Visitors looking for the true meaning of the words “Dawn Patrol” will get that opportunity Sept. 26 from 7:30 a.m.–9 a.m., as pilots participating in the 2009 World War I Dawn Patrol Rendezvous at the National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, perform a special Saturday morning flight. This early morning flight, which […]
Lightweight seat for Caravans available
Yingling Aviation, which has installed more than 100 OASIS interiors in the Cessna Model 208 Caravan, has developed a new versatile lightweight seat (VLS) for the popular single-engine turboprop. Designed to provide Caravan owners with an option that is lighter and with more comfort, the VLS can be incorporated into the OASIS package or ordered […]
Parade of Planes heads to HWD
The Parade of Planes–West, a new aircraft sales expo, will be held in California at the Hayward Executive Airport (HWD) hosted by Volo Aviation, Oct. 15-17. Aircraft companies scheduled to exhibit include: Cirrus Aircraft, CubCrafters, Diamond Aircraft, Extra Aircraft, Flight Design, Hawker Beechcraft, Aviat Aircraft, Lancair, Mooney, Piper Aircraft, Remos, and Waco Classic. Also on […]
WSI Fusion 2.2 launches
WSI Corp. has released WSI Fusion 2.2, an upgrade to its WSI Fusion application, an online service providing information on changing flight, airport and airspace conditions. New feature added includes tracking of global lightning information, tropical pseudo-radar imagery and projected aircraft positioning. The new release helps operators identify areas of convection that may cause en […]
PennDOT kicks off art contest
The theme for this year’s aviation art contest sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Aviation is “The History of Flight.” “What started as an experiment in flight has grown to a vital international industry that employs 288,000 Pennsylvanians,” said PennDOT Secretary Allen Biehler. “This contest is a great opportunity for children to […]
Weird airport names
A cheap flight website, Skyscanner.com, recently scoured its database of more than 10,000 airports around the world and handpicked what its staff thought were the funniest, rudest and weirdest airport names. On the list are Batman Airport (BAL), Turkey; Useless Loop Airport (USL), Australia; Mafia Airport (MFA), Tanzania; Moron Airport (OZP), Spain; Desolation Sound Airport […]
Improved Thrush to be powered by GE
Officials of Thrush Aircraft were showing off the improved Thrush 510 at this summer’s Oshkosh. But the crop duster wasn’t parked at a Thrush exhibit. Instead, it was parked at the GE Aviation exhibit. That’s because officials with the Albany, Ga.-based company have chosen GE Aviation’s new H80 turboprop engine to power the improved version […]
LSAs reach #100
The Light Sport Aircraft industry has reached a milestone, reaching Special-LSA #100 in less than five years. According to LSA expert (and GAN columnist) Dan Johnson, the 100th LSA is Van’s RV-12. It received its approval July 21, one day after the fifth anniversary of the new rule announcement (July 20, 2004). Johnson, who is […]
CAN wins award
Corporate Angel Network has received a 2009 Public Benefit Flying Award from The National Aeronautic Association and the Air Care Alliance. The Public Benefit Flying award, created to honor volunteers and organizations engaged in flying to help others, was presented Sept. 10 in the Lyndon B. Johnson room of the U.S. Senate. “It began in […]