Lots going on at the Flymall (http://flymall.org/). We are now part of the Ural Motorcycle Emissary program. Keep checking our Facebook page for more information and details. Contact us if you need sales brochures or other information on these great motorcycles. We’ll be showing our Ural at shows throughout this coming show season and we will have some cool Ural items to give a way. We have one of the oldest (not the oldest) Ural Motorcycles in the country.
The team at Kraemer Aviation and the Flymall (http://flymall.org/) are pleased to announce that our membership has been accepted to the Association of Online Appraisers as a “Certified Member” status. We hope to earn some of their advanced certifications over the coming months.
Harry Kraemer, a 9-time Master Flight Instructor, recently renewed his Master CFI accreditation. Harry is the CEO and president of Kraemer Aviation Services (http://Flymall.org/). He specializes in glass cockpit, turbine, and complex aircraft training as well as aircraft checkouts.
Master Instructors LLC takes great pride in announcing a significant aviation accomplishment on the part of Harry Kraemer, the president of Kraemer Aviation Services and resident of Germantown, Maryland. Recently, Harry’s accreditation as a Master CFI (Certificated Flight Instructor) was renewed by Master Instructors LLC, the international accrediting authority for Master Instructor designations as well as the FAA-approved Master Instructor Program. He first earned this national professional accreditation in 1998, has held it continuously since then, and is one of only 5 worldwide to earn the credential nine (9) times.
To help put these achievements in their proper perspective, there are approximately 98,000 CFIs in the United States. Fewer than 800 aviation educators worldwide have achieved one or more of the Master accreditations thus far. Harry was the first in Maryland to earn this designation and is one of only 12 Maryland aviation educators to earn this prestigious “Master” title. In addition, he is the only person who has ever earned and held three different Master Instructor accreditations concurrently.
In the words of former FAA Administrator Marion Blakey, “The Master Instructor accreditation singles out the best that the right seat has to offer.”
The Master Instructor designation is a national accreditation recognized by the FAA. Candidates must demonstrate an ongoing commitment to excellence, professional growth, and service to the aviation community, and must pass a rigorous evaluation by a peer Board of Review. The process parallels the continuing education regimen used by other professionals to enhance their knowledge base while increasing their professionalism. Designees are recognized as outstanding aviation educators for not only their excellence in teaching, but for their engagement in the continuous process of learning — both their own, and their students’. The designation must be renewed biennially and significantly surpasses the FAA requirements for renewal of the candidate’s flight instructor certificate.
ELTs can save pilots’ and passengers’ lives by helping search and rescue (SAR) personnel locate a downed aircraft after an accident and even minimize risk to SAR personnel during SAR operations. However, these lifelines can be rendered inoperative if the switch position is improperly set or if the ELT becomes detached from the aircraft.
Way back when in the late 1980s as my aviation career was getting started I was flying reporters during am and pm traffic – traffic patrol. Thanksgiving eve was always exciting. The reporters were always all fired up for the evening flight. We flew a longer evening flight to cover all of the traffic. That was fun flying. There were three other aircraft flying traffic around the Baltimore belt…way and we all flew at different altitudes. I had the lowest assigned altitude. We all would look forward to Thanksgiving eve just for all of the excitement coming from the reporters onboard our aircraft. And of course accidents just added to the fun. There’d be four aircraft circling an accident. Fun, fun, fun flying traffic on Thanksgiving eve!
A Boeing jet is sitting on the runway at Wichita’s Jabara Airport – and may be stuck there for awhile.
A Boeing 747 LCF Dreamlifter landed at Jabara around 10:20 Wednesday night. Statements from the city of Wichtia confirm the cargo plane was heading for McConnell Air Force Base.
It’s not clear if the jet landed at Jabara by mistake, or for some other reason. The F.A.A. will investigate that deviation from schedule. But radio transmissions posted online suggest the crew thought it landed at a different airport.
Boeing sent a tug to Jabara Airport to turn around the jet. It had a law enforcement escort, because it had a top speed of about 13 miles per hour.
The Dreamlifter is too large to takeoff from Jabara’s 6,100-foot runway.
The jet reportedly is owned by Atlas Air of Purchase, New York, and had a two-person crew.
The Morgan policy of continuous improvement has led to a comprehensive review of the 3 wheelers
characteristics, resulting in some important updates for the 2014 model. Click here for more details.
