Letters to the Editor
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GAN'S McFARLAND IS GA'S BEST AMBASSADOR
2/22/2008
Regarding Deb McFarland: Very good choice, guys. She sees the magic in flying, where so many have put it away as no more than a means of travel.
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THE WOES OF A LOWLY PIPER CHEROKEE DRIVER
2/22/2008
I, too, have flown into Winder, Georgia, with the main goal centered on feasting at the Spitfire Grill at the Jackson County Airport (Short Final: Diary of a mad Luscombe pilot, Jan. 25 issue).
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I'VE FOUND A WINNER
2/22/2008
To Deb McFarland: Regarding your column, Short Final, that ran in the Jan. 25 issue (Diary of a mad Luscombe pilot). This is the second article of yours I have read. With the first it was "WHAT? and grin." The latest is "LOL, I've found a winner."
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LIFE IS GOOD
2/22/2008
To Deb McFarland: Great stuff (Diary of a mad Luscombe pilot). You're right: Age and waistline are immaterial when your mind's in the sky. Life is good. You got a purty airplane, too.
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CAN AL GORE EXPLAIN THIS?
2/22/2008
I read Thomas F. Norton's column in the Jan. 25 issue, "Aviation and the green hysteria" — right on.
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READER RECOMMENDATION FOR ROUGH-RUNNING ENGINE
2/22/2008
To Paul McBride: I just received my copy of GANews and, as usual, your column was one of the first for me to read (What to do about a "slightly" rough running engine, Jan. 25 issue). I think Joe Casey has a carburetor venturi problem. There was an AD on some O-320s and his may be one of them. I strongly recommend he has it checked before his next flight. The symptoms he described are sure the way an O-320 acts when it has this problem.
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MUSEUM HONORS 390TH BOMB GROUP
2/22/2008
I would like to call your attention to our museum located in Tucson, Arizona, the 390th Memorial Museum.
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GLOBAL WARMING'S HIDDEN AGENDA
2/22/2008
To Thomas F. Norton: Right on. Beautiful editorial ("Aviation and the green hysteria," Jan. 25 issue). As you must know, but do not state, this green stuff is the vehicle a powerful clique is using to get control of the world.
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WE CAN'T EXPECT THE FAA TO BE OUR KEEPERS
2/8/2008
This letter is a response to your article "Is a computer required equipment to fly?" in the Jan. 11 issue, and Lieutenant Colonel Burdon L. Davidson USAF (ret.), and his inability to locate pertinent information in keeping his aircraft in compliance with the Airworthiness Directives issued by the FAA.
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WHAT'S NEEDED TO BUILD AN AFFORDABLE AIRPLANE
2/8/2008
Let me say right up front that I thank and applaud Cessna for its decision to bring the SkyCatcher to market.
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Four Florida fi elds are testbeds for new security system
1/25/2008
A new security system that includes a network of night-vision cameras and computerized transmitters has been installed at four Florida GA airports.
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HOW MANY WONDERFUL STORIES ARE LOST?
1/25/2008
In your Dec. 7, 2007, issue, in the article about David Tallichet ("David Tallichet, restaurant pioneer and airplane collector, dies at 84"), I found one lonely sentence that really caught my attention. "He found another fleet of Martin B-26s in western Canada, where the whole lot had crashed on the way to Alaska." What a wonderful, colorful story has been missed here.
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CROSSFIELD'S DAUGHTER EXPRESSES GRATITUTDE
1/11/2008
To Tom Norton: I am Sally, Scott's daughter, child number five of six. Now that I am done crying, may I say how very grateful I am to you for writing that article ("NTSB: Lack of weather update killed Crossfield; Final report cites ATC failure to advise, Crossfield failure to ask," Oct. 19, 2007 issue). I will never in my life, I think, be able to find the words to express how that NTSB report makes me feel. Either you've obtained their actual documentation, as I have, or you are much more intuitive and intelligent than the average Joe (I, of course, do not include Dad's fabulous circle of friends in this group). You've also probably read some of the horrid stuff that's come out about Dad since that "report."
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KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
1/11/2008
I thoroughly enjoyed your recent articles featuring Charlie Culp ("The Flying Farmer's last show," Oct. 5, 2007 issue) and Bill Kershner ("Take a spin in scenic Southern Tennessee ... and we mean that literally!" Nov. 23, 2007 issue).
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KERSHNER'S FAMILY PROUD OF WHAT HE ADDED TO AVIATION
1/11/2008
Ace Aerobatic School, founded by William K. Kershner, closed on the day of his death, Jan. 8, 2007. Catherine Cavagnaro, highly thought of by my father as a pilot and aerobatic instructor, has her own school, Sewanee Aerobatic School.
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'ZERO GRAVITY' DEBATE CONTINUES
1/11/2008
No airplane is ever in zero gravity!
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COWS AND AIRPLANES DON'T MIX
1/11/2008
I was feeling pretty good, so I decided to fly my 1946 Luscombe 8A about an hour before dark. I put in five gallons. I had maybe two or three gallons in it already. I figured I would be in the air only about 30 minutes, so I reasoned I was good for about one and a half hours.
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BAD ADVICE?
12/21/2007
I believe Paul McBride may have given some bad advice regarding not pulling the prop through on engines that are not being used regularly ("Ask Paul: Prepare your plane for winter," Nov. 9 issue). Unless Teledyne Continental Motors changed its policy recently, it "requires" the prop be pulled through every seven days or the warranty is void. Lycoming may have a different policy.
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HELP!
12/21/2007
Can someone please help? I know of a crashed American DC-3 in the jungles of New Guinea and wish to know where we might find the plate with the manufacturer's details and the aircraft serial number.
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MORE HELP NEEDED
12/21/2007
We are restoring a 1946 BC-12D Taylorcraft and need a glare shield — the panel over the fuel tank that the windshield sits on and is connected to the instrument panel.
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STILL NO. 1
12/21/2007
In Letters to the Editor of your Oct. 19 issue, Lou Drendal commented on Meg Godlewski's article about the 35-ship formation at Oshkosh in your Aug. 24 issue ("The largest OSH formation?"). He suggested that I was "not even close to correct" when I said it "was the largest formation ever at Oshkosh." He cited several larger formations of T-34 and T-6 aircraft. He even included a picture of the 1999 T-34 61-ship formation.
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MORE ON OSH FORMATIONS
12/21/2007
Regarding the highest number of airplanes flown into Oshkosh, read "The Cessna 120/140 Story Book" by Dorchen Forman for a number never to be duplicated by one kind of civilian plane: 163 Cessna 120s, 140s and 140As flew in a trail into Oshkosh. All one kind of plane, within 15 horsepower of each other — and they did it safely.
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AIRPORTS UNDER FIRE FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE?
12/21/2007
As an environmental health physician I'm aware of the association between noise exposure and high blood pressure (hypertension). People exposed to noise are more likely to have hypertension. European researchers have identified more hypertension in those who live near airports.
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FLYING A 1911 WRIGHT ‘B’ FLYER
12/21/2007
I just want to share an experience I had in September of this year. I traveled to Dayton, Ohio, to see a replica of the 1911 Wright "B" Flyer aircraft and the museum that is at the Dayton Wright Bros. Airport. I understood that under certain conditions there was a chance of flying in the Wright Flyer, and that made the 900-mile trip worth it.
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IF SEEING IS NOT ENOUGH
12/7/2007
IF SEEING IS NOT ENOUGH
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