Micro AeroDynamics has received FAA and EASA STC approval for the VG kit designed for the Diamond DA42, DA42NG and the DA42M-NG twin engine models. [Read more…]
Micro AeroDynamics introduces Vortex Generator Kit for Diamond Twin
Lightspeed names first $500 Burger Deluxe Getaway winner
Lightspeed Aviation reports that M. Wade Davis of Dayton, Ohio, is the first weekly winner in the $500 Burger Deluxe Getaway. [Read more…]
Museum’s moving day
SEATTLE — The Museum of Flight Airpark is getting a new home, and moving day is Jan. 31. Three aircraft — the Concorde, Air Force One and Lockheed Constellation — will be towed across the street to join the Boeing 787 Dreamliner already parked next to the museum.
Poor flare leads to bounced landing
The pilot was attempting to land the Luscombe 8 in Elkhart, Indiana. The airplane touched down on the left main landing gear and bounced. [Read more…]
Picture of the day: Oshkosh airshow
Reader Mark Creighton submitted this photo of Gene Soucy and Theresa Stokes performing at Oshkosh. [Read more…]
LSA market share for 2014
When government reports unemployment, GPD numbers, or crop yields, they release some information that is invariably changed. Despite best efforts, statistics are often improved later. With that fact in mind, following is our preliminary report for fully-built Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) in calendar year 2014. [Read more…]
Wings over Kenya
By TUCKER AXUM III
I entered this world with an adventurous spirit, but my true passion for flying didn’t fully emerge until 17 years later, when I was a high school student and my friend Jared Guillory gifted me with Microsoft’s Flight Simulator.
I invested hours exploring the physics of flight, deciphering the multitude of cockpit instruments, and practicing thousands of simulated takeoffs and landings at airports all around the world, including dirt landing strips in remote African villages.
Shortly after that, I started real flying lessons in a five-decades-old Cessna 152. Early in the morning on July 4, 2001, the day America observes its independence, I earned my pilot’s license. The memory of that flight test and subsequent accomplishment remains forever etched in my mind. [Read more…]
Video: How Lycoming builds engines
Ever wonder how your Lycoming engine was built? AVweb just posted a video that tells the story. [Read more…]
RPA and football don’t mix, FAA warns
The FAA has issued a warning to operators of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA): Don’t even think about flying over the Super Bowl this Sunday to get your own view of the action. [Read more…]
Sporty’s online course for Young Eagles tops 30,000
The Experimental Aircraft Association and Sporty’s Pilot Shop report that more than 30,000 young people have enrolled in Sporty’s Online Learn To Fly Course as a follow-up to their EAA Young Eagles flights. [Read more…]