The start of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, June 1, coincides with a drone-friendly policy shift at the FAA. However, before railroads, insurers, power companies, and other operators of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) show up in disaster zones with drones in tow, they should complete a checklist of bureaucratic and practical preparations, according to veteran […]
Avflight opens new FBO facility at KMDT
HARRISBURG, Penn. – Avflight Corporation hosted a grand opening reception, complete with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, for its new FBO facility at Harrisburg International Airport (KMDT), on May 24, 2018. The 5,000-square-foot FBO building features a conference room, kitchen, pilot lounge, three private pilot rooms, office spaces, a catering kitchen, and more, company officials report. Avflight’s […]
Picture of the Day: A floatplane at rest
Frequent contributor Glenn Brasch, the force behind AirportCourtesyCars.com, sent us this photo of a Beaver on floats at Lake Coeur d’Alene in northern Idaho, a seaplane haven. Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it via this form. All photos sent in for Picture of the […]
Quest Aircraft unveils the Kodiak 100: Series II
A decade after the first delivery of a Kodiak 100, Quest Aircraft has unveiled the next generation of the Kodiak 100: Series II. In the Kodiak 100, Series II, the standard equipment list has been expanded to include Garmin’s next generation G1000NXi, as well as an Angle-of-Attack indexer, digital 4-in-1 standby, Flight Stream 510 and […]
Fatal accident claims Mid-Continent’s Pat Napolitano
WICHITA, Kansas — Over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics lost a valued employee and friend. Pat Napolitano was involved in a fatal airplane accident Friday, May 25, 2018, south of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The aircraft involved was a Beechcraft Staggerwing (BE-17/G, Registration Number 79091), owned by Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics, […]
Honest Vision: The Donald Douglas Story
“Honest Vision: The Donald Douglas Story” is now available from ASA. The book features timeless leadership lessons from an engineering mind and aviation icon, according to ASA officials. Written by Julie Boatman Filucci, author of “Together We Fly: Voices From The DC-3,” the Donald Douglas Story is an exploration into the life of Donald Wills […]
FAA puts out Help Wanted sign for safety inspectors and technicians
The FAA is now accepting applications from experienced candidates to fill aviation safety positions at various facilities throughout the country. These positions are critical to the agency’s mission to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world, agency officials said. The FAA is hiring: Aviation Safety Inspectors to administer, investigate, and enforce safety […]
Picture of the Day: Flying again after 23 years
Roger Barcus sent us this photo with a great subject line in the email: Finally owning and flying again after 23 years. Good instructors are invaluable! He explains: “I bought a 1970 Mooney M20E Dec. 13, 2017. Jim Schulze was my instructor, who did a first class job using not only his skill and knowledge, […]
New app helps pilots learn from accidents
The Flight Chain App has launched, designed to help pilots learn from the chain of circumstances in an accident. Flight Chain App is an easier way to read NTSB aviation accident reports by letting pilots see the accident chain, developers note. In addition to viewing accident chains, pilots can search accidents, browse accident rulings, read […]