Hot News - 2007 Archive

NHQ/MXA recommends this course for all CAP pilots: http://flash.aopa.org/asf/agingaircraft/swf/flash.cfm? AIR SAFETY FOUNDATION DEBUTS AGING AIRCRAFT ONLINE COURSE With the average general aviation aircraft more than 30 years old, pilots and aircraft owners­even those of newer airplanes­should pay special attention to the maintenance of their airplanes. To educate pilots, the AOPA...

We have received several reports from the field that mag switches allowing the removal of the key while in the left, right or both positions may be the fault of the key and not the switch. In each report this condition was experienced while using duplicate keys. Anyone with a...

G1000 Aircraft Starter Failure: Cessna has determined a low voltage condition on their G1000 aircraft may give the impression of starter failure. Proper voltage should be verified on any G1000 aircraft experiencing starter problems prior to replacing the starter. This issue will assume greater importance once our aircraft are beyond...