Aviation Insurance Articles

The following are a combination of articles written by Leading Edge Aviation Insurance staff and those found in other general aviation publications. The articles selected here are oriented toward either helping you understand your aircraft insurance coverage or aviation safety topics. A new article will be added to this section periodically so come back often to read the latest additions.

Aviation Insurance Articles

• April 2013 Articles
  
  
• Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender posted 4/29/13
   
• Solar Zephyr breaks 83-Hour Flight Record posted 4/29/13
   
• Spaceship 2 Goes Supersonic posted 4/29/13
   
• E-One Solar Electric Plane posted 4/22/13
   
• Boston Bombing Helicopter FLIR posted 4/22/13
   
• Bubba Watson's Hovercart posted 4/22/13
   
• Worlds First Solar Copter posted 4/15/13
   
• X48C Blended Wing Aircraft posted 4/15/13
   
• Airplane Light Trails posted 4/15/13
   
• Plane Lighting Strike posted 4/8/13
   
• First Aircraft Take Off and Landing posted 4/8/13
   
• China's Private Aviation Market posted 4/8/13
   
• China's Private Aviation Market posted 4/1/13
   
• Plane Lightning Strike Video posted 4/8/13
   
• First Aircraft Carrier Take-off and Landing posted 4/8/13
   
• Army Helicopter Pilot Weight Restrictions posted 4/1/13
   
• March 2013 Articles
  
  
• Southwest Airlines Engine Swap posted 3/25/13
   
• Homemade Chinese Aircraft posted 3/25/13
   
• Lego Paper Plane Creator posted 3/25/13
   
• Helipad Near Miss posted 3/18/13
   
• Air Force Biofuels for Jets posted 3/18/13
   
• Where Dead Airplanes Return to Life posted 3/18/13
   
• The Human Fly posted 3/11/13
   
• The Bedstead Aircraft posted 3/11/13
   
• NASA's Helios Project posted 3/11/13
   
• Kite Dancing posted 3/11/13
   
• Piper Cub Resorations posted 3/4/13
   
• Deer Rescued by Helicopter posted 3/4/13
   
• February 2013 Articles
  
  
• Sky Lanters, Original Hot Air Baloons? posted 2/25/13
   
• Longest Golf Shot Ever posted 2/25/13
   
• Helicopter Prison Break posted 2/25/13
   
• Focke-Achgelis FA 330 posted 2/4/13
   
• Chuck Yeagers Original Speed Record posted 2/18/13
   
• Helicopter Saves Hiker from Cougar posted 2/18/13
   
• Hirobo Remote Control One-Man Helicopter posted 2/15/13
   
• Leonardo Divinci's Ornithopter posted 2/15/13
   
• Gulfstream Quiet Spike posted 2/15/13
   
• Messerschmitt Me 163B posted 2/4/13
   
• Homebuilt Cri-Cri posted 2/4/13
   
• January 2013 Articles
  
  
• Spirit of Texas posted 1/28/13
   
• Voyager: Flight Around the World posted 1/28/13
   
• Amazing Aircraft Hangars posted 1/28/13
   
• China Airlines Crash posted 1/21/13
   
• Pearl Harbor Aircraft posted 1/21/13
   
• Sucked Out of a Cockpit Window posted 1/14/13
   
• MI-17 Crash posted 1/14/13
   
• C-130d Recovery posted 1/14/13
   
• Engine Ice Crystals posted 1/14/12
   
• Fapping Wing Aircraft posted 1/7/13
   
• Southern Alps Snow Plane posted 1/7/13
   
• Vladimir Putin's Aviation Fleet posted 1/7/13
   
• Insurance Related
  
  
• International Aviation Insurance
   
• Calculating Risk
   
• The Less the Merrier: Perils of Additional Insured
   
• Additional Training and Your Insurance
   
• Liability of Ground Handlers
   
• Pilot Liability Are you covered?
   
• After the Claim
   
• Filing a Claim
   
• High Value Insurance
   
• Insuring Difficult Aircraft
   
• Recent Crashes Put Focus on HEMS Industry wide and Attribute to the Rising Costs of Insurance
   
• Insurance Special Risks: Are You Insurable?
   
