“Smitty” Smith from FunPlacesToFly.com sent in this very short video celebrating his latest flight on May 6. He says: “A beautiful spring day in Texas. Green fields, soft winds and a nice runway to land on. It don’t git no better than this.” [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oBn-lHMR_k]
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First Mooney Summit planned for June
PASO ROBLES, Calif. – The first Mooney Summit, sponsored by The Mooney Flyer, will be held June 12-14 at KPRB. Planned events include a wine tour, evening reception at Estrella Warbird Museum, seminars for Mooney owners and pilots as well as non-pilots, and a lunch presentation by the Commander of the Navy’s Strike Fighter Wing, US […]
P85 completes Phase I flight testing
Altitude Group has completed Phase I flight testing of the P85. Based on the fixed-gear tailwheel Radial Rocket is powered by a 400-horsepower liquid cooled Chevy LS V8 engine. “Combining V8 power with a very capable and proven airframe design has resulted in a new benchmark for high performance with economy of acquisition and operation,” […]
Video: Installing ADS-B into a 172
In this video from FunPlacesToFly.com, Anthony Arispe talks about the installation of the Navworx ADS-B unit in a Cessna 172. He also reviews the tools involved, plus a full explanation of the entire system. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mioqZwwq-4&w=560&h=315]
Video: Barefoot Airplane Waterskiing
The coolest waterskiing tow-boat ever…
Video: Jumping out of a perfectly good B-17
“It’s not every day you get to jump out of a Perfectly Good Flying Fortress!” But that’s exactly what members of the Chicagoland Skydiving Center did when the Collings Foundation’s B-17 “Nine-O-Nine” stopped in Chicago 2014. Gives new meaning to the term “bombs away.”
Video: Return of the Catalina
To preserve the memory of forgotten PBY Catalina Pilots of World War II, documentary filmmaker Daniel Bunker is making ‘Return of the Catalina‘. “The film documents the restoration of a Catalina and the subsequent flight from Spain to Australia to honor the men who reconnected Australia to England after the fall of Singapore,” says Bunker. “The World […]
Flying the Grand Canyon
The latest blog from Gene Lee at The HD Pilot chronicles a flight to the Grand Canyon in his RV-7A. He begins: “It was the first week of May when I took a trip out to Tucson, Ariz., to visit friends. At that point, already being far west of Dallas and relatively so close to […]
Fast Aviation launches HangarSwap.com
SANFORD, Fla. – Fast Aviation has launched a Seller Program – HangarSwap.com – to connect buyers and sellers of aircraft parts. Membership to HangarSwap.com is free (until the end of the year) and takes a 3% commission when your listing is sold. “No hidden fees or anything extra,” says Fast Aviation CEO Rachel Payne. “It […]