About three-fourths of the V-tail Bonanzas are almost 50 years old or older so they don’t fly much now. They are moreobjet d’artthan they are serious transportation machines. There are not good enough numbers to calculate a remotely accurate accident rate on the older Bonanzas today. I...
Unfortunately, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) does not collect denominator data on tailwheel aircraft, such as the number of flight movements or flight hours or even the number of active aircraft with a tailwheel. Although older aircraft are more likely to feature a tailwheel, the int...
A timeline of some FAA drone activity since early 2015 is depicted below. The graph shows the total number of FAA News/Updates and Press Releases for that month. I used theFAA’s website news searchengine to get these numbers. (I used the dates from search engine as the basis even thou...
QMI, Inc is the Manufacturer of a Common Sense FAA/PMA STC Repair for the Tailcone Reinforcement Angle Issue (Part Numbers: 0712048-6 and 0712048-4) Found in Cessna Owner Advisory: SEL-55-01, and Replacement Trim Wheels for Skywagons