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With the fight against user fees continuing, Cessna CEO Jack Pelton has some very good points to make recently when he spoke to the Washington, D.C. Aero Club. He said arguments to impose user fees are based on five myths. 1. That the current FAA funding mechanism is not working. 2. That an overhaul is needed to pay for modernization of the airspace system. 3. That GA doesn’t pay its fair share. 4. That user fees would provide stable funding. 5. That the coming fleet (if it does materialize) of very light jets will place added burdens on the aviation infrastructure.
Also, AOPA President Phil Boyer said last week that what the FAA is really after is to get out from under the control of Congress. He said the FAA’s complaint about diminishing funds is “just total fiction.” “The fact is that they’ve continued to get increases from Congress every single year, the trust fund is not diminishing by the administration’s own numbers, and by 2011, just five years, it will be at something like $10 billion. So the FAA is looking for a way to get out from under Congress’ control, and … that’s the last thing we want—an out-of-control FAA.”
Jan Hoynacki, Executive Director
United States Pilots Association
I forward the following on to you. It comes from our USPA member Leslie J. Weinstein.
I am pleased to forward you the following invitation from the FAA Seattle ACO, FSDO, MIDO and Washington Aviation Association to attend this premier Aviation event on Saturday February 25 and Sunday February 26.? Bring your family, friends and be sure to tell everyone interested in our industry to please come and enjoy this free event.??
Leslie J. Weinstein
Manager
TRUE-LOCK LLC
Advanced Fastener Technology
The Next Generation
4911 Parkwood Street
Boise, Idaho 83704
USA
phone: 208-375-4846
fax: 208-376-3734
leslie@true-lock.com
www.true-lock.com
You are cordially invited to the Northwest Aviation and Conference Trade Show February 25 and 26, 2006 - A Fresh Approach to Aviation
2006 Conference Schedule
Repair Station Training Program
Shuttle from Thun Field
Spencer Aircraft is organizing/sponsoring the shuttle vans from THUN field (1S0) to the Event. The vans will depart every half hour depending upon demand and will be monitored by Spencer.For more information contact Spencer at 253-848-9349.
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YOUR PARTICIPATION IS WELCOME!
The ACO, FSDO and MIDO are teaming together to be available for dialogue with the aviation industry.Representatives will be on hand throughout the event. Stop by and say hello or attend one of the FAA presentations and bring your questions!
Greetings! We are pleased to offer the aviation industry the opportunity to meet one-on-one with the folks at the FAA Seattle ACO, FSDO and MIDO at this exciting two day event.The FAA Seattle ACO, FSDO and MIDO is teaming with the aviation businesses to be available for questions and dialogue with the aviation industry.Ric Peri of the Aircraft Electronics Association will be presenting a Repair Station Training Program on the 24th of February at the event (see registration information below). FAA representatives will be available following this seminar for discussion of key elements and other concerns.On Saturday, the 25th, at 5:00 pm, Peter Rouse from the FAA's Small Airplane Directorate will be speaking on General Aviation Safety Initiatives concerning certification of new technology into general aviation for safety improvements.The FAA Seattle ACO, FSDO and MIDO will also be available during the entire event at their booths #146, 150-151 to meet and talk with you. As Northwest manufactures, STC, TSO, PMA holders your support is needed for the continuation of growth in the industry.This is a great opportunity for you to network with the FAA. The show is free, open to the public and is a family event. So bring all and come have a great time.Hope to see you there!
2006 - A Fresh Approach to Aviation The mission of the trade show is to bring people in aviation together for an opportunity to share ideas, expand connections and ultimately increase sales and interest.Just important as that is the message of safety. The NW Aviation Conference is dedicated in presenting a series of safety and information seminars for attendees that will have far reaching results.Together these elements combine to make an event like no other in the nation. The energy and optimism, as our attendees are preparing for another year of blue skies and safe landings, will be reflected in every aisle of the building!Contact the Washington Aviation Association at 866-922-7469 to participate or if you have any questions!
