Garmin has introduced several enhancements and an expanded feature set for the Garmin Pilot application on Apple and Android mobile devices. New for Android, Garmin Pilot customers can now access synthetic vision (SVX), as well as pilot-configurable checklists within the app, according to company officials. Garmin officials report that customers using Garmin Pilot on an Apple mobile […]
New edition of Visualized Flight Maneuvers Handbook released
ASA has released the fourth edition of Visualized Flight Maneuvers For High Wing Aircraft. The updated version complies with the Private Pilot Airman Certification Standards (ACS-6). Company officials note that the handbook covers all the flight maneuvers required for Private, Sport, Commercial, and Flight Instructor certification. Each maneuver is depicted in detail according to type […]
Paradigm Aerobatic Team returns to Oshkosh
Glenn Brasch of AirportCourtesyCars.com, who is volunteering at EAA AirVenture 2017, sent us this photo of the Paradigm Aerobatic Team at this week’s show. The team, made of pilots from the United States, Spain and France, debuted at last year’s AirVenture. Led by Eric Farewell of Aviator PPG in Central Florida, the team is the […]
Video: Flying into Oshkosh
Ever wonder what it would be like to fly into Oshkosh? How about flying into Oshkosh in John Glenn’s Baron? The folks at MZeroA.com just posted a 16-minute video of what was going on in the cockpit while approaching and arriving at the biggest airshow on the planet. Check it out here:
Young Eagles partners with the legendary Stan Lee
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is teaming with The Stan Lee Foundation, a public charity promoting literacy, education, and the arts, to promote EAA’s Young Eagles program and encourage education and exploration for young people in all areas of aviation and aeronautics. Stan Lee, the legendary creator of such comic-book […]
Soloy Aviaton Solutions unveils C182 with SMA engine at OSH
Soloy Aviation Solutions, along with its engine manufacturing partner SMA, unveiled a Cessna 182 featuring the new SMA SR305-230E compression ignition engine burning Jet-A at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017 — after it flew non-stop to Oshkosh from Olympia, Wash., a 1,485 nm journey. Soloy Aviation has completed the engineering and manufacturing elements of the program and […]
Forecast estimates 1.2 million pilots and technicians needed by 2036
Boeing released its 2017 Pilot and Technician Outlook at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017, which projects a demand for more than 1.2 million pilots and technicians over the next 20 years. Boeing forecasts that between 2017 and 2036, the world’s commercial aviation industry will require approximately: 637,000 new commercial airline pilots; 648,000 new commercial airline maintenance […]
Tempest debuts ‘non-sticking’ oil filter
Tempest Plus Marketing Group (TPMG) has introduced SPIN EZ, the industry’s first truly “non-sticking” oil filter, according to company officials. According to Tempest officials, spin-on oil filters have historically been difficult to remove from the engine. But SPIN EZ’s proprietary adhered solid seal lubricant stays where it’s supposed to, company officials explain. Tempest SPIN EZ […]
Reaching out to Oshkosh crowds
Glenn Brasch of AirportCourtesyCars.com is volunteering at the Experimental Aircraft Association‘s AirVenture 2017 in Oshkosh this week, as well as sending photos to General Aviation News. This was snapped on opening day, July 24, 2017, as a skywriter finished up a simple message for the opening day crowds.