Also: LSA SAIB, PC-12 PRO Order, Graham To Serve Another Term, IATA Annual Safety Report The national price for Jet A full service averaged $6.41 a gallon in February, representing an increase of $0.06 (0.9%) compared to January. Excluding Alaska and Hawaii, Lower-48 Jet A full service averaged $6.36, up $0.06 (1.0%), according to our friends at iFlightPlanner. National 100LL pricing also moved slightly higher in February; 100LL full service averaged $6.43, an increase of $0.06 (0.9%) compared to January, while 100LL self-service averaged $5.43, continuing to reflect an approximate 15% savings for operators using self-service fuel where available. MD Helicopters has introduced the MD 564, a new light-single-engine helicopter derived from the long-running MD 500 series. The company said the MD 564 combines a six-blade main rotor, a four-blade tail rotor, and a Rolls-Royce 250-C47E/3 engine with dual-channel FADEC. MD is positioning the helicopter as a higher-performance evolution of the 500-series platform rather than an all-new design. Florida legislators are finally cutting the general aviation community a little slack, with the state’s House of Representatives voting 108 to 2 in favor of a bill that would block airports from using Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) tracking data to issue landing fees or other fines. This has been a startlingly popular trend over the last few years. All this — and MORE in today’s episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!
