Hangar flying with Pilot Dan, Pilot Kent, and Pilot Mike.
Pilot Kent is calling in from Housatonic, Massachusetts.
Hangar flying:
- We're prepping for Oshkosh!
- An update on Connecticut Senate Bill SB520
- The bill has been sent back to committee, which usually
means it has been killed
- Pilot Dan sent emails to local pilots, urging them to
contact their Senator about it
- A portion of it ended up getting snuck in as part of
the budget bill
- Ended up with an exemption from sales and usage tax on
all parts and maintenance, but...
- No exemption on the sale of aircraft
- AOPA
has scheduled their 2007 convention for Hartford,
Connecticut, near the Brainard Airport
- Some local developers and politicians have their eye on
the airport river-front property
- A group is organizing to make sure they don't have
another Meigs Field incident
- An AOPA representative will be attending the first
"Save Brainard Field" meeting, at the Chowder
Pot restaurant
- Do you have to register as a pilot or register your
aircraft with the state?
- Some Oregon pilots are upset because they're required
to register with the state
- Wisconsin seems to be the most GA friendly state
- Home to the EAA
- $78 to register an aircraft for two years
- The state has a contract to keep a weather
computer in
every airport
- Pilots get free access to the Flight
Brief website
- Illinois used to not charge use tax on aircraft sales
between
private parties
- The registration form seemed to want to trip you
up
on where the aircraft was purchased.
- They would still request the tax, hoping the new
owner
didn't know the law
- The "loophole" has since been closed
- Pilot Kent did some flying in Oregon
- Rented a Twin Comanche in Hillsboro
- Had a beautiful view of Mount
St. Helens, directly ahead, on takeoff from Runway 02
- Flew down the Columbia River, over the Pacific, and
over the Tillamook Valley
- Pilot Mike passed his medical and got by with a fairly
easy
annual on his plane
In the news:
- AOPA President, Phil Boyer has
declared war on the airlines
- He released an editorial and open letter that was sent to all
members of Congress
- It says the airlines' user charge proposal is a
control
grab
- Diamond's D-Jet
completed its maiden flight
- There's a concern with pilots who fly infrequently,
flying these personal jets in the same airspace as commercial and
military aircraft
- Certification and insurance requirements will help
alleviate some of the safety issues
- Both Pilot Dan and Pilot Kent have had the
experience
of being followed by jets while on final approach
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"Not on the Radio" by Geoff
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