AvGas has always fluctuated and always will, but as we know, these extreme prices are affecting every aspect of flight. We look forward to the low numbers that keep the wings in the air. Here are the most recent trends:
Date:
Alaska
NW
Pacific
SW
Central
Great Lakes
South
NE
New England
May 16
8.28
6.84
7.29
6.56
5.97
6.33
6.74
6.89
6.92
May 10
8.22
6.77
7.24
6.54
5.93
6.28
6.72
6.83
6.85
May 3
8.18
6.70
7.13
6.40
5.87
6.22
6.59
6.76
6.79
Apr 21
8.14
6.62
7.06
6.30
5.80
6.13
6.47
6.64
6.71
Apr 20
8.14
6.62
7.07
6.31
5.80
6.12
6.48
6.64
6.70
To watch these trends yourself, check out the map at GlobalAir:
A device mystery, solved, with our good friend, Dean Showalter. Enjoy reading:
PART 1: The Mystery…
Good morning friends!
I have a puzzler for you today… last Saturday, I was out on the ramp at our airport, and I saw this A-35 Bonanza with a device on the left wing, and I wasn’t sure what it is. Here’s a photo:
I have a guess, but I’d like to hear your guesses.
Hit reply and tell me what you think this is… I’m confident we can figure it out together!
Thanks for joining me in the process of continuous learning!
Have a great Saturday,
Dean Showalter
PART 2: Mystery solved!
Hi Friends,
In my last email, I was asking for feedback on what you thought about the strange device I’d seen on a Bonanza’s left wing recently… well, here’s the answer, in the words of my good friend, Aram Basmadjian:
“That is the stall warning vane commonly found on the early Bonanzas.”
Thanks Aram!
He even provided a screen shot of one he saw for sale:
Notice it’s 14 volt… Aram later told me it’s connected to a stall warning horn.
Now I know yet another detail about the amazing Bonanza’s 🙂
Thanks so much to all of you who responded with thoughts about what this gizmo was. Most of the responses were right on target, having something to do with stall warning and AOA detectors.
Norman also got it right, when he said, “Double vaned, stall warning device. Made me look it up Dean. I hope I’m right!” Yep… you were right Norman!
Some other guesses were:
Maybe Hobbs airflow switch?
A manual gear indicator?
Wing root vortex generator to prevent airflow stalling at low speeds. (This person later changed his guess to a stall warning device.)
No clue unless it is a mechanical cricket used for signaling a left turn.
How about a mechanical down and locked indicator?Gear position indicator?
I always enjoy learning new things about airplanes, and this one was especially interesting.
Perhaps you’d like to convert just a few Corrective Actions over to a Logbook Record, or to an Invoice?
Click the orange “Select Discrepancies” button.
Next, check off each line that you would like to print:
Click the “Convert to LSSR” or “Convert to Invoice” buttons.
This will move the Corrective Actions into the Logbook Entry, or the Invoice.
-Sort Discrepancies:
If you are not comfortable with the default order of the Discrepancies, you can determine the Sort Order for each Discrepancy line within a Work Order.
Are there instances where you need to print only certain Discrepancies from within your Work Order? learn how here: Selective Discrepancy Printing
-Attach Documents to individual Discrepancies:
Would you like to upload an Image or a PDF file to a specific Discrepancy? It’s easy. Click here to learn how: Upload Files to Discrepancies
-Work Orders for Multi-User Accounts:
Do you have a Multi-User account? If so, you can choose which registered mechanic performed the work, from the drop-down list shown in the individual Discrepancy/Corrective Action edit screen.
Is there ever an occasion where you would like to Omit an AD from being printed on your AD Reports, while not permanently deleting it?
If so, we now offer the option to Omit an AD, and later if you wish, to Unomit it. This keeps it from appearing in your Print out, while still keeping it in your AD Report list.
Omitting, and Unomitting is fairly simple.
From the Dashboard, click View to open your AD Report:
2. Click the Omit/Unomit button:
3. Click which AD you would like to Omit:
4. Click the Return to Report button:
5. You can see how the Omitted ADs are marked:
6. When you Print, the Omitted ADs do not appear on your print out:
Would you like to Unomit some ADs that you’d previously Omitted?
It’s easy, just go through the same steps as above, but click the white Unomit button to return it back to your Report. It will also re-appear when printing:
Would you be interested in duplicating your Work Orders, to save time and re-typing?
If so, it’s as simple as the click of a button.
Locate the Work Order you wish to duplicate, and click View to open it:
Next, click the Duplicate Button:
You will see in the Status field, it will say: “Duplicate of _ _ _ _”.
You can change the wording in the Status field to Indicate whatever Status your Work Order is in, such as: “New, Open, In Progress or Complete”. You can type anything you like into the Status field:
*Please note: at this time, if you have Parts Inventory turned ON, the duplication process will NOT copy any Parts over to the duplicated form. Parts will need to be added to the duplicated Work Order, by hand:
However, if you have Parts Inventory turned OFF, the Parts WILL copy over to the duplicated form:
Give the Duplicate function a try, and let us know what you think. We appreciate your feedback.
Were you once receiving New AD Email Notifications from us, but don’t seem to be lately?
It’s possible that AUTO-SPAM is the culprit!
If you’re not familiar with the concept of Auto-Spam, it’s fairly simple to understand, but not so simple to reverse.
Each email provider (Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) has their own security system in place. They decide when an email could be a threat, and they act accordingly, typically marking it as spam, or bouncing it out entirely, so you never even see the message.
What triggers these providers to block, bounce, or mark emails from us as Spam?
Message ignored, rarely or never opened
Message frequently deleted, without ever having been read
When messages (from us or someone else) stack up in your inbox, your provider is paying attention.
THEY decide that if you are not interested, it’s highly possible that these ignored message are spam, whether it is true, or not.
Here’s what our email may look like, if it makes it through:
If you use GMAIL:
Go to your Spam folder, locate the email from us, click the checkbox and click “Not Spam“.
Or, open the message and click the “Report not spam” button (at top):
When you click “Report Not Spam”, the email is automatically placed back into your standard Inbox.
So what happens if your email provider completely rejects our message and bounces it out?
That means:
You never know we tried to send a message.
You are marked as “bounced” and we are notified.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Initially, if you are marked as Bounced and we are notified, then we must flag your account as bounced, and halt further messages from reaching you.
WHY?
After so many bounces, our own email provider detects something is wrong and reports us for sending spam, even though it is not, and flags us, possibly to the point of shutting our service down.
Now that is bad news for everyone.
As a preventative from possibly being shut down, we must halt future messages from going out, to those providers who have either marked us as spam, or bounced our email back to us automatically.
WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?
Go into your Spam folder, locate our message, and mark us as “Not Spam”.
*But, it doesn’t stop there. If you would be so kind as to let us know you’ve done this, we will then turn your notifications back on, and hope it reaches you, the next time a New AD is issued.
One final effort would be to add support@airworthinessdirectives.com to your Contact List, so we are considered a “safe” sender.
If you’d like to Inactivate a Customer, instead of deleting them entirely, it’s a fairly simple process. Here’s how:
Click on My Customers
Locate the Customer and click the View button. (*If you have a long list of customers, we suggest typing their name in the Filter Search, to locate them faster):
3. In the Customer screen, locate and click on the green Active button:
*Changing status to Inactive will retain the customers records, but this customer will no longer be allowed to be attached to Aircraft, AD Compliance Reports, Work Orders and Forms.
They are now Inactive.
If you wish to later Reactivate the Customer, simply click on the Inactive button:
*Changing status to Active will allow this customer to be attached to Aircraft, AD Compliance Reports, Work Orders and Forms.
They have now been reactivated.
If you would like to permanently DELETE a Customer, click here to learn how:
