LiveAirShowTV has once again teamed up with the SUN ’n FUN International Fly-In and Expo and will produce eight hours of live video coverage at the event from Friday, April 7, through Sunday, April 9. LiveAirShowTV produced limited coverage of the 2016 event for the demonstration of the Red Bull Air Race series, featuring pilots […]
Odyssey Aviation Bahamas partners with U.S. FBOs
NASSAU, The Bahamas — Odyssey Aviation Bahamas is partnering with two FBOs in the United States at Detroit’s Willow Run Airport (KYIP) and Orlando’s Kissimmee Gateway Airport (KISM). Owned by the Quantem FBO Group, an FBO acquisition and aviation consulting company, the U.S. FBOs will operate under the Odyssey Aviation brand, forming an international relationship […]
EAA teams with Seaplane Pilots
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and Seaplane Pilots Association (SPA) have entered into a joint effort to boost participation in aviation. “There is a common passion for flight that connects SPA and EAA, with our organizations sharing a significant number of members,” said Jack J. Pelton, EAA Chairman/CEO. “This memo […]
Online UAS training portal launches
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. —The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Training Team at Avion Unmanned has launched its Online UAS Training Portal. Developed to prepare groups and individuals in law enforcement and the commercial sector for the challenges they face in the operation of UAS, also known as drones, in the National Airspace System (NAS), the UAS training portal offers self-paced remote […]
The Millennium Falcon…on a jet
Our good friend Smitty Smith from FunPlacesToFly.com snapped these photos of the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars painted on a jet at the Commemorative Air Force’s Wings Over Dallas Air Show in Dallas, Texas, in October, 2016.
72 hours in Phoenix
Day 1 Arriving at Sedona Airport (KSEZ) — “America’s Most Scenic Airport” — at sunrise is a dramatic experience, even for a general aviation pilot who has flown the approach through downtown San Diego (KSAN) and landed at the Catalina “Airport in the Sky” (KAVX). Sedona’s Runway 3/21 is perched on the edge of a 500-foot tall mesa, […]
Will medical reform be put on hold by new administration?
The Experimental Aircraft Association is reporting that the Trump administration put a freeze on new federal regulations, ordering that no new regulations be published in the Federal Register — which serves as official notification of the nation’s regulations and policies from the executive branch of government. As part of that order, all regulations that have […]
50th anniversary of Apollo program to be celebrated at Oshkosh
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — Astronauts from the Apollo missions that put humans on the moon for the first time are expected to be at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo program. The 65th annual Experimental Aircraft Association fly-in convention is July 24-30 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. […]
South Wind replacement cabin heaters now available
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — As a result of its asset purchase of C&D Associates in 2016, Hartzell Engine Technologies (HET) is now producing a line of South Wind replacement heaters under the Janitrol Aero brand. “Our new Janitrol Aero brand replacements for South Wind cabin heaters are FAA certified and/or PMA approved and will not be affected […]