• ABC's of Flight Training Insurance
   
• Minimizing helicopter insurance costs for use of helicopters by Law Enforcement/Government municipalities
   
• Insurance for Tour Operators
   
• Around the Web
  
  
• Aviation Insurance Industry Takes Third Straight Loss posted 3/23/11
   
• 69 Airplanes damages at Sun 'n Fun posted 4/1/11
   
• Premium on mega risk policies falls by up to 20% posted 4/20/11
   
• The Good News about Aviation Insurance posted 7/12/11
   
• Aviation Losses at Low So Far in 2011; Pricing Stable posted 8/12/11
   
• Amazing Reno-Tahoe Mid-Air Crash Story posted 8/15/11
   
• Private Plane Traffic Plunges posted 8/31/11
   
• Flying Donkey posted 9/12/11
   
• Bolivian Air Traffic posted 9/12/11
   
• Reno Air Disaster posted 9/19/11
   
• Aviation Insurance and How Costs are Determined posted 9/19/11
   
• New York Helicopter crash posted 10/4/11
   
• Nextant 400xt posted 10/12/11
   
• Hawaii Water Landing/Rescue posted 10/14/11
   
• Chinese Jet Crashes at Air Show posted 10/14/11
   
• Wing Walker Dies at Air Show posted 10/17/11
   
• Pilot Re-enacts First Channel Flight posted 10/17/11
   
• Staged Halloween plane crash posted 10/24/11
   
• Halloween Plane Costume posted 10/24/11
   
• Neat Naval Slideshow posted 10/31/11
   
• Newark to Poland Emergency Belly Landing posted 11/2/11
   
• Rhino Helicopter Transport posted 11/7/11
   
• One Man Multi-Copter posted 11/7/11
   
• Pelican Through the Nose Cone posted 11/7/11
   
• Nose Gear Failure and Landing posted 11/14/11
   
• Pilot Saves Passengers in Texas Crash posted 11/16/11
   
• 360 Degree Cockpit Panoramas posted 11/21/11
   
• Chinook Skills Demonstration posted 11/21/11
   
• Cooper Hawks in Portland Airspace posted 11/22/11
   
• Helicopter Wire Strike Setting Up Christmas Tree posted 11/23/11
   
• The Spruce Goose posted 11/28/11
   
• Bear Attacks Alaska Plane posted 12/5/11
   
• Solar Powered Plane to Fly the World posted 12/8/11
   
• B-17:Liberty Belle Disaster posted 12/12/11
   
• Chilean Ash Grounds Planes posted 12/12/11
   
• Private Plane lands on German Street posted 12/19/11
   
• Many Faces of the A-10 Warthog posted 12/19/11
   
• Amazing Private Jet Interiors posted 12/22/11
   
• The Wright Brothers First Flight posted 12/22/11
   
• Crazy Airports posted 12/29/11
   
• Operation Dumbo Drop posted 1/3/12
   
• Drug Glider posted 1/3/12
   
• Crocodile Causes Plane Crash posted 1/10/12
   
• Hot Air Balloon Collision posted 1/10/12
   
• Cirrus Chute Deploys in Waterlanding posted 1/16/12
   
• Radar Blimp New Defense Tactic posted 1/16/12
   
• Helicopter Sea Crash posted 1/23/12
   
• Dog Diverts Aircraft Landing posted 1/23/12
   
• The Russian MD-160 posted 1/30/12
   
• Amazingly Detailed Aircraft Models posted 1/31/12
   
• AD-1 Oblique Wing posted 2/8/12
   
• Amazing MI-24 RC Model posted 2/9/12
   
• Black Eagle 50, Unmanned Helicopter posted 2/9/12
   
• Misquito Personal Helicopter posted 2/14/12
   
• Brightstar Glider posted 2/14/12
   
• Firebird, Optional Pilot Plane posted 2/14/12
   
• Alaskan Bushwheel posted 2/20/12
   
• Anotonov lands at Niagra Falls posted 2/21/12
   
• Insitu Catapult UAV posted 2/21/12
   
• Pointe Noire Crash posted 2/21/12
   
• Sikorsky S-38 Air Yacht posted 2/28/12
   
• Fighter Jet Weapon Loads posted 2/28/12
   
• Solar Blimp of the Future? posted 2/28/12
   
• Catalina Flying Boat - Shot and Abandoned posted 2/28/12
   
• Cosmic Muffin - Jet turned boat posted 2/28/12
   
• The U2 Spy Plane posted 3/5/12
   
• Underwater Aircraft posted 3/6/12
   
• Video Drones in Law Enforcement posted 3/6/12
   
• First Flight of SpaceShipOne Into Space posted 3/8/12
   
• Ferris Wheel Plane Crash posted 3/12/12
   
• F-35 Vertical Take-Off/Landing posted 3/12/12
   
• Gossamer Albatross pedals across English Channel posted 3/14/12
   
• The Black Diamond Flight Team posted 3/14/12
   
• The History of "The Wing" posted 3/15/12
   
• Giant Paper Airplane posted 3/22/12
   
• Vought V-173 Flying Pancake posted 3/22/12
   
• Helicopter Disintegrates posted 3/22/12
   
• Motorcycle/Plane Tail Grab posted 3/27/12
   
• Ski Wing posted 3/29/12
   
• The Jumbo Graveyard posted 4/2/12
   
• Para "Hawking" posted 4/2/12
   
• Drunk Steals Plane? posted 4/2/12
   
• SR-71 Blackbird posted 4/9/12
   
• P-47 Thunderbolt posted 4/11/12
   
• Tradewinds Jet Crash posted 4/12/12
   
• The "Jetman" Flying in Formation posted 4/17/12
   
• LC-130 Ski-Bird posted 4/17/12
   
• Cessna T-37 Tweety Bird posted 4/24/12
   
• Geophysical Surveying Aircraft posted 4/24/12
   
• Piaggio P-180 Artwork posted 4/24/12
   
• The Pepsi Concorde posted 4/30/12
   
• The French Gerfaut posted 4/30/12
   
• Japan's WWI flying Wing posted 5/7/12
   
• Alan Magee's 22,000 ft freefall posted 5/7/12
   
• WWII Rosie the Riveter posted 5/8/12
   
• Drug Smuggling Crash posted 5/17/12
   
• Lukla: World's Scariest Airport? posted 5/17/12
   
• Smuggling Agents Ram Airplane in Brazil posted 5/17/12
   
• Helicopter Electricity Repair Men posted 5/17/12
   
• Sky Baby: Worlds Smallest Plane posted 5/21/12
   
• How the Air Force Strips a C-130 posted 5/21/12
   
• WWII Kittyhawk Found posted 5/21/12
   
• Vulcan XH558 Retired posted 5/21/12
   
• Learn about the new Pal-V Flying Auto posted 5/28/12
   
• This Round UAV Seems to have Aviation Potential posted 5/28/12
   
• Stuntman Jumps 2400 feet Without a Parachute posted 5/28/12
   
• Solar Aircraft Takes Another Step Forward posted 5/28/12
   
• The Hummel Bird posted 6/8/12
   
• NASA's X37-B Orbit Shuttle posted 6/12/12
   
• The Airplane Suite posted 6/14/12
   
• Argus: Spy Craft posted 6/14/12
   
• Balloon Under the Tower Bridge posted 6/21/12
   
• Space Nose Cone posted 6/21/12
   
• Skycar Takes Off from London to Timbuktu posted 6/27/12
   
• Cygnet Amphibious Trike posted 6/28/12
   
• POD Airplane Seats posted 7/2/12
   
• Fairey Rotodyne posted 7/2/12
   
• Super Guppy Blew Her Top posted 7/2/12
   
• The Search for Amelia Earhart posted 7/9/12
   
• Aircraft Use in Speed Traps posted 7/9/12
   
• The Rubber "Inflatoplane" posted 7/9/12
   
• Boeing 727 House Panoramic posted 7/16/12
   
• Air Force Assists Waldo Canyon Fire posted 7/16/12
   
• The Red Baron posted 7/23/12
   
• The OV-10 Bronco posted 7/23/12
   
