McKINNEY, Texas – McKinney National Airport (KTKI) is hosting an event Friday, April 20, 2018, at 11 a.m. to celebrate the groundbreaking of its new 17,000-square-foot FBO and executive terminal. The new transient hangar, which broke ground last month, and executive terminal are designed for the McKinney Air Center, which is the FBO providing fuel […]
Picture of the Day: Flying at Paradise City
General Aviation News Publisher Ben Sclair captured this photo of the Belite Chipper going through its paces at Paradise City at SUN ‘n FUN. Paradise City, which boasts a grass airstrip on Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport, is where light-sport aircraft, ultralights and more fly until sundown during the fly-in. Would you like to have your photo […]
First Flight: Sun Flyer 2
DENVER, Colorado – The prototype Sun Flyer 2 aircraft had its first flight April 10, 2018. The prototype aircraft flight test program, which began in late March, is being conducted at Centennial Airport (KAPA), south of Denver, Colorado, and is now progressing to increased speed, altitude and endurance capabilities, according to officials with Bye Aerospace, […]
Video: Goodbye Fish-Eye
Our friends at FunPlacesToFly.com just posted this video, which shows a comparison between the Field of View Settings of Wide versus Linear on GoPro Session 5 cameras. “We mounted two cameras, side-by-side on the strut of our Cessna,” says Smitty Smith, the force behind FunPlacesToFly.com, “one set with a field of view of Wide and […]
Aviat’s Husky rolls out with more than a dozen new enhancements
Aviat Aircraft landed at SUN ‘n FUN with more than a dozen enhancements to the venerable Husky. “The Husky has a proud heritage; it’s reliable, safe and built with quality craftsmanship,” said Stuart Horn, president, Aviat Aircraft. “We listened to our customers and have been working hard to make enhancements that we know pilots and […]
Tecnam sells six P2008s to International Aero Academy
Tecnam and Lakeland Linder’s International Aero Academy announced on opening day of SUN ’n FUN an aircraft purchase agreement for an initial six P2008 aircraft with the first delivery scheduled in the sec0nd quarter of 2018. IAA is an FAA-certificated ab initio and accelerated flight academy with authority to issue foreign student visas for training. […]
Pictures of the Day: Seen at SUN ‘n FUN 2018
One of our favorite photographers, Geremy Kornreich, sent in these photos he took at this year’s SUN ‘n FUN, which ran from April 10-15, 2018. 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 Day are also […]
Aviation’s newest superhero
Sure, Black Panther has surpassed $1 billion at the box office since its recent release. And you probably know that the Marvel Comics’ franchise, The Avengers, is wildly popular with audiences worldwide. But did you know that aviation has its own superhero? Aviore was gifted to the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) by the Stan Lee […]
Long-term FAA reauthorization bill introduced in the House of Representatives
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee have introduced the bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (H.R. 4), a five-year bill to reauthorize the FAA. H.R. 4 was introduced in the House by the entire bipartisan leadership of the Committee and its six subcommittees, including Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill […]