ASA has published a new book, “We Have a No Crash Policy!“
In the new book, author Adam L. Alpert explains the technology and human factors in flying from the pilot’s point of view, in an understandable, humorous way, according to ASA officials.
[Read more…]The pilot and passenger were departing on a cross-country flight in the Piper PA-28.
Shortly after takeoff, the engine experienced a partial loss of power and the airplane would not climb.
The pilot chose to perform a forced landing to a road in Fort Myers, Florida. The plane hit a building, then the ground, then caught on fire. The passenger died in the crash, while the pilot was seriously injured.
[Read more…]Dave Stevens submitted the following photo and note: “My co-pilot, a poodle mix, is always ready, mutt-muffs on, in my 1959 Forny F-1.”
[Read more…]One of the controversies surrounding Light-Sport Aircraft has to do with that first word in that term: “Light.”
Early on, one LSA importer lobbied to remove the word as it was negatively viewed, he believed.
Indeed, outside of the LSA community, many pilots I’ve spoken to often say these aircraft are too lightly built to withstand the rigors of flight training, one of the more demanding of all aviation activities.
“Yes, an experienced pilot may love a LSA,” they may concede, “but these aircraft cannot hold up to regular flight instruction duty.”
Enthusiasts may be biased in favor of LSA, but what would an actual flight school operator say?
[Read more…]Dan Pimentel, the force behind the Airplanista Aviation Blog, has launched the new “For the Love of OSH” essay competition to help the Experimental Aircraft Association celebrate its 50th anniversary at Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
New for this year, the competition seeks 500-word essays from people who have attended the big show to explain what AirVenture means to them. Besides conveying their admiration for the event, those who enter also will get a chance to win part of the $3,200 in prizes, Pimentel said.
[Read more…]The Kissimmee Gateway Airport (KISM) has an annual total economic impact of more than $190 million, according to a Florida DOT study.
The 2019 Statewide Aviation Economic Impact Study reports an annual total economic impact of $190,943,000, which is an increase of $81.8 million from findings in a similar report published in 2013.
[Read more…]More than 80,000 spectators at the Red Bull Air Race stop in Kazan, Russia, over the weekend of June 15-16, 2019, saw Japan’s Yoshihide “Yoshi” Muroya win his second race of the season.
Muroya also won the first race of the season in Abu Dhabi.
[Read more…]US Sport Planes, the U.S. importer for Jabiru Aircraft, has expanded its facilities at Denton Enterprise Airport (KDTO) in Texas.
The expansion includes more office area and increased hangar space, company officials report.
[Read more…]According to a local news report, after the accident, the non-certificated pilot stated, “The wind got the better of me and the near-death experience is pretty interesting.”
[Read more…]Lindsay Petre submitted the following photo and note: “After many, many months of struggle and weeks of weather delays, it was finally a perfect day for my first solo in the Robinson R-22. Photo is by my CFI Mike DeMarchi.”
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