Satcom Direct has added graphical weather to its FlightDeck Freedom (FDF) service for aircraft equipped with Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 Integrated Flight Information System (IFIS). Aircraft that use Pro Line 21 include the Bombardier Challenger 300 and 605; the Cessna CJ1+, CJ2+, CJ3, CJ4, Encore+, and XLS+; the Gulfstream G150; and the Hawker 750, […]
10,000 miles in an LSA, 10,000 to go
With the total distance traveled at nearly 11,000 miles, Michael Combs has piloted his Remos Light Sport Aircraft beyond the halfway point of The Flight for the Human Spirit, designed to inspire people to never give up on their dreams. At the 79th stop in 19 flying days of a 50-state journey, Combs was greeted […]
Luscombe ‘Win Me’ winners chosen
The Luscombe Endowment’s “WIN ME” promotion kicked off in 2008, with pilots buying tickets for the chance to win a variety of prizes, including the grand prize: A Luscombe T8F. In a drawing held June 7, Moiya Linden of Wickenburg, Ariz., won the grand prize. The official presentation of her prize is tentatively slated at […]
Rochester Wings Expo prepares for takeoff
Avemco Insurance Company President Jim Lauerman is the featured speaker for the Rochester Wings Aviation Expo at the Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) in New York June 18-19. Lauerman will address the issues of risk management in the cockpit that go beyond training and technology in his presentation titled, “We Have Met the Enemy, and […]
Modified LASP expected later this year
A rewrite of the Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP) is underway by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials, according to a report by Aviation International News, which quotes TSA Assistant Administrator John Sammon: “The regulation is being written as we speak and hopefully we’ll get [a notice of proposed rulemaking] out on the street sometime this […]
Crossing the line
LETTER TO THE EDITOR “If you cross the line, you’ve crossed the line” (FAA runway safety initiative launched). How true, but it more often occurs after landing and not completely clearing the runway. Just because your seat in the cockpit is across the hold short line doesn’t mean you are “clear of the runway.” I […]
NTSB recommends groups check pilot currency before charitable medical flights
The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that The Air Care Alliance require voluntary pilot organizations to verify pilot currency before every flight. The NTSB is also recommending that voluntary pilot organizations inform passengers, when inquiring about a flight, that the charitable medical flight would not be conducted under the same standards that apply to […]
Bye Energy adds jobs, relocates to APA
Bye Energy, Inc., which is developing an electric and hybrid powerplant for GA, has relocated its headquarters to the TacAir 8 building at Centennial Airport (APA) in Englewood, Colo. The larger facility allows Bye Energy additional space for engineering and administrative staff in support of “The Green Flight Project”, which launched in February and is […]
Extra 500 turboprop lands in U.S.
Extra Aircraft’s new Rolls Royce-powered, six-seat, pressurized 500 Spirit turboprop is now available in North America. The product of nearly 30 years of building and certifying world champion aerobatic aircraft, the Extra 500 Spirit benefits from aerodynamic shapes only achievable with carbon fiber composite construction, according to company officials. The use of carbon fiber has […]