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Adam White, Alaska Airmen’s Association Government Affairs G100UL General Aviation Modifications Inc. (GAMI) was just awarded another STC for their 100LL replacement fuel. Their previous STCs were for limited types of aircraft/engine combinations, primarily low compression or low horsepower. This new STC is what we have been looking for from the FAA for a few…
Read MorePresident’s Report – Transponder Greetings Airmen’s Association Members, Fall is here and I’m hopeful you’re getting out to fly around and see the incredible fall colors. I always enjoy this time of year as life starts to slow back down a little and we settle back into our normal routine. This last summer went by…
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Tom George, AOPA Alaska Regional Manager IFR pilots should look for changes on the Low Altitude Enroute Charts across Alaska. In the September 8th chart cycle, the FAA added or modified thirteen IFR T-Routes in the state, with an additional twenty-three routes yet to be added over the next several cycles. These routes look different…
Read MoreGreetings Airmen Association Members, Despite the dreadful weather, hopefully the summer was full of fish on the line, visits to the cabin, successful harvests, and hours penciled into the logbook. With the tourist season coming to an end and the snow creeping down the mountains, before long, a good many of us will be thinking…
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An exciting new construction project has started at the Mat-Su Career and Technical High School. The Matanuska Susitna Borough School District has partnered with the non-profit Tango Flight to provide students with an opportunity to learn about aircraft maintenance and construction while assembling a Van’s Aircraft RV-12iS kit. This construction project will take approximately two…
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The NextGen team has been busy in recent weeks sharing the joys and opportunities of the aviation industry in our beautiful state with a wide range of young folks! The fun started in August with the return of the NextGen Youth Aviation Day. This year, the University of Alaska Anchorage graciously agreed to share their…
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What were you doing when you were 16 years old? Mack Rutherford became the youngest person to ever fly solo around the world in August, turning 17 along the way. He also set a new world record as the youngest person to ever fly solo around the world in a microlight/ultralight airplane. He wants today’s…
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(Editor’s note: Alaska Airmen’s Association member John Bone sent me this story recently after I asked him about all the flying I saw him doing this summer over in Europe. Having flown to Russia in his Cirrus with him in 2019, I knew he would have a story to tell. And he did! He is…
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Ken Kokjer is just an ordinary pilot who won an extraordinary award. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently presented him with the Orville Wright Master Pilot Award for more than 50 years of safe flying. He was surprised and honored, and he wasn’t sure he deserved it. “I’ve been at some of those presentations,” he…
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This has been a summer of contrasts. First came the dry spell and then the rains. The grass looked like Southern California and the hay farmers were noting about 20% of their normal growth, then the rains and there were not enough dry days to make hay at all. First smoke was in the air,…
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