seen this addressed or bought up in any
articles.
Answer:
Whoever told you that is incorrect. As an aircraft holding an
experimental airworthiness certificate (and which did not hold
a different kind of airworthiness certificate previous to the
experimental certificate), FAR Part 43 does not apply (Ref; 14
CFR 43.1(b)). Thus, there are no restrictions on who does
maintenance, repair, or modifications to the aircraft. You may
perform these tasks, or you many have anyone of your choosing
perform them. The person performing these tasks is not
required to hold any FAA certificate of any kind.
The only time an FAA certificate is required is when
performing the condition inspection each year, as required by
your aircraft's operating limitations. The operating
limitations will go on to require that the person performing
this inspection hold either an LSA repairman certificate with
an inspection rating (for which you qualify having completed
the 16 hour course), or any FAA certificated A&P mechanic.
These requirements are found in the aircraft's operating
limitations rather than in the regulations themselves.
How can
we help you?
To ask a question regarding government
issues, e-mail govt@eaa.org.
If you have a question about registration, airmen, aircraft
and medical certification, safety records, performance, or any
other matter, e-mail infoserv@eaa.org.
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January
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EAA chief photographer Jim
Koepnick captured this shot of a Piper
PA-18 Super Cub against a sun splashed winter sky during the
2004 EAA Skiplane Fly-In at Pioneer Airport. If conditions
permit, skiplanes will return to Oshkosh for the 2007 event on
January 27.
To download this image for your computer, visit the EAA
website and choose among five resolutions to suit your
screen. You can also download any other previous
EAA monthly desktop image.
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THIRD ANNUAL
SPORT AVIATION EXPO OPENS AT SEBRING
 Great
weather and strong attendance are gracing opening day of the
third annual U.S. Sport Aviation Expo at Sebring Regional
Airport in Florida. With nearly 120 exhibitors covering
every aspect of the light-sport aircraft industry on hand,
this is the place to be through Sunday, January 14, for
those wanting to learn more about sport pilot/light-sport
aircraft.
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THE
ULTRALIGHT PILOT TRANSITIONING DEADLINE
Ultralight pilots who registered
with one of the four FAA recognized ultralight organizations
before September 1, 2004, but miss the January 31, 2007,
deadline, or pilots who registered after September 1, 2004,
still may use the aeronautical experience (flight hours)
they obtained in ultralight vehicles to meet the experience
requirements to obtain a sport pilot certificate.
FAA recently published clarifying
information. Also see some tips
for the process located on the EAA sport pilot website.
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EAA MOURNS
LOSS OF BILL KERSHNER
 William
K. Kershner, an icon in the world of flight instruction,
passed away at the age of 77 on January 8 after a prolonged
bout with cancer. Pilot, flight instructor, author, and
EAA/NAFI member, he authored a series of books that sold
more than 1 million copies over the years. He was inducted
into the Flight Instructors Hall of Fame at Oshkosh in 1998.
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GENE
KRANZ TO BE HONORED GUEST AT SWRFI
 Aerospace
icon and a hero of the ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission,
Eugene F. "Gene" Kranz, will be the honored guest
at this year's Southwest Regional Fly In (SWRFI), slated for
June 1-2, at Hondo Municipal Airport, Texas. Kranz served as
lead flight director of the aborted April 1970 mission and
played a crucial role in safely returning its crew to earth
after an oxygen tank exploded and crippled the spacecraft
shortly after launch from Cape Canaveral.
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'GOLDEN WEST'
RESCHEDULES 2007 FLY-IN
 Organizers
of the Golden West EAA Regional Fly-In at Yuba County Airport
(MYV), Marysville, California, have rescheduled their 2007
event to June 29 through July 1 due to a scheduling conflict
with another aviation-related event in the Sacramento area.
Golden West, preparing for its ninth fly-in this year, was
originally scheduled June 8-10, but elected to move the date
when the California Capital Air Show scheduled its event for
the same weekend.
