Elinor Smith (Sullivan), aviation pioneer and record-setting pilot, died Friday, March 19, in Palo Alto, California, at the age of 98. One of the youngest and most daring pilots of the 1920s, Smith set numerous records for endurance, altitude, and speed. She also worked as a test pilot. But she is perhaps best remembered as […]
X-Air now selling factory direct
X-Air is now selling its Light Sport Aircraft directly from the factory. The company is offering demo flights, flight training, sales and service at its headquarters in Bend, Oregon. The company also is planning to establish a number of flight centers around the United States. “We have been selling aircraft through Sportsplanes.com,” said Matt Verdieck, […]
Orlando Flight Training adds Sport Pilot training
Orlando Flight Training (OFT) at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) in Florida is expanding its service offerings to include a sport pilot training program with the addition of four new Cessna Skycatcher aircraft to its fleet in Summer 2010. “These new aircraft will allow our team to provide students with additional flight training program options,” said […]
MT-Prop certified on Merlin IIB
MT-Propeller recently received an FAA STC for the next generation five-blade scimitar composite propeller MTV-27-1-E-C-F-R(G)/CFR210-58d on the M7 Aerospace SA 26-AT (Merlin IIB). The propeller installation improves the overall performance, reducing outside and cabin noise, while giving more ground clearance, according to company officials. For more information: MT-Propeller.com
EAA SportAir Workshops slated
SportAir Workshop programs return to the EAA Aviation Center in Oshkosh as well as Griffin, Georgia, in the upcoming weeks. On April 9-11, the E-LSA Repairman Inspection course will be held in Oshkosh. The course allows participants to earn an FAA Repairman/Inspection certificate for their experimental Light-Sport Aircraft (E-LSA). Those who successfully complete the FAA-approved […]
StandardAero to reopen SPI engine shop
StandardAero will reopen the engine shop at its service center at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) in Springfield, Ill., in the third quarter of 2010. Initially, the shop will be capable of providing major periodic inspections (MPIs) for TFE731 engines. The capabilities of the shop will be reassessed periodically with a possibility of adding other […]
Stop LASP Town Hall Meeting March 27
A Town Hall Meeting to stop the TSA’s Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP) will be held March 27 at at Peach State Aerodrome (GA2), south of Atlanta in Williamson, Ga. Speakers include John Hyle, airline captain and warbird pilot and Alan Armstrong, aviation attorney and published author. U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) also is expected […]
Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prize launches
The Creative Solutions Alliance (CSA), a nonprofit organization founded by Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s grandson Erik Lindbergh, has launched the Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prize (LEAP), a new technology prize “designed to stimulate meaningful advances in the fledgling electric aircraft industry,” according to alliance officials. “The Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prize is the culmination of my […]
Amphib floats available for Carbon Cub SS
CubCrafters’ list of options for the Carbon Cub SS and the Sport Cub S2 now includes Baumann 1500A amphibious floats. The STOL performance that the Carbon Cub SS has been widely recognized for is now available to pilots seeking an amphibious float application, according to officials with the Yakima, Wash.-based company. CubCrafters recently finished ASTM […]