This is Aero TV's Daily Update on EAA AirVenture Oshkosh for Wednesday, July 28th.
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt was on hand today to address the media, and delivered a mixed report on safety. Babbitt defended his agency from charges it inflates the costs of certifying new designs. Regarding the future of leaded aviation fuel, Babbitt explained the FAA's place in what is really an EPA process..
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Thu, Jul 29, 2010
Aero-TV At Oshkosh 2010: Alan Klapmeier and Kestrel Aircraft Kestrel Turboprop Program Back On Track... With Alan Klapmeier As CEO!
As we noted in our breaking news coverage late last week, it's nice to finally be able to report two major pieces of news... a new life for the highly respected Kestrel Turboprop program... and the return of Alan Klapmeier to the leadership of an innovative general aviation design and manufacturing program.
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Thu, Jul 29, 2010
Aero-TV At Oshkosh 2010: EAA's New President New EAA Prez is Long-Time Member, Stearman Pilot/Rebuilder
During remarks in advance of the Piper press conference at Oshkosh 2010, current president EAA Tom Poberezny let loose with the fact that EAA has selected new leadership to 'augment' his aims for the organization.
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Wed, Jul 28, 2010
Aero-TV At Oshkosh 2010- Looking Back At Day Two This is Aero TV's Daily Update on EAA AirVenture Oshkosh for Tuesday, July 27th.
USA Today, which for whatever reason now has a standing policy of talking down general aviation, was out yesterday with a cheap shot at EAA AirVenture. Tuesday's story on page 3A appeared under a subhead that reads, "Air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin has history of fatal crashes. The writer, Alan Levin, did acknowledge that the fatals to which he referred did not involve the airshow at Oshkosh, and that most involved obvious pilot mistakes, and many weren't even in the area.
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AD: Embraer
Fri, 06 Aug '10
AD NUMBER: 2010-16-01
MANUFACTURER: Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-135ER, -135KE, -135KL, and -135LR Airplanes, and Model EMB-145, -145ER, -145MR, -145LR, -145XR, -145MP, and -145EP Airplanes
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2010-16-01
SUMMARY: This AD supersedes an existingAD for the products listed above. It results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an airworthiness authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The earlier MCAI, Brazilian Airworthiness Directive 2007-08-02, effective September 27, 2007, describes the unsafe condition as:
Fuel system reassessment, performed according to RBHA-E88/SFAR- 88 (Regulamento Brasileiro de Homologacao Aeronautica 88/Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 88), requires the inclusion of new maintenance tasks in the Critical Design Configuration Control Limitations (CDCCL) and in the Fuel System Limitations (FSL), necessary to preclude ignition sources in the fuel system.
The new MCAI, Brazilian Airworthiness Directive 2009-08-03, effective August 20, 2009, describes the unsafe condition as:
An airplane fuel tank systems review required by Special Federal Aviation Regulation Number 88 (SFAR 88) and "RBHA Especial N[uacute]mero 88' (RBHA E 88) has shown that additional maintenance and inspection instructions are necessary to maintain the design features required to preclude the existence or development of an ignition source within the fuel tanks of the airplane.
The FAA is issuing this AD to require actions to correct the unsafe condition on these products.
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