EVENT INFO
FEB 25 & 26, 2006
SAT 9 - 5:30 / SUN 10 - 4:00
Showplex Exhibit & Conference CenterBlue Gate, Western Washington FairgroundsPuyallup, WA
FREE ADMISSION
2006 Conference Schedule
The 2006 safety and information seminars schedule is now available in PDF format online.The 2006 speakes include Phil Boyer, Scott Crossfield, Bonnie Dunbar, Greg Feith, Cathe Fish, Mark Grady, Gene Hahn, Brian Udell and Ric Peri.Throughout the entire weekend, presentations for pilots, mechanics and aircraft owners include: Goodyear Tires, Kenmore Air and floatplane safety; Museum of Flight's Flying Gizmo Show; Seattle Avionics; Rocky Mountain College speaking on Glass Cockpits; WSDOT Aviation, True-Lock Fasteners; AOPA and FAA information/safety seminars. 2006 Seminars
With the exception of AEA clinic on Friday and the 99's Flying Companions, all the seminars are FREE.
Repair Station Training Program
For repair stations of all types, Aircraft Electronics Association presents "Develop and Manage your Repair Station Training Program," a special seminar to make implementation of your Repair Station Training Program easy and cost effective.Precedes Northwest Aviation Conference & Trade Show in the Pioneer Room.
WAA Discount
WAA members receive AEA member discount of $129 Regular rate is $299.00 Exhibitors at the NWAC are WAA members.
Jan Hoynacki, Executive Director
United States Pilots Association
The Lee C. Fine Airport at Osage Beach, MO, has long served the Lake of the Ozarks region, and has tried for many years to get a lease contract of sufficient length to warrant improving the airport, to include much needed hangars and maintenance.
Before that contract negotiation can proceed, MO DNR has called for a public hearing to take place this Thursday evening. Your presence and/or an email of support for the airport is urgently needed. There is airport opposition who would use this public hearing not only to delay a longer airport lease, but to see that the airport is closed at the expiration of the current least.
Please read the notice below, and then send your email of support for a long-term contract for the airport to Airport Manager Phil Phillips at pphillips@osagebeach.org who will present the emails at the hearing.
Today Lee C. Fine needs your help. Tomorrow YOUR AIRPORT may be the one needing help.
Jan Hoynacki, Executive Director
United States Pilots Association
IMPORTANT NOTICE
LEE C FINE AIRPORT PUBLIC MEETING
LCF-There will be a public hearing hosted by DNR on February 23rd at 7:00 pm at The Inn at Grand Glaize. (hwy 54 west of the bridge)
“Representatives from the parks department will be on hand to provide information and gather comments from the public regarding the park and its services. Topics of discussion will include the Lee C Fine Airport lease….” with the City of Osage Beach.
It is very important that everyone that has any interest in the future of the Lee C Fine Airport be there to show their support.
The supporters of the parks department from around the state are pressing hard on DNR to not renew or extend our current lease so that in another 13 years, when the lease expires, they can attempt to close the airport. They do not see how important the airport is to the community. All that they can envision is a huge industrial complex in the middle of their state park like K.C. International or St. Louis Lambert. We are in no way trying to become that.
We want to provide a safe and secure airport for everyone to fly into when they come to the lake area, whether it is for business, vacations, a second home or their permanent residence. This is the message that we want to convey to DNR and their supporters.
We need everyone (pilots or not) to provide support to the City of Osage Beach for a long term lease agreement with DNR. You can do this by asking people to attend the meeting or to send letters of support to be delivered to the representatives of the state parks at the meeting to:
Phil Phillips
Airport Manager
City of Osage Beach
1000 City Parkway
Osage Beach, MO. 65065
(573) 302-2003 fax (573) 302-2040
pphillips@osagebeach.org
So spread the word around.
USPA Safety Committee Chairman Bruce Hulley has set up a Safety Seminar at the Tunica Museum on Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. To view the listing, register for the seminar, and see a map of the location, go to www.faasafety.gov and click on SPANS, then enter the Tunica zip code 38664.
Remember that this Safety Seminar, plus three hours of flight instruction, makes you eligible for the FAA Wings Program, as well as a Biannual Flight Review.
Jan Hoynacki, Executive Director
United States Pilots Association
Most USPA members are aware of the spaceport being developed in southern NM between the cities of Las Cruces and Truth or Consequences and to the east of the Rio Grande River and US Interstate 25. The FAA is holding two scoping sessions (see bottom paragraphs), one in each city, to collect info on what people think about more airspace restrictions for the spaceport.
Almost all of the southcentral New Mexico airspace is already the White Sands Missile Range Restricted airspace which essentially forces aircraft wanting to fly from either east or west in the opposite direction to have to fly way south into Texas or north of Socorro because they can't cross the restricted airspace which is about 160 miles long and 100 miles wide and is in multiple tiers going from the ground up to unlimited feet.
