Many aircraft owners don’t realize that some ELT control panels and audio alerters have their own separate batteries, which must be installed at installation and then checked for date of expiration. I have seen numerous airplanes that will not pass an annual ELT check and have traced it to the missing batteries in these components.
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Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook discusses the mood at the annual AOPA gathering, where he found an upbeat vibe, cautious optimism about the FAAs pending homebuilding rules changes, and a positive announcement from Glasair Aviation.
Archive: January 1993
Our January 1993 cover featured the provocative RANS S-11 Pursuit. Howard Levy’s story chronicled...