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more)
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'CAP' TO RENAME
SQUADRON IN HONOR OF JOE KITTINGER
 Col.
Joseph W. Kittinger, USAF-Ret., will be honored by the Civil
Air Patrol (CAP) when it renames its Austin, Texas-based
TX-352 squadron in his honor during a special ceremony on
January 23 at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
Kittinger, EAA 263461, holds the longstanding record for the
highest parachute jump in history, from 102,800 feet, achieved
on August 16, 1960.
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FAA FORMALLY
PROPOSES ELIMINATING PAPER CERTIFICATES
 Following
up on its unveiling of upgraded, counterfeit-resistant plastic
airmen certificates at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2003, the FAA is
proposing making the less durable and less secure paper
certificates obsolete within two years.
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more)
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OSHKOSH-AREA
CONGRESSMAN NAMED RANKING MEMBER ON HOUSE AVIATION
SUBCOMMITTEE
 Rep.
Tom Petri (R-WI) was named today as the ranking member on the
House Aviation Subcommittee during the current Congress by
ranking Republican on the Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee Rep. John L. Mica (R-FL). Petri serves Wisconsin's
6th District, home to EAA's Oshkosh headquarters. The term
"ranking" denotes the leader of the minority party
in committees and subcommittees.
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more)
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UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCE OF ETHICS REFORM IRKS CONGRESSIONAL PILOTS
In the new House of
Representatives' rush to approve an ethics package during
their first hours on the job, language intended to curb
lawmakers from accepting free flights in corporate jets may
actually go farther than intended; it may also prevent
lawmakers who are also pilots from flying their own aircraft.
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more)
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SEND US YOUR
AIRVENTURE WAYPOINTS, FUEL STOPS
 Every
year, many facilities provide special offers to EAA members on
their flights to and from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. We collect
listings of these valuable offers and place them together on
the EAA AirVenture website as a convenience to those planning
a flight to The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration.
If you'd like your facility to
be among the waypoints, FBOs, and others listed on the
AirVenture website, please send us your information, including
name of business, airport, phone number, e-mail address, and
any special offers you'd like to announce. Send to webmaster@eaa.org,
then watch for it on www.AirVenture.org.
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BUILD A PLANE
PARTNERS WITH WATHEN FOUNDATION
Build A Plane, a non-profit
organization that donates airplanes to schools, has partnered
with the Thomas W. Wathen Foundation to develop education
programs based on science, technology, engineering and math
(STEM). The Foundation at Flabob Airport in Riverside, California,
houses an aviation charter high school, a satellite EAA Air
Academy, and numerous other aviation-based programs.
Through Build A Plane, more than 30 schools have received
airplanes to teach STEM through aircraft construction and
restoration. Among its board of directors are Cessna president
Jack Pelton; Cirrus Design president Alan Klapmeier; Patty
Wagstaff; and EAA's Dr. Lee Siudzinski. For more information
visit www.BuildAPlane.org,
and www.Flabob.org.
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NEW PASSPORT
REGULATION TAKES EFFECT ON JANUARY 23
Pilots who fly internationally are
reminded that the new Department of Homeland Security passport
requirements will take effect on January 23, 2007, requiring a
passport to enter or re-enter the United States from any
foreign destination, including Canada, Mexico and Bermuda,
regardless of whether you are a U.S. citizen or not. That also
pertains to all international travelers. For more information on
current international travel regulations, visit http://www.dhs.gov/xtrvlsec/crossingborders/.
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ABLE FLIGHT
ANNOUNCES FIRST FLIGHT TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS
Able Flight, an organization
announced at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh last summer that aims to
provide free flight training in light-sport aircraft to people
with disabilities, has announced its first two scholarship
recipients. Brad Jones and Stephany Glassing, former patients
at Atlanta's Shepherd Center, a catastrophic care hospital,
will take part in an intensive and demanding flight-training
program, resulting in a sport pilot certificate.