If the spaceport also takes more airspace, then it could severely limit both general and commercial aviation because just west of the Rio Grande River (which is now the aerial corridor between El Paso, TX, and Las Cruces, NM, to Albuquerque, NM, due to the WSMR Restricted areas) are several mountain peaks higher than 10,000’ MSL. During late spring through
early fall these mountains are typically covered in the afternoons by thunderstorms. This corridor up the Rio Grande River valley is also used quite frequently by medical evacuation airplanes and helicopters going from southern NM to the
more complex medical facilities in Albuquerque. The projected location of the spaceport would lie under part of the WSMR Restricted airspace, so perhaps something can be worked out with WSMR to share its airspace. Blocking off more airspace,
critical to general aviation traffic, does not seem like a good idea.
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The local Las Cruces newspapers have been publishing quite a few stories about the spaceport. But all the stories are mostly about two subjects: the cost to the state for the spaceport (about $225 million) or all the marketing hype about how the rockets are for races or commercial space travel and how everyone will get very rich. It appears that the more vocal rocket/space companies' spokespeople are all marketing types and display no knowledge of aviation or airspace usage. The stories all pitch the expensive commercial space ventures or how space/rocket races will be bigger than the NASCAR races.
Because this proposed launch site for commercial space/rocket operators could lead to future flight restrictions for general and commercial aviation, the FAA will be holding scoping meetings to solicit comments from the public as the agency prepares an environmental impact statement.
The meetings will take place on February 15 at the Truth or Consequences City Council Chambers and on February 16 at
New Mexico State University's Physical Sciences Laboratory Auditorium in Las Cruces. Both meetings start at 6:30 p.m.
Written comments can be mailed to Ms. Stacey M. Zee, FAA Environmental Specialist, Southwest Regional Spaceport EIS c/o ICF Consulting, 9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22031. Comments also can be e-mailed ( mailto:SRSEIS@icfconsulting.com ) or faxed to 703/934-3951.
Bob Worthington, Regional VP
United States Pilots Association
The FAA says by the year 2020 the average general aviation airplane will be almost 50 years old. So they plan to address this aging fleet issue in a public meeting to be March 22-23 at the Doubletree Hotel in Overland Park, Kansas. This meeting follows one held in 2000, and since that time fatal GA accidents and primary component failures blames on aging have raised further concerns. Issues to be discussed include service difficulties, modification and inspection programs, and continued field support from type certificate holders.
Those who cannot attend are invited to submit written comments. Click on the “public meeting” link above for more information.
Jan Hoynacki, Executive Director
United States Pilots Association
This from the Associated Press and printed in the Odessa American on Sunday, February 12, 2006:
Headline: BUSH BACKS HIGHER FEES
Washington: President Bush hates new taxes, that’s for sure. But tell that to airline passengers, higher income veterans, and owners of freighters using the St. Lawrence Seaway. (Steve: I would add also tell it to general aviation pilots who fly for pleasure or their own business.) All are among those hit up for billions of dollars under his new budget plan.
The spending proposal for the budget year that begins October 1 contains $3.5 billion in new user fees. Typically branded as new taxes by those who have to pay them, these fees are intended to hold down the public’s cost for programs, such as airline screening, medical care for veterans and military retirees, food inspection, and oversight of commodities markets. The fees would swell to $47.2 billion over five years, dunning taxpayers and industry to help pay for government services.
Most, if not all of the proposed fees, however, arrived on Capitol Hill dead as a doornail.
The article goes on to talk about current rates and proposed rates.
A spokesman for the White House budget office said: “The idea behind user fees is that those who benefit from government services should pay for them rather than everyone.” Read that as we will be paying twice (to the aviation trust fund for fuel taxes, and now proposed user fees).
Call or write your Congress people or Senators or both.
Steve Uslan, President
United States Pilots Association
USPA's Legislative V.P. Larry Harmon reports the following. I will let you draw your own conclusions.
"A proposal under discussion in the Bush White House would allow the FAA to issue bonds that it would pay back by charging USER FEES. Administration officials have been consulting with Wall Street Investment banks for advice on how to proceed with the bond sales, The Wall Street Journal said. The Journal took another look at the privatization of the air traffic control system."
In other words, the government would issue bonds (debt) to fund the FAA operations and then charge you and I USER FEES to pay back the debt. What happens if you and I choose to fly outside the ATC system and not use their services? Who pays then? This is just another way to relieve the airlines of some expense while shifting the load to general aviation.
