ASA has released its Private Pilot checkride preparation app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. The Private Pilot Checkride app is based on the Private Oral Exam Guide book by Michael Hayes, the same book series that has helped generations of students pass countless Practical Exams. The app features the questions most likely to be […]
MT propeller STC’d for Husky
Flight Resource, LLC, the world’s largest distributor of MT Propellers, has received an STC to install the 3-blade MT composite propellers to the Aviat Husky. This upgrade provides 17 pounds of weight savings, turbine-like smoothness, reduced noise (inside and out), and improvements in climb and cruise performance, according to company officials. Flight-Resource Founding Partner and […]
‘Over the Hump’ exhibit opens at Air Force museum
A new exhibit focused on the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC), a group that served during World War II, opened Aug. 19 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The First Over the ‘Hump:’ The China National Aviation Corporation exhibit is located in the museum’s Air Power Gallery. It tells the story of […]
XJet joins forces with Avfuel
Avfuel has inked a new branding alliance with X Jet FBO at Centennial Airport (APA) in Denver. The agreement means that X Jet will offer AVTRIP point awards to pilots on qualifying fuel purchases, and also has Avfuel Contract Fuel pricing for jet fuel savings. Avfuel supplies fuel and related services, including quality assurance, safety […]
CFIs concerned about Arizona flight training discussions
Officials at the National Association of Flight Instructors said they recently became aware that the Arizona State Board for Private and Postsecondary Education will have a meeting this week to discuss the “Question of Regulation of Certain Classifications of Airplane Pilot and Instructors under Part 61 of the CFR.” The meeting will be held Thursday, […]
Hopes flying high
When the facelift at the Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport (SPA) in South Carolina is complete, city officials expect the economic impact to be significant, with one city official estimating the airport could bring in double the amount of money it generates now, according to a report at GoUpState.com. A 2006 state Aeronautics Commission study shows […]
Air show pilot Greg Poe to fly at Idaho wind farm opening
Greg Poe, an Idaho native and a world renowned airshow pilot, will fly Tuesday, Aug. 24, at a ceremony to formally welcome Idaho’s largest wind farm. Exergy Development group and its partners, which include GE Energy Financial Services, are breaking ground on the largest wind energy production facility in the state. Poe flies the Fagen […]
TRK breaks ground on new admin building
The Truckee Tahoe Airport (TRK) in California, hosted a ground breaking Friday, Aug. 20, for its replacement administration building project. The project involves relocating existing self-serve fueling facilities for aircraft, parking, and construction of an 11,500-square-foot administration and terminal building. Construction is expected to take 14 months. The existing terminal building will be demolished upon […]
Former CAP national commander dies
Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Casaday of Birmingham, Ala., Civil Air Patrol’s national commander in the late 1970s and a 1980 inductee into the CAP Hall of Honor, died Aug. 16 at the age of 92. At the time of his death, Casaday was a Lifetime Member of CAP. Medically discharged from the U.S. Army in […]