"Able Flight's goal is to challenge its scholarship
winners so that their own achievements will help them become
more self-reliant and confident in their abilities," said
Able Flight Executive Director Charles Stites. To learn more
about the recipients and the program, visit www.ableflight.org.
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FAA
ISSUES SAIB FOR CESSNA CONTROL WHEELS
The FAA has issued a Special
Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) to owners,
operators, and maintenance technicians of several Cessna
models of the possibility of cracks in plastic or
non-metallic control wheels. The airplanes are models 150,
172, P172, 175, 180, 182, 185, 205, 206, 210, 336, and 337
series airplanes originally produced with plastic or
non-metallic control wheels manufactured from 1960-1964.
Approximately 12,500 airplanes were built. The FAA
recommends that owners, operators and maintenance
technicians place special emphasis on the periodic 100-hour
and annual inspections on plastic control wheels installed
in these airplane models until they are replaced with
metallic control wheels. For the full SAIB, visit www.faa.gov/aircraft/safety/alerts/saib/media/CE-01-41R1.pdf. |
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WEIGHT-SHIFT
LIGHT-SPORT REPAIRMAN COURSE
Virginia Aviation and Precision
Windsports of Lynchburg, Virginia, will offer an
experimental light-sport aircraft (E-LSA) repairman course
for weight-shift control aircraft March 10-11 at Lynchburg
Regional Airport (LYH). This course provides required
training for those who own (or plan to own) E-LSA
weight-shift control aircraft and want to do their own
annual inspections.
The course will focus on regulations, resources, tools,
inspection procedures, personal safety, weight-shift
aerodynamics, aircraft systems, and inspection log entries.
Additionally, a local designated airworthiness
representative will provide an overview of the E-LSA
registration and airworthiness inspection process and
perform airworthiness inspections on a case-by-case basis.
Cost is $399, but EAA members receive a $50 discount. For
more information, contact Terri Sipantzi, instructor, at
434-851-6804 or terri@precisionwindsports.com;
or to register contact Donna Gaudet, 434-237-8428 or donnag@virginiaaviation.com.
www.VirginiaAviation.com,
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FLIGHT
DESIGN ADDS HORIZON REFERENCE
Flight Design USA has created a
new equipment package for the CT light sport aircraft (LSA).
This will prepare the model for operation under the new ASTM
F.37 specification governing operation of a LSA at night by
pilots with the appropriate pilot certificate and a valid
medical. The new draft ASTM night operation specification
requires a horizon reference.
The CT Advanced model already meets the instrument reference
specification as it is delivered with the Dynon Primary
Flight Display.
The TruTrak ADI will add approximately $2,000 of cost to the
Classic CT model. For more information visit www.FlightDesignUSA.com. |
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NEW
VFR COMMUNICATIONS DVD/CD FROM SPORTY'S
Sporty's has redone its VFR
Communications program, presented on a dual-sided disc
that functions both as DVD video and CD audio. This added
feature allows users to listen to the program in any CD
player and still view the DVD program with one disk.
The new VFR Communications takes the viewer (or listener) on
three real-world flights to see the range of communications
skills required for flight in every type of VFR airspace.
Several airports are visited, from rural pilot-controlled
fields to Class B airspace. VFR Communications is available
for $29.95 through www.Sportys.com,
or by calling 800-776-7897. |
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NEW
CAP CADET SQUADRON IN WEST PALM BEACH
The Civil Air Patrol is forming
a new Cadet Squadron at the North Palm Beach County Airport
located at 11600 Aviation Blvd. Suite 3B, in West Palm
Beach, Florida. EAA Chapter 203 and Landmark Aviation have
provided a home for the new squadron at the airport.
Meetings will start January 15, and will be held Monday
evenings from 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m. For more information contact
John Clark, first lieutenant, CAP, Squadron Commander, at
561-818-2506. |
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