Think of it this way. Theoretically the mega millions of dollars being given to the Kingdom of Chicago to improve O'Hare International Airport would come from the USER FEES imposed upon you and I if this proposal goes forward.
You must write your elected officials and condemn this proposal, as well as any user fee imposition. If you depend on the aviation organizations like USPA, AOPA, EAA etc., you may wake up one morning owning a high-powered weathervane that you can mount on a pole. You will not want to fly having to pay these fees.
Finally, I say to those naysayers who think this will not happen, wake up and smell the roses. It is happening. Read the USPA releases concerning the 1000% increase proposed in Canada for user fees. Take a look in Europe and see and understand why general aviation is almost dead over there. It can happen here and will happen here unless you and I do something to stop it.
Steve Uslan, President
United States Pilots Association
If you think Canada has “successful” user fees, consider the report that annual fees paid by Canada’s private pilots would go from a current $72 (Canadian) to up to $1,272 under a proposal from Nav Canada. Daily fees would apply for the first time each day an aircraft departs from any of the eight major airports in Canada: Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Halifax. The fees would be in addition to the $72 annual fee currently required, and would begin to phase in next September, with hikes each year through 2008. Nav Canada is under pressure from the airlines to make private aviators pay more, according to COPA.
Write your Congressmen. No user fees in the U.S.!
Jan Hoynacki, Executive Director
United States Pilots Association
We still have reason to be extremely concerned about the possibility of user fees being imposed on GA. I thought the following information from AvFlash was particularly well done, and warrants repeating to our members. Write your elected officials about how you feel on this important subject.
EAA User-Fee Alert
When Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta made a veiled reference to user fees in a speech to the Aero Club of Washington last week, alarm bells went off at EAA headquarters in Oshkosh. "EAA has been loud and consistent on this point," said Doug Macnair, EAA's vice president of government relations. "We are categorically opposed to user fees for general aviation, especially since the FAA has not shown effective cost controls or accountability for the capital improvement programs it wants to undertake. The major airlines and commercial operators favor user fees because they hope to offload many of the costs for operations and services on to general aviation, even though the nation's air traffic system is truly designed to serve the air carriers, not general aviation." He added that if the FAA operations budget was properly funded from the general fund as intended, and capital improvements covered by the Aviation Trust Fund, the issue would be resolved. Because the National Airspace System benefits every citizen of the nation whether they fly or not, Congress has long held that the FAA and the upkeep of the infrastructure should be paid from the nation's general fund. In addition, general aviation pilots pay a fuel tax to the Aviation Trust Fund, which is supposedly earmarked for modernization and infrastructure improvements. However, the FAA has been funding its operations budget from the trust fund, draining it of the revenue needed for capital improvements and modernization, EAA said.
Jan Hoynacki, Executive Director
United States Pilots Association
Last weekend, Paul, JC, Rose, and I flew down to New Orleans to visit USPA member Joe Phelan and his family who live in Lafitte, LA. With Mardi Gras time upon us, I thought you might like an update on what we found.
Lakefront Airport (KNEW) is open for business, although on a limited basis. Only runway 36L-18R is open, and only from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily, and only VFR. There are no instrument approaches, no tower or ground control, no ATIS or ASOS, and no runway lights. The CTAF is 119.9 to announce your position in and near the traffic pattern. New Orleans approach will cancel your IFR when you have KNEW in sight, and then it’s like landing at any other non-towered airport. Pick up your clearance on departure from approach before entering Class B Airspace.
The runway was in good condition, with some wavy pavement, and the taxiways we used were fine. Millionaire is set up for business in a large modular building, and fuel is $4.49 for 100 LL, with $9.50 overnight ramp fee. There’s a sign thanking you for your business, and I’m sure they’re glad for any they can get. It looks like landing in a war zone, as all the airport hangars and other buildings are damaged and/or gone. There were a few planes on the ramp, but nothing like you would normally see this time of year.
There are a few places open for business near the airport, but mostly it’s a desolate scene of mile after mile of empty, badly damaged houses and businesses and cars. Weird and awful! The French Quarter was not flooded, and it’s open for business. But there were sure weren’t many tourists there. The downtown buildings are standing tall, but unlighted and unoccupied. They’re setting up viewing stands for Mardi Gras parades, although they’ll be limited in number from past years. The Super Dome has a new roof, but it sits in an empty city with no one on the streets.
