12 aviation luminaries will be inducted into the EAA Halls of Fame in November 2021, including General Aviation News columnist Dan Johnson.
Piper M600 sim gets FAA nod
The M600/SLS simulator has an actual M600 fuselage, pilot seating, sub panels, switching and flight controls, and a multi-channel projection system with wrap around visuals. It also features M600 type specific Garmin G3000 avionics with Piper’s HALO safety system, inflight stability protection, level mode, and auto throttle system.
Picture of the Day: Over Wisconsin on a fall afternoon
Jim Stevenson submitted this photo and note: “Ross Wilke in his Aviat Husky over Southern Wisconsin in October 2020.”
Video: Triple Tree Fly-In
The five-minute video covers the highlights of the 14th annual Triple Tree Fly-In, with lots of shots of airplanes landing.
Fly for a Cure mascots take flight
The annual campaign has pilots flying the company’s mascots to FBOs. The more FBOs the mascots visit, the more money Paragon Aviation Group will donate to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
Enrollment begins for San Diego museum’s ground school
“Our Ground School is very basic training for the beginner or a solid refresher for former pilots,” said Museum educator Ross E. ‘Rossco’ Davis. “We aim to reach new and non-traditional audiences for pilot training — the skeptics, the unsure, and the uninitiated — who might shy away from formal commercial flight schools. We have no planes to rent, no fuel to sell, and no ulterior motives. We just want more people to learn what it takes to fly.”
Picture of the Day: Tongass Narrows
Jeff DeFreest submitted this photo and note: “Floats planes on the ramp at Murphy’s Landing (8K9) in Ketchikan, Alaska. After landing on the saltwater, it’s advisable to get high and dry, and then rinse off with fresh water if you can!”
TBM Owners and Pilots Association gathers
The annual convention, which drew 101 TBMs and more than 280 people, also raised more than $207,000 for the TBMOPA Foundation, which offers safety seminars, advanced training programs, and scholarships.
Aerospace home movies now online
Included in the privately shot and home movies are German fighters in 1918, Alaska bush flying the 1940s; Aerocar fun in 1968, the Boeing XB-15, early model rocket launches, the recovery of Apollo 13, 1930s China, Camp Lewis aviation in the 1920s, and airline travel in the 1940s and 1950s.