Frederick Johnsen, former U.S. Air Force historian and director of the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards Air Force Base, California, and a frequent contributor to General Aviation News, will receive the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) History Manuscript Award. Johnsen is being honored for his manuscript, Sweeping Forward. AIAA will present […]
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Keynote speakers named for U.S. Sport Aviation Expo
Retired astronaut Story Musgrave, former SR-71 pilot USAF Col. Richard Graham (Ret.), and AOPA feature writer Dave Hirschman are this year’s keynote speakers for the 11th annual U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, Jan. 14-17, on Sebring Regional Airport (SEF). Keynote speakers will make their presentations daily at 1:30 p.m. in the Aviators Hot Line Show Center Tent. […]
Hartzell names service facility in Dubai
Hartzell Propeller has named Segers Aviation SA as a recommended service facility in the Dubai Airport Free Zone, United Arab Emirates. The Segers Group of companies consists of specialists in engine and propeller overhaul, with other locations in the U.S., U.K., South Africa and Singapore. Segers Group is the parent company of Proptech Portsmouth in […]
Picture of the day: Animals and airplanes
Dan McGreevy from Texas sent along this sign of a bad mix:
Pilots appointed to House Transportation Committee
Two more pilots are joining the powerful U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee when the 114th Congress convenes in January. The Committee and its Aviation Subcommittee will play a vital role in setting long-term spending priorities for the FAA during the 2015 Reauthorization process. Rep. Todd Rokita, (R-Ind.), is among the 12 new committee […]
Under development: RPA that can fly horizontally and vertically
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A different kind of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) is under construction in the Unmanned Systems Laboratory at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. The craft, which is still in the development stages, can not only fly horizontally, it can fly vertically as well. Click here to view a video of how it will work. […]
GA turtle rescue continues
Rescuers who are trying to save the lives of endangered sea turtles stranded on Cape Cod beaches are hoping for more GA volunteers, especially pilots with roomy airplanes like a PC-12 or King Air, volunteer organizer Leslie Weinstein told AVweb this week. “We have successfully transported over 500 sea turtles thanks to all of you [pilots],” Weinstein said. […]
New name for Granby Airport
Granby-Grand County Airport (KGNB) in Colorado has a new name: Emily Warner Field, to honor the first woman hired as a commercial airline pilot in the United States. Warner had a home in Granby for more than two decades and was a regular at the airport which now bears her name, according to a report […]
Stunning images a violation in the waiting, perhaps
Quartz magazine compiled a collection of images taken from the flight decks of commercial aircraft the world over. The post also dives deep into the violations of FAA and EASA regulations – potential or actual – taking these photos creates.