How the Triking Helped Jumpstart the New Morgan Three Wheeler
A gentleman named Pete Larsen (of Liberty Motors in Seattle, Washington) was trying to import a Moto Guzzi powered Triking into the states. Unsuccessful Pete decided to design and manufacture his own 3 wheel cycle car. Already in the sidecar manufacturing business Pete used his vehicle design and manufacturing experience and created the American Cycle-car Endeavor or ACE, also referred to as the ACE Cycle Car or Liberty’s ACE. The ACE is/was modeled after a 1930s Morgan Aero and it is powered by a Harley Davidson V Twin.
Pete’s ACE was in limited production for several years when Andrew English (A world re known automotive journalist) test drove one and did a very nice review that was published in the London Daily Telegraph newspaper in February 2009. Charles Morgan (president and third generation CEO of Morgan Motor Company) just happened to see the article and pictures and was inspired to bring back the Morgan Three Wheeler which stopped production in the 1950s.
Charles Morgan hired Lance Tunick (an American based automotive consultant) to meet with Pete – this was in early 2009. This meeting went well and later that same year Charles Morgan sent two top executives (Steve Morris / Director of Operations and Tim Whitworth/Chief Financial Officer) to meet with Pete and further evaluate the ACE.
Needless to say the top folks at Morgan were impressed. Pete had spent numerous hours on research and development on many engineering challenges on the ACE and was able to correct and/or overcome all of the challenges.
A year later the Morgan Motor Company had an agreement with Pete Larsen for him to provide blueprints, engineering drawings, engineering consulting services and a fully operational ACE. And the rest is history.
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Time SMOH on right engine is 1486.6 (based on current tac of 3576.6). Time SMOH on left engine is 879.6 (based on current tac of 2857.3).
A visual inspection and log book analysis was performed October 20 2013 on the aircraft N731WA at: Tipton Airport, located in Fort Meade, Maryland. It is the opinion of this appraiser that the fair market value of the above aircraft is:
On 9/11 I was flying between DC and New York and had a controller say this to me “there are fighters in the area and we have scrambled US fighters”. He also told me to land or risk being shot down. Read the full story below.
My 9/11 story. At the time I was chief pilot for a Part 91 flight department flying a Pilatus PC12 and Piper Saratoga. I was also a contributing editor for a magazine called Avionics News. I wrote “pilot reports” for Avionics News. I flew new cockpit systems and/or avionics and wrote about them from a pilot’s perspective. The morning of Sept 11 I took off on an IFR flight plan heading towards New York City. I was to meet with some folks from Honeywell and fly a new terrain awareness system designed for helicopters. The take-off and initial cruise was normal. It was on one of the early handoffs to another sector that the first sign of trouble surfaced. I was told by the controller that there was an incident in New York and they may not take any IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) traffic. I said that was not a problem, I could cancel IFR and just get flight following. As I got closer to New York there was more discussion with the controllers as to whether I could proceed towards New York. By this time there was chatter on the radio about a plane hitting the World Trade Center. My first thought was how could this happen on such a clear day. More and more chatter about maybe a second plane hitting one of the towers. And soon there was talk about one or both of the towers falling. By this time I could hear the airliners trying to find places to divert. But all of this did not make sense to me. I still did not know what was going on. Soon I could see the smoke from the towers. Shortly after seeing smoke I was told by one of the New York controllers to turn around and “get out” of New York’s airspace. So I did. I was able to contact the folks from Honeywell via the radio and told them that I had to turn around. They told me to contact them later and we may reschedule. I decided to head home to Gaithersburg (KGAI) and use flight following with ATC. Some of the controllers seemed kind of surprised that I was flying from New York to DC. One controller asked me “Who are you? Where did you come from?” This controller also asked me if I had been ordered to land. I replied no. He said you are hereby ordered to land or risk being shot down. He added that there are fighters in the area and that we have scrambled US fighters. The way he said this implied that there were enemy aircraft in the area with US fighters. Well this really shook me up. By this time I was still east of the Carroll County Airport. When the controller told me to land asap I asked if I could continue to Gaithersburg. I was told not to go anywhere near DC and was vectored to Carroll County Airport. It was not until I got on the ground that I learned what was happening. I will never forget these words “there are fighters in the area and we have scrambled US fighters” – they were the controller’s exact words to me.
