MARYSVILLE, Wash. — Lamar Technologies has acquired Power Products Inc. of Santa Clara, California. Power Products is a manufacturer of battery chargers, analyzers, MIL Spec. motor monitors and thermistors. It has supplied the aviation and commercial industry as well as corporate, helicopter and military sectors with chargers and analyzers for more than 30 years. All Power Products equipment is manufactured […]
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New flight school opens at Coeur d’ Alene Airport
A new flight school, Latitude Aviation, has opened at Pappy Boyington Field (KCOE) outside Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. The school offers primary and advanced flight instruction, starting with a Cessna 150. In addition, Latitude Aviation will be teaching a Private Pilot Ground School through NIC’s Workforce Training Center starting Jan. 24. “Latitude represents an approach to flight […]
Picture of the day: Into the sunset
Lynn Cromer submitted this photo of Chip Lamp flying one of the Trojan Phyler’s T-28s into the sunset.
Barefoot flight training in a SeaRey
“We sell fun,” says Helen Woods, manager of Chesapeake Sport Pilot in Stevensville, Md., a flight school specializing in Light-Sport Aircraft and recognized by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) as one of the 50 best flight schools in the nation. The school operates a fleet of European-made LSAs, but being located next to […]
New study finds that expert pilots see differently
An experienced pilot will make a better decision about whether to attempt a marginal landing while showing only about half as much brain activity as less experienced pilots, according to a recent study completed by scientists at Stanford University. A report on AVweb quotes the study’s lead author, Maheen Adamson: “The data show that the expert pilot […]
Top 10 Historic Aviation Memorabilia
Picollecta, the picture-sharing community for collectors, has compiled a top 10 list of historic aviation memorabilia, including what they sold for at auction. Items are from the Wright brothers, Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh. Care to guess No. 1? It’s probably not what you think…Check it out here
Learn and earn your way to becoming a better pilot
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Foundation’s (AOPA) Air Safety Institute (ASI) has launched the “Earn & Learn Safety Challenge,” a new program that enters those who take aviation safety courses into a quarterly drawing for aviation gear. A new prize will be awarded each quarter, beginning with a Stratus 2 ADS-B receiver – an $899 […]
PlaneSense PC-12 delivers food to the NH Food Bank
PlaneSense, a fractional aircraft company based in Portsmouth, N.H., filled a Pilatus PC-12 aircraft with more than 800 pounds of food for the New Hampshire Food Bank. The food was flown to the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport on Wednesday, Dec. 17, where New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan and Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas greeted the aircraft full of food. NH […]
Evergreen Vintage Aircraft files bankruptcy
The Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Ore., is not closing. That’s the message from officials at the not-for-profit museum in the wake of the bankruptcy filing of Evergreen Vintage Aircraft, a separate for-profit company that owns several vintage aircraft that are on display at the museum, but are not museum property. On Friday, Dec. […]