If you want to go to Mardi Gras, they’ll greatly appreciate your business. Check NOTAMs before going, plan for a day VFR arrival and departure, and make sure you have transportation and a place to stay. And, most of all, HAVE FUN!
Jan Hoynacki, Executive Director
United States Pilots Association
Since many USPA members live in or near Missouri, here is FAA information on construction at MKC, in case you haven’t already seen it.
Safe Operations at the MKC Airport During Construction
Vital safety information for all pilots using the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (MKC) during the airport construction period. The construction schedule is as follows;
March 1, 2006 - Runway 1 and 19 closed for construction. Runway 3 and 21 will remail open.
March 6, 2006 - Runway 3 and 21 closed for construction in the intersection of the two runways. North 3,300 feet of Runway 1 and 19 will re-open with restriction. *
June 1, 2006 - Runway 3 and 21 scheduled to re-open. North 3,300 feet of Runway 1 and 19 to close when Runway 3 and 21 re-opens.
August 15, 2006 - Runway 1 and 19 scheduled to re-open full length. Runway 1 and 19 pavement and electrical rehabilitation project completed with opening of Runway 1 and 19.
* During the intersection phase of construction effective March 6, 2006; with only the north 3,300 feet of Runway 1 and 19 available, the airport will be closed to all multi-engine turbine aircraft and aircraft with an approach speed of 121 KTS or more and/or a wingspan of 79 feet or more. Additionally, the airport will be closed to transient operations, training, touch-and-go landings, precision low approaches, and less than VMC. Finally, the airport will be closed except 24 hour prior permission required (PPR), contact Airport Manager at (816) 513-0800.
Jan Hoynacki, Executive Director
United States Pilots Association
Don VanderPloeg of Denver, Colorado, died on Monday, January 30. He was predeceased by his wife, Jean. Don was instrumental in assisting the USPA organize in 1981 and served faithfully as Treasurer of the association for many years.
Funeral services were held at the Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church in Denver on February 3, and he was interned at Olinger Crown Hill in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
The family has requested memorial donations be made in his name to Rocky Mountain PBS, 1089 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204.
Jan Hoynacki, Executive Director
United States Pilots Association
The last week in January the FAA through their website (FAA.Gov) put out an announcement concerning the number of possible hurricane damaged/repaired aircraft that are or might be appearing on the used aircraft market. Concern was expressed that buyers should take note of repairs made, and I would add logbook entries that truthfully reflect what was done. Apparently there are a great number of these aircraft out there, and we as buyers should be concerned.
I recently bought a used Cessna aircraft which I found on a website. It was advertised as being in pristine condition with a 300 hour engine and prop done by a very reputable rebuilder. Paint was represented as a seven and the original interior as a nine. The seller was a mechanic with an IA (Inspector Authorization) who had just performed an annual inspection on the plane, pronouncing it ready to go. The plane was located in NE Texas, about a six hour drive from my home in Odessa.
I very stupidly declined to have a pre-buy inspection done, taking the man's word that all was in order. Upon arriving at his hangar and doing an extensive walk-around, I noticed that an inspection cover in the flap well was missing. He replaced it immediately. I noticed that some of the plastic/fiberglass fairings, etc. needed repairs, but assumed these were not airworthiness items to concern myself over.
Taking off from his airpark, the right side fuel gauge went to E, giving me cause for great concern. The radios were marginal on both transmit and receive. I elected to make a precautionary landing at DTO to check fuel levels (again) and have the radios looked at.
I arrived at KODO, and the next day took the plane into a local repair facility where I asked for a 100 hour inspection. We found the following. This aircraft is a Cessna 172XP. The upper rudder cap was split in three places and was held together by the aft recognition light socket and duct tape (painted). A lower cap on the rudder was also split with a hole drilled through it and makeshift metal shims put on the exterior. The whole thing was held together by a steel bolt inserted through the rudder. It was all painted over. This type of shoddy repair is illegal as you cannot add any weight to a control surface without rebalancing. The term "Flutter" comes to mind. A wingtip was found to be cracked, with duct tape applied, and it painted over.
Inspection of the logbooks indicated the plane had received no attention for six and a half years, and from the condition of the exterior plastic pieces, had probably been stored outside in the elements. It had not been flown during that period of time.
I was lucky. Mechanically the plane is in good condition. The interior is as represented. Had the seller invested in $500 worth of aftermarket plastic pieces, I would imagine the plane would have shown very well and possibly commanded more money.
