For Mike Cifelli, three’s the charm. The Long Island resident owns three airplanes: A Bonanza, a Piper Cub, and a 1942 Stearman. “The wife and I, we travel,” he explains. “The Bonanza is what we use to travel, but the Stearman’s just a plane that you can get in and, when you have no place […]
Piper unveils Jet-A powered Seminole
Piper Aircraft has selected the Continental Motors Group new CD-170 compression ignition engine fueled with Jet-A to power the Piper PA-44 Seminole. The multi-engine training aircraft will also feature counter-rotating engines, giving flight schools and training organizations a single lever, FADEC training system, Piper officials said. After selecting the CD-155 Jet-A engine to power the […]
King Schools goes completely online
After more than 40 years spent evolving pilot courses from in-person delivery, to VHS tapes, to computer installations, King Schools has said goodbye to discs and is delivering 100% of its pilot courses online. “It means you can study on any device and your courses are always up-to-date,” said Co-Chairman Martha King. “We have followed two […]
Clay Lacy opens maintenance facility at KOXC
Clay Lacy Aviation has officially opened its 65,000-square-foot aircraft maintenance facility at Waterbury-Oxford Airport (KOXC) in Oxford, Connecticut. Staffed by factory trained technicians on Gulfstream, Bombardier, Dassault, Cessna, and Hawker airframes, the facility offers light line maintenance for engine and airframe, avionics troubleshooting and repairs, and minor interior updates and reconditioning. The process for FAA Part 145 […]
Groundbreaking ceremony slated at KTKI
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 […]