• Fearless Felix Redbull Stratos Jump posted 7/30/12
   
• Re-Using a Radial Aircraft Motor posted 7/30/12
   
• Amazing Flare Compilation posted 7/30/12
   
• Recycled Aircraft Furnicture posted 8/6/12
   
• Solar Impulse Completes Journey posted 8/6/12
   
• F-16 Termination Test posted 8/6/12
   
• 2,500 Foot Sweater for Plane posted 8/13/12
   
• B-17E Swamp Ghost Returns Home posted 8/13/12
   
• Glass Bottom Hot Air Balloon posted 8/13/12
   
• B-29 "FiFi" Slides posted 8/13/12
   
• Blohm & Voss BV 141 posted 8/20/12
   
• Nashville Plane Collission posted 8/20/12
   
• Tupolev Tu-95 Bear posted 8/20/12
   
• The Taylor Aerocar posted 8/20/12
   
• New Hover Vehicle posted 8/27/12
   
• How to Hide an Airplane Factory posted 8/27/12
   
• Cool head prevails in air scare posted 8/27/12
   
• Air Show Jet Crash posted 9/3/12
   
• Whisper Quiet Rotor Blade posted 9/3/12
   
• Glacier Girl posted 9/3/12
   
• Homeade Bathtub Airplane posted 9/11/12
   
• How Blimps Fly posted 9/11/12
   
• Michael Trapp Crash Survival Story posted 9/11/12
   
• Personal Spaceship posted 9/17/12
   
• Flying Car posted 9/17/12
   
• Flying Motorcycle posted 9/17/12
   
• Fly By Wire posted 9/17/12
   
• Human Powered Helicopter posted 9/24/12
   
• Endeavors Victory Lap posted 9/24/12
   
• Bold Mid-Flight Mairrage Proposal posted 10/1/12
   
• NASA's X-43A:10x the speed of sound posted 10/8/12
   
• Copter Auto Gyro Aircraft posted 10/8/12
   
• Aviation Tattoos posted 10/8/12
   
• supersonic Space Jump posted 10/15/12
   
• Endeavour's Final Ride posted 10/15/12
   
• Flying Robots Play Catch posted 10/15/12
   
• Falcon Inspired Jet posted 10/15/12
   
• X-14 Ultralight "Suitcase Plane" posted 10/22/12
   
• Grumman Greenhouse posted 10/22/12
   
• Plane Crash Cockpit Video posted 10/22/12
   
• CAMEL Helicopter posted 10/22/12
   
• B-52 Bomber 60 Year Anniversary posted 10/29/12
   
• 787 Dreamliner Luxury posted 11/5/12
   
• Cessna/Vovlo Side Crash Test posted 11/5/12
   
• Millions in Spitfires to be Unearthed posted 11/5/12
   
• Vickers 161 posted 11/5/12
   
• Oldest Aircraft Carrier posted 11/5/12
   
• Horten 2-29 posted 11/16/12
   
• P-40 Inspired Bike posted 11/20/12
   
• Extremely Short Motor Home Landing posted 11/21/12
   
• Plane plunges into ocean posted 11/26/12
   
• Venezuelan K8 Crash posted 12/3/12
   
• Kamov Ka-27 posted 12/3/12
   
• Unmanned MULE Set for First Flight posted 12/3/12
   
• Kalinin K-7 posted 12/10/12
   
• AirCreation Tanarg Trike posted 12/20/12
   
• The Playboy Jet posted 12/17/12
   
• The Trump Jet posted 12/17/12
   
• Kaman K-125 posted 12/24/12
   
• Comanche Project Status posted 12/24/12
   
• Copacbana Beach Helicopter Crash posted 12/31/12
   
• Lockheed XFV-1 posted 12/31/12
   

These articles are purely advisory in nature. Your own certificated flight instructor, the FARs, pilot's operating handbook and various updated transmittals from the FAA or your aircraft manufacturer may alter or affect the information published. Leading Edge Aviation Insurance neither assumes any responsibility for the accuracy of these articles, nor any liability arising out of reliance upon these articles.