It was announced today that Phil Boyer will retire at the end of this year after 18 years as president of AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association). Boyer will be replaced by Craig Fuller, “an experienced Washington public affairs executive and political operative, and a passionate pilot and aircraft owner for 40 years.”
I have tremendous [...]

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The new company is keeping me busy, which I like. We’ve been to Raleigh, NC twice already and Waco, TX once. In the next two weeks, Fltplan.com shows 32.0 hours of flight time scheduled for the flight plans that I have entered so far. There may be one additional trip to Memphis added in there [...]

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Well all the waiting has finally paid off, I now have a full time corporate flying job. I am flying a ‘95 Piper Saratoga II HP for a local company here in Springfield.
It’s a great company with great people and there should be a good amount of flying. I’ve flown two trips for them so [...]

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An AIr Combat report issued Thursday says that the crash of a B-2 Stealth bomber in Guam on February 23rd was caused by water in the aircraft’s sensors which wreaked havoc on the aircraft’s air data computers. AVweb has the details:
The crash on takeoff of a 509th Air Wing, Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber, February [...]

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I was at Oshkosh last year for the unveiling of the Eclipse Concept Jet. It was the talk of AirVenture for the week… and now it has a name: the Eclipse 400.

From Eclipse:
Presenting the Eclipse 400, the aircraft from Eclipse Aviation that will lead the single-engine jet market. This is the only single-engine jet to [...]

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