Frederick Johnsen, former U.S. Air Force historian and director of the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards Air Force Base, California, and a frequent contributor to General Aviation News, will receive the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) History Manuscript Award. Johnsen is being honored for his manuscript, Sweeping Forward. AIAA will present […]
Archives for 2014
Keynote speakers named for U.S. Sport Aviation Expo
Retired astronaut Story Musgrave, former SR-71 pilot USAF Col. Richard Graham (Ret.), and AOPA feature writer Dave Hirschman are this year’s keynote speakers for the 11th annual U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, Jan. 14-17, on Sebring Regional Airport (SEF). Keynote speakers will make their presentations daily at 1:30 p.m. in the Aviators Hot Line Show Center Tent. […]
MT-Propeller gets FAA nod for Duchess prop
MT-Propeller has received an FAA STC for the next generation 3-blade scimitar composite propeller on the Beech Duchess 76 powered by Lycoming engines and other TC/STC approved piston engines. The installation is already certified by the EASA. According to company officials, the propeller installation: Provides best vibration damping characteristics for almost vibration free propeller operations; has bonded on […]
Hartzell names service facility in Dubai
Hartzell Propeller has named Segers Aviation SA as a recommended service facility in the Dubai Airport Free Zone, United Arab Emirates. The Segers Group of companies consists of specialists in engine and propeller overhaul, with other locations in the U.S., U.K., South Africa and Singapore. Segers Group is the parent company of Proptech Portsmouth in […]
Wind shift bends Cessna
Aircraft: Cessna 182. Injuries: None. Location: Bellview, Texas. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: Before setting up to practice touch-and-go landings, the pilot overflew the airport, checked the windsock, and verified the wind was from the south at 10 knots. He entered the traffic pattern for a landing on runway 15. During the first approach, […]
Picture of the day: Animals and airplanes
Dan McGreevy from Texas sent along this sign of a bad mix:
Planes vs. birds
Landing on the Harbor Visual Runway 29 Approach into KPWM can be a 95-second joy ride if the time of day and the time of year are just right. For us, that flight, it was. I flew the crowded 50-seat regional jet in a descending arc, starting at Elizabeth City, Maine. We traveled north along […]
Pilots appointed to House Transportation Committee
Two more pilots are joining the powerful U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee when the 114th Congress convenes in January. The Committee and its Aviation Subcommittee will play a vital role in setting long-term spending priorities for the FAA during the 2015 Reauthorization process. Rep. Todd Rokita, (R-Ind.), is among the 12 new committee […]
Under development: RPA that can fly horizontally and vertically
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A different kind of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) is under construction in the Unmanned Systems Laboratory at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. The craft, which is still in the development stages, can not only fly horizontally, it can fly vertically as well. Click here to view a video of how it will work. […]