To coincide with the 70th anniversary of the first flight of a U.S. jet plane, the DVD “Whittle – The Jet Pioneer” will be released on Oct. 2. The DVD, which will sell for $24.98, chronicles the story of Sir Frank Whittle, the aviator and engineer who invented the jet engine. The story is told […]
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Open House and Fly-In slated for AL60
The 8th annual Open House and Fly-In by Greg Koontz Airshows will be held Saturday, Oct. 20, at Dugger Field Airport (AL60) in Ashville, Ala. “Every plane nut, neighbor and friend is invited,” the flyer says, noting there is a $10 registration fee requested for all adult participants. Organizers say “please don’t be offended by […]
Flying above the ordinary
CFII Paul Berge sent along this link to a new video on YouTube from Above The Ordinary, a new website dedicated to getting non-pilots excited about flight enough to get them to drive out to the airport “before our GA airports become ghost towns.”
New name for turbo Skylane
Cessna is renaming its jet-fuel burning turbo aircraft unveiled at AirVenture last month as the Turbo Skylane NXT. It’s now called the Turbo Skylane JT-ATM. “As confirmed by customer feedback at Oshkosh, the name Turbo Skylane JT-ATM better captures and reflects the innovative features of the new plane than the NXT designation,” Cessna officials said […]
New high school leverages aviation to the max
Imagine a high school that takes Fridays off and includes flight training as part of the curriculum. That’s reality for some 300 Albuquerque students at the new Southwest Aeronautics, Mathematics & Science Academy (SAMS) located at Double Eagle II Airport, according to a report at AOPA.org. The charter school, located in the building that once […]
Zenith celebrates 20th anniversary
Kit builder Zenith Aircraft is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. “Over the past 20 years kit and experimental aircraft have evolved,” said Sebastien Heintz, president of Zenith Aircraft Co. “However, the aircraft kits and the industry have changed drastically.” Maturity can be a good thing, he noted. “In terms of kit quality, precision, parts […]
Just an illusion of privacy
“The Block Aircraft Registration Request [Barr] program doesn’t really provide privacy; it’s just a barrier,” Dustin Hoffman, president of Los Angeles-based IT engineering firm Exigent Systems, is quoted in a report at Aviation International News. Hoffman, who has a private pilot certificate and flies a piston single for his business, set out to prove his […]
Win a ride in a T-6 Texan
By DALE FORTON. The Houston Chapter of the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) is selling raffle tickets at the Wings & Wheels event on Sept. 15 at the Hobby Airport 1940 Air Terminal Museum. The drawing will be held that day. First prize is a ride in a North American T-6 Texan. Second place is […]
NextGen Institute slates annual public meeting
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The NextGen Institute, a partnership between the government and private sector to work on the development and implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), will hold its annual public meeting Sept. 21 at the Department of Transportation headquarters. The meeting, “NextGen: Great Promise and Challenges Remain for Government and Industry,” […]