Enforcement Action Against Wing Walking Business Goes Over The Top

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Check out this recent article that AvWeb's Russ Niles produced about enforcement action against the wing walking business.

https://www.avweb.com/insider/enforceme ... r-the-top/

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The FAA has barred a wing walking company from conducting flights and revoked the owner’s pilot certificate, deeming the operation unsafe and reckless, according to a report from The Seattle Times.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/f ... t-license/

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Mason Wing Walking, based in Sequim, Washington, in the summer and Ventura County, California, in the winter, gives thrill-seeking amateurs the opportunity to strap themselves atop a 1940s Stearman biplane—fulfilling a bucket-list item for many. However, the business was ordered to cease operations after owner Mike Mason received a March 18 letter from the FAA noting the flights were “careless or reckless so as to endanger the life or property of another.”

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/faa ... penalties/