Building on the success of the hands-on workshops offered monthly at the Zenith Aircraft kit factory in the USA, Zenair is expanding its educational kit aircraft building classes to Europe. On June 29-30, 2017, in Nancy, France, the first US-style workshop will be hosted by Barge Aviation, a longtime Zenair representative in northeastern France. Zenith […]
Flying friends
Rafael Cortes sent in this photo, explaining: “A group of Light-Sport friends flying together around Puerto Rico. This picture was taken at Ponce’s Airport.”
Video: An unexpected effect
Smitty Smith of FunPlacesToFly.com, recently put together a video on the unexpected effect of using a GoPro Hero 5 with image stabilization. “In this flight video, we used new GoPro Hero 5 Action Cameras with image stabilization to see how well they work,” he said. “We discovered a new effect where the cameras track the horizon […]
Transition to the Sky
LAKELAND, Florida — Transition to the Sky is a new program offered at the Aerospace Center for Excellence on the SUN ‘n FUN campus on Lakeland Linder Regional Airport that is designed to prepare people with special needs and their families for future air travel. Participants learn what it is like to experience steps associated with […]
Brad Wursten to perform at Reno
Brad Wursten Airshows will perform at the 54th National Championship Air Races this Sept. 13t-17 in his MXS-R aerobatic aircraft by MX aircraft. “Brad Wursten brings power and performance to each airshow,” Mike Crowell, President and CEO of the Reno Air Racing Association said. “We are very excited for our fans to be able to […]
FAA tests space-based ADS-B
Aireon and the FAA recently completed a successful flight test of space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology, collecting ADS-B data to be used as part of a larger validation effort exploring the new system’s capability from low-earth orbit. The flight took place on Thursday, March 30, 2017, utilizing the FAA’s specially equipped “flying laboratory” Bombardier jet […]
AEAV to build fuel farm at KSDF
American Environmental Aviation (AEAV)has been tapped by Atlantic Aviation to build its new fuel farm at Louisville International Airport (KSDF). The project will include the construction of a new 180,000-gallon JetA fuel farm on a portion of Atlantic’s expanded leasehold. Avgas and MoGas will also be stored at the new farm. Under the terms of the contract, AEAV […]
Looking at the crazy mountains
Kyle Zimmerman sent in this photo, noting: “C-172 looking towards the crazy mountains near Billings, Montana.”
LiveAirShowTV brings SUN ‘n FUN to the world
LiveAirshowTV broke new ground with its broadcast coverage of the 43rd SUN ‘n FUN International Fly in & Expo. With record-setting numbers in attendance, the airshow production company created hundreds of hours of footage and three, five-hour live broadcasts Friday through Sunday of the six-day show. Feeding two state-of-the-art 16’ x 27’ LED video wall […]