BLOOMER, Wis. — Flight Resource, the world’s largest distributor of MT Propellers, reports that an STC has been approved to install 4-blade MT composite propellers on the Cirrus SR22 and SR22T, including those with Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI). This upgrade provides up to 17 pounds of weight savings, turbine-like smoothness, reduced noise (inside and out), and […]
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Lee Lauderback to be inducted into EAA Hall of Fame
EAA Warbirds of America has chosen Stallion 51’s Lee Lauderback as its 2013 inductee into the 2013 EAA Sport Aviation Hall of Fame. Lauderback was selected by the Warbirds Nominating Committee and approved by the board of directors during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The 2013 EAA Sport Aviation Hall of Fame ceremony will be held Thursday, […]
The mogas debate
By MICHAEL G. MOONEY The debate about using mogas in aircraft has been around my entire aviation career. I’m a pilot and love all things aviation, but after 25 years working as an aviation fuel supplier, I have some real concerns about the use of automotive motor gasoline (mogas) in aircraft. Aviation fuel suppliers are […]
Advocating for NextGen
Representatives from a diverse group of industries and organizations joined Monday to discuss the successes and upcoming challenges of NextGen, the FAA’s initiative to modernize the nation’s air transportation system, and to warn in the last day of the fiscal year about sequestration budget cuts that threaten to impede NextGen’s progress. “If we don’t keep […]
Burke earns Wright Brothers’ Master Pilot Award
On Oct. 21, 1962, Thomas Allen Burke, then 19, successfully completed his first solo flight in a Piper Colt out of the Raleigh Municipal Airport in North Carolina. Now a resident of Greenville, S.C., Burke has safety piloted a number of different makes and models of aircraft. Burke served many years as Chief Flight Instructor […]
Copperstate prepares for takeoff
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Since 1971, Copperstate Fly-In & Aviation Expo has been a great place to see a diverse blend of aircraft in action, attend informative workshops, and check out the latest aviation products. It has grown by about 10% a year since it was established. In 2013 it attracted more than 500 aircraft and […]
Wings and Wheels fundraiser at OXB
On Saturday, Nov. 9, the Wings and Wheels display and competition will be held at the Ocean City Municipal Airport (OXB) to raise funds for the maintenance and care of the Huey memorial display. The event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. will have motor vehicles and aircraft on display, food vendors, beer […]
Disney’s ‘Planes’ lands on DVD, Blu-Ray
Disney’s “Planes” lands in homes and mass retailers nationwide on Nov. 19. The underdog story about a crop dusting plane named Dusty with sky-high dreams touches down on Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD and On-Demand featuring several bonus features. To view an 8-minute peek of the film, click here. http://youtu.be/WBi4FWOgNPc Directed by Klay Hall (“King of […]
The future of fuel
“We have to stop loving the problem and just fix it.” Those words, spoken by Lycoming’s Michael Kraft at the 2010 AirVenture, may sum up best the quest to find an unleaded replacement for 100LL. Ostensibly, the industry has been working since the early 1990s towards finding a solution, but efforts didn’t really get serious until […]