The point is that we all need to be diligent when considering a used airplane purchase. There are people out there who will put our lives at risk to save a few bucks. "Let the buyer beware.”
USER FEES The January 30th edition of AVweb's News Wire tells about a speech Norman Mineta, Secretary of Transportation made to the Aero Club of Washington. Mr. Mineta alluded to the necessity of user fees being needed to help fund the FAA in the future. He sings the siren song of the airlines and large commercial operators. His speech caught the attention of the EAA who have been consistently against this idea. I took note of one of the EAA comments which definitely requires repeating.
"If the FAA budget was properly funded from the Aviation Trust Fund as intended, and capitol improvements included, there would be no problem.” I say that giving billions of dollars to the City of Chicago to improve O'Hare Airport is robbing from general aviation to support the airlines. Unfortunately the FAA has been funding its operations budget from the trust fund, draining it of the funds needed for capitol improvements and modernization.
One more comment. Denton Airport (DTO) under the DFW Class B airspace is a single runway airport with a recent contract control tower in operation. A number of months ago I and several members of the Texas Pilots Association had a meeting with Congressman Burgess to see if a D-Brite radar system, compatible with DFW approach control, could be installed at Denton. No reply other than a perfunctory letter from the Congressman was ever received. I was informed by Chuck Huber, former President of USPA, who keeps a plane at DTO, that almost 800 movements were conducted at DTO this past Saturday. There was one (1) controller on duty. and twice during the day he handled over seventy movements per hour WITHOUT RADAR CONTROL. The D-Brite system requested was surplus, being removed for upgrading from another airport. Funding for this change is to come from the airport improvement fund that we as general aviation pilots contribute to every time we buy fuel. Again, no money for a GA need, but plenty of money to line the coffers of Mayor Daley and his cronies.
Please go to the USPA website. A sample letter to your elected officials on the subject of user fees is available. If the wording seems too caustic or confrontational, please substitute your own. I am here to tell you that ultimately we are going to get user fees if something is not done. I did take note that even Phil Boyer, President of AOPA, has issued an entire column in the February issue of AOPA pilot magazine on this subject.
Steve Uslan, President
United States Pilots Association
Hurricane Damaged AircraftThe 2005 Hurricane season was the most significant on record. The records set include total number of named storms (26), total number of major hurricanes hitting the U.S. and total number of category 5 hurricanes*. These storms have caused extensive damage that has a wide range of affects. The Federal Aviation Administration Safety Team (FAASTeam) wants you to be aware that aircraft you operate or may consider purchasing could have been damaged during these weather events.
Aircraft affected by the 2005 hurricane season are currently being sold and purchased around the Nation. It is important that any prospective purchaser or operator of these aircraft be familiar with the aircraft's hurricane damage history when determining if the aircraft is airworthy.
Aircraft damaged during these weather events can be repaired in accordance with applicable regulations. However, airmen should consider the long-term effects to aircraft that have been submerged in water. They may require extensive corrosion control/prevention measures.
A list of applicable guidance material can be found below:·
Advisory Circular 43.13 1B, Ch-6, sec.14, page 6-43, Handling and Care of Aircraft Recovered from Water Immersion. Link To Datahttp://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAdvisoryCircular.nsf/0/99C827DB9BAAC81B86256B4500596C4E?OpenDocument&Highlight=43.13·
Advisory Circular 43.4A. Corrosion Control for AircraftLink to Datahttp://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAdvisoryCircular.nsf/0/A7FFC0F8B6216A43862569B5005081ED?OpenDocument&Highlight=corrosion control·
Maintaining Aging General Aviation Aircraft.Link To Datahttp://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/design_approvals/small_airplanes/cos/aging_aircraft/media/aging_aircraft_best_practices.pdf·
AVR 20 CD, Parts involved in an Accident - Can I Use Them?Link for Ordering Information http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/safety/programs/sups/order/·
Meet Your Aircraft Quiz. FAA-P-8740-29APlease contact your local Flight Standards District Office·
Maintenance Aspects of Owning Your Own Aircraft. FAA-P-8740-15Please contact your local Flight Standards District Office·
Plane Sense. FAA-H-8083-19Please contact your local Flight Standards District Office
If you need further information on this subject please contact your local Flight Standards District Office (FSDO).Link for finding your local FSDOhttp://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo/
Jan Hoynacki, Executive Director
United States Pilots Association