By BRENT OWENS Airplane ownership is one of the best things about flying. The freedom, sense of pride and camaraderie afforded by owning your own airplane is truly a game-changer. The detractor in all of this is the cost. In the U.S. alone the annual cost to own and fly an average four passenger, non-complex, […]
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How does a Cub driver prepare for NextGen?
By JEFFREY BOCCACCIO. Anybody reading our Fly the Distance with NextGen series knows that we took the series to the streets and performed a one-hour event at this year’s SUN ’n FUN. To be perfectly honest, we really did not know just how much interest there was in the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), […]
SocialFlight launches Ambassador program to promote general aviation
SocialFlight, which now powers the General Aviation News calendar, has launched its Ambassador program, enlisting pilots and aviation enthusiasts from around the world to promote general aviation through the events that give pilots reasons to fly. More than 25 ambassadors from across the United States and Canada are already signed up with the program and […]
Four to enter National Aviation Hall of Fame
DAYTON, Ohio — The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) will soon add four more names to its roster of 215 air and space pioneers previously honored by the Congressionally chartered organization. Among the four individuals to be inducted on Oct. 4, is the first Army Aviator to be enshrined into the Hall, retired Major […]
Window World uses corporate aircraft to reunite military family
RICHMOND, Va. — Window World, America’s largest replacement window and home remodeling company, volunteered its corporate aircraft on Aug. 2 to fly a wounded veteran and his family from Colorado Springs to Richmond, Va. This trip was the 51st mission Window World has flown for Veterans Airlift Command, a nonprofit that facilitates free, private air transportation to wounded veterans and their […]
First students graduate from Embry-Riddle Ph.D programs
In a milestone for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the first students have completed the research-based Ph.D. degree programs the university launched in 2010 – Jaime Rubio Hervas with a Ph.D. in engineering physics and Robert “Buck” Joslin with a Ph.D. in aviation. During his studies at Embry-Riddle, Rubio Hervas helped develop an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) […]
3,000th Air Tractor delivered
OLNEY, Texas — An international gathering of dignitaries was on hand as Air Tractor President Jim Hirsch presented the company’s 3,000th Air Tractor airplane to its new owners from Brazil. The Air Tractor AT-502B, a bright yellow single-seat agricultural aircraft, rolled off the company’s production line in mid-July and recently returned from being on display […]
Frugal flying
We put out a call to our readers for their tips on how to save money flying. Here are a few of their responses: Roy Fassel: Who needs new? What you need is airworthy: 1979 Tomahawk with Sparrowhawk conversion (125hp), two-place, IFR equipped, 125 mph, 5.5-6 gph, 900 hours before TBO. Purchase price (including tax): […]
Backcountry pilots applaud Monument court decision
GREAT FALLS, Montana –Officials with the Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) report that a recent decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals largely upholds the backcountry airstrip designations on Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. The RAF and Montana Pilots’ Association mobilized early on in the Bureau of Land Management planning process to retain the […]