Does the perfect pilot exist? If you ask most pilots, they’ll jokingly reply, “Sure, you’re looking at him.” But it’s no joke to Bill Rhodes, who is heading up the Airmanship Education Research Initiative (AERI). A retired Air Force officer, he specializes in professional ethics, having served as head of the philosophy department at the […]
Day 1: American Barnstormers Tour
The American Barnstormers Tour, a nostalgic salute to the barnstormers who ventured across America during the 1920s seeking fame and fortune in their biplanes, has made its first stop on a seven-city tour, with 20 restored vintage aircraft from the 1920s and 1930s landing at Mason City Airport (MCW) in Iowa. Sarah Wilson, who is […]
Green 100 Octane Coalition formed
Type groups representing owners of high-performance piston aircraft have formed the Green 100 Octane Coalition to raise awareness of issues surrounding the impending demise of 100LL, according to a report on AVweb. Members include the American Bonanza Society, the Malibu Mirage Owners and Pilots Association, the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association and some individuals. Read […]
Building a house out of a 747
A Malibu woman is building a house out of a 747 — not exactly GA, but interesting nonetheless! Check it out:
Airspace around cities to get facelift
Airspace around major cities will be getting a facelift this year, and pilots have the opportunity to decide what the new airspace will look like, according to a report at AOPA.org, which notes: “The FAA will propose modifications to nearly half of the Class B airspace areas across the country (it takes two to three […]
Blue Thunder II claims new speed record
Pilot/owner/builder John Parker, a Formula One air race champion and holder of several speed records at shorter distances in his earlier Thunder Mustang, Blue Thunder, took his successor machine, Blue Thunder II, to record speeds over a long course set up at the Golden West Fly-In last weekend in Marysville, California. Parker went fast enough […]
Restoration of missionary pilot’s house begins
The house in Shell Mera, Ecuador, that Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) missionary martyr Nate Saint built in 1948 still stands, but it’s crumbling from termites and the daily rain that deluges the eastern Andean foothills. Chris Nevins of the non-profit construction ministry Fuel the Mission is about to change that. On June 15 Nevins and […]
Volunteers hone emergency skills at CAP academy
More than 600 of Civil Air Patrol’s citizen volunteers are receiving multidisciplinary training over the next two weeks at the National Emergency Services Academy (NESA). Now in its 14th year, NESA is held at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, a 35,000-acre Indiana National Guard facility in Edinburgh, Ind. NESA consists of three schools – […]
New runway at CLT improves GA access
A new third parallel runway, 18R/36L, was recently opened at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), improving general aviation and business aviation access to Charlotte, N.C., and the surrounding area. This is the airport’s fourth runway and third parallel runway. The addition of the new 9,000-foot runway permits triple independent instrument landings. The primary purpose of […]