Airports Council International-North America’s (ACI-NA) has awarded scholarships of $2,500 each to two aviation students: Cameron McGillicuddy, a student at Western Michigan University’s College of Aviation in Battle Creek, Mich., and Andrew Roybal, a student at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. “This scholarship program recognizes the importance of the highly […]
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Air Force Museum receives $50,000 donation
DAYTON, Ohio – The Air Force Museum Foundation has received a $50,000 pledge from Alenia North America to support the construction of the new 224,000-square-foot building addition at the National Museum of the United States Air Force Museum. The building will house the museum’s Space Gallery, Global Reach Gallery, and Presidential Aircraft Gallery. In addition, […]
New Cheetah dealer appointed
Midwest Sport Aviation has appointed AeroSport as an authorized dealer of the Cheetah XLS Light Sport Aircraft from Rainbow Aircraft. Owned by Jeremy and Daniela Knoll, the AeroSport office is located in Twin Lakes, Wis., with their maintenance hangar and private strip located nearby in Hebron, Ill., about two miles north of Galt Airport (10C). […]
AWOS installed at O9CA
Belfort Instrument Co. has installed its DigiWxTM Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) at the George L. Mee Memorial Hospital (09CA), in King City, California. The AWOS AV provides real-time wind speed, wind direction, temperature, relative humidity, dewpoint and altimeter setting, visibility, and cloud height information on a graphical display, over a discrete VHF frequency, via […]
Heritage Trophy winner profiled on LiveAirShowTV
One of a kind aircraft are nothing new to the National Aviation Heritage Invitational, and 2011 was no exception. The 1911 Bleriot XI, the only one in the world today, owned by CC Air Corp. and restored by Chuck Wentworth of Antique Aero, was the winner of the 2011 Rolls-Royce Aviation Heritage Trophy. The winners […]
Flying cross country in a biplane
There are certain flights every aviator has on his or her bucket list and flying across the United States in an open cockpit biplane has to be one of them. Summer Martell, a pilot from Port Townsend, Wash., can check that one off her list. In August, Martell and two friends made the journey from […]
Pilots Bill of Rights gains 60th co-sponsor
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On his 77th birthday, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe’s (R-Okla.) Pilot’s Bill of Rights (S.1335) reached a milestone in the U.S. Senate, gaining its 60th co-sponsor. The number means the measure has reached a filibuster-proof majority of U.S. senators, and can pass the Senate, according to Inhofe. Inhofe is a member of the […]
Rotax issues service bulletin
Rotax has issued a Mandatory Alert Service Bulletin for owners and operators of certain Rotax 912- and 914-series aircraft engines, including certified and uncertified units. According to a report at EAA.org, the ASB requires affected engines be checked for cracks in the crankshaft before further flight is permitted, or by Jan. 1, 2012.
FAA updates CFI renewal clinic guidelines
Three little words are creating a buzz in the aviation safety industry: angle of attack, according to a report at AOPA.org. The FAA recently updated its advisory circular that lays the framework for flight instructor refresher clinics (FIRCs), adding angle of attack to one of the 10 core topics that must be covered in FIRCs. […]