Archive for the 'Flight Safety' Category

The Zenair Zodiac CH-601-XL grounding saga continues…

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Zenair CH-601 XL saga continues
From the LAA (former British PFA) website, which is an update that was published on December 5, 2008:
“The CAA issued an MPD on 24 November 2008 formally grounding the CH601-XL in the UK, following the LAA’s earlier advice to owners. LAA Engineering continues to be fully involved in pursuing a […]

British registered Zenair CH601-XL fleet to be grounded as well?

Monday, November 24th, 2008

According to the ‘Latest News’ section of the British LAA website (Light Aircraft Association, successor to the former PFA) , LAA recommends to the UK CAA that all British registered Zodiac CH601-XL be grounded as well.
According to this report, the affected owners have been contacted directly by a letter dated November 4th, 2008.
Now, this letter […]

All Dutch registered Zenair Zodiac CH601 XL aircraft grounded.

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

According to this Dutch language website the Dutch aviation authorities grounded all twelve Dutch registered Zenair Zodiac CH601 XL aircraft until further notice.

Cessna 172 crash at EDXR - both elderly pilots unharmed.

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

October 2nd 2007 became a sad day for the local flying club I was a member of at the time. A Cessna172 crash ensued after not aborting a touch & go that should have been aborted. One of the photo’s further down this page shows what the results looked like after the Cessna Skyhawk had come to a grinding halt.