President Barack Obama last week signed into law a bill that expands educational funding opportunities for active duty servicemen and women, for the first time including flight training in eligible programs. Both Houses of Congress passed the “Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010” during the busy lame duck session of the 111th Congress. […]
Long-time Sun ‘n Fun volunteer dies in boating accident
Long-time Sun ‘n Fun volunteer Robert Romanelli was killed Jan. 3 when an explosion occurred on a boat he was on board in Del Ray, Florida. Romanelli, who volunteered at Sun ‘n Fun for 26 years, served as a Classic judge in the Aircraft Judging area and most recently in the Rotorcraft area. “He could […]
PilotMall.com releases flight planning app
PilotMall.com, Inc. has released its Flight Computer iTunes app. This proprietary flight planning application, priced at $6.99, presents pilots with a user-friendly interface and a set of four buttons. Pilots can use Flight Computer as a simple timer or calculator and can easily convert between Nautical, Statute and Metric measurements from length to weight to […]
CubCrafters awarded STC for extended landing gear
CubCrafters has recently been awarded another Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) by the FAA for the new 3X3 (3-by-3) landing gear, available as a modification for all PA-18 Super Cubs. The new design moves the wheels 3 inches forward and 3 inches lower than stock gear and increases the strength of the gear system as a […]
iBook editions of popular ASA titles released
Six new iBook Editions have been added to an expanding library of eBooks from ASA: “Flying Carpet” by Greg Brown, “You Can Fly!” by Greg Brown, Laurel Lippert, and Tom Lippert, “The Golden Years of Flying” by Captain Tex Searle, the “Private Oral Exam Guide” and “Instrument Oral Exam Guide” by Michael D. Hayes, and […]
Kromer joins SimCom
Bob Kromer has joined SimCom Training International team as Vice President, Marketing. Prior to joining SimCom, he was most Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Customer Service at Piper Aircraft, Inc. in Vero Beach, Florida. Throughout his 30-year career in general aviation, Kromer has also held various management and engineering positions at Cessna, Mooney, and […]
Cessna Pilots Association slates courses
If you take a Systems and Procedures Course from the Cessna Pilots Association, CPA Executive Director John Frank promises, “You will learn more about your Cessna airplane than 99% of Cessna owners ever will.” Each Systems and Procedures Course instructor is an experienced mechanic, aircraft owner and high-time pilot, he notes. The course takes the […]
The runway behind, the sky ahead
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association President Craig Fuller recently sent out a review of 2010, as well as a look ahead to the opportunities and challenges for 2011, unveiling the organization’s theme for 2011: Rally GA. “It’s meant to energize those who fly and dream of flying to slip those surly bonds of earth and […]
Blame Continental sale on 1994 law
The sale of Continental Motors to a Chinese company controlled by the government has caused enormous concern, and no shortage of blaming greedy corporations for selling off American iconic companies to make a quick buck, states J. Mac McClellan in his EAA Sport Aviation blog, noting that while “those are heartfelt sentiments… they miss the […]