Saturday, May 15, was a fun day at Sporty’s and one of the busiest ever for Clermont County Airport. Sunny skies prevailed, bringing more than 400 aircraft to Sporty’s sixth annual Fly-In and Open House. Thousands of customers enjoyed a perfect flying day while exploring Sporty’s headquarters, visiting with exhibitors and attending seminars. There was […]
Air Journey’s Round the World Trip uses iPad to navigate volcano ash
Pilots flying Air Journey’s Round the World trip were each given an iPad and a SolidFX e-reader to facilitate their 72-day, 25,000-nm trip circumnavigating the globe. The group departed from Quebec last week and is currently touring Scotland. Air Journey’s Thierry Pouille credits the iPad for helping the group navigate around the clouds of volcanic […]
B-17 visits Seattle’s Museum of Flight
The Seattle-born Boeing B-17 bomber, which played an important role in World War II and aviation history, is celebrating its 75th anniversary of its first flight this year. “Aluminum Overcast,” the Experimental Aircraft Association’s restored B-17G Flying Fortress, returns to the Seattle skies and The Museum of Flight for rides and ground tours from Wednesday, […]
Pilot eLog 2.2 released
SHEALD Inc. has released version 2.2 of Pilot eLog. The program contains 17 different reports and endorsements, online links to FAA and FAR reference sites, the complete text of many logbook-related FARs, and provides immediate viewing of day, night and instrument currency plus BFR and medical expiration dates. It is available in versions for Mac […]
LadiesLoveTaildraggers.com takes off
A new website, LadiesLoveTaildraggers.com, has been created to help connect women across the U.S. who love their taildraggers. According to developers, the site is rapidly growing with a combination of pictures, pilot profiles, and a GoogleMap marking each lady taildragger.
AvFab receives STC for King Air divan/stretcher
Aviation Fabricators (AvFab) has received STC approval for a Hawker Beechcraft four-place Convertible Divan/Stretcher. The STC is applicable to Beechcraft King Air 90 through 300 series aircraft. This unit has the same appearance as a typical four-place divan when installed in passenger configuration. It can be converted into a stretcher while in the aircraft. When […]
Scenes of devastation: Flooding at M88
These pictures recently arrived in our e-mail box, documenting the devastation from floods at Tennessee’s Cornelia Fort Airpark (M88) near Nashville. It may takes months before the airport, which was already up for sale, returns to normal.
Skycatcher top prize for Sporty’s Airplane Give-Away
On May 5, Sporty’s Pilot Shop took delivery of its first Cessna 162 Skycatcher Light Sport Aircraft. Just 10 days later, the Skycatcher was given away as part of Sporty’s annual airplane sweepstakes. The winner of the new Skycatcher was Alan Horowitch from Yuma, Ariz. The drawing came Saturday at Sporty’s annual fly-in at its […]
High school students build turbine engine
Two students took top honors at the Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy’s annual science fair by constructing a turbine engine — that works. Anthony Mosallam (pictured) and Jonathon Deming scrounged up a collection of auto parts and an old leaf blower and put together a loud and fairly powerful jet engine. The turbine compressor came from […]