By AMELIA T. REIHELD Considering the alternatives, hypoxia is probably quite a pleasant way to die. When the brain isn’t getting enough oxygen, there’s often an onset of euphoria, a gradual decline in visual and mental sharpness, and increasing drowsiness, then just a gentle fade to black. The thing about hypoxia is that its symptoms […]
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Flying High Coffee makes it to final round in Pepsi grant program
Flying High Coffee’s concept of selling coffee and turning some of the profits into donations to aviation charities has made it into the final voting round of Pepsi’s RefreshEverything grant program. The Pepsi program has been set up to reward ideas for doing good deeds within communities, with winners decided by popular votes. Rob Riggen, […]
House committee asks FCC to halt LightSquared waiver
Earlier this week, House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.), a longtime pilot, along with eight committee members sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski requesting that the agency not proceed with LightSquared’s waiver until federal testing determines that there will be no interference with all types of GPS devices. […]
5th Annual Wings & Wheels Fly-In Saturday
The Friends of Deridder Army Air Base (DAAB) will host their Annual Wings & Wheels Fly-In/Drive-In Saturday, Nov. 5. The event will take place at the former World War II DeRidder Army Air Base, now known as the Beauregard Parish Regional Airport (DRI), in DeRidder, La. Warbird and vintage aircraft on display will include a […]
Platinum Aviation opens Cirrus Aircraft Center at F45
Platinum Aviation has opened its third Cirrus Flight Training and Aircraft Rental Center in Palm Beach, Florida. The company’s newest flight training facility is located at the North Palm Beach County Airport (F45) adjacent to the Landmark Aviation FBO. It will offer Cirrus Aircraft rentals, Cirrus transition training and flight training. Platinum’s other facilities are in […]
Richmond Jet Center joins Shell FBO network
Richmond Jet Center at Virginia’s Richmond International Airport (RIC) has joined the Shell FBO network. Richmond Jet Center, which offers catering, flight planning, and heated hangars, is a Cessna Service Center and FAA Certified Repair Station offering airframe, engine and propeller maintenance, avionics sales, and charter. By joining the Shell FBO Network, which has more […]
Nominations for Collier Trophy now being accepted
Nominations are now being accepted for the Robert J. Collier Trophy, which is awarded annually by the National Aeronautic Association “for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use […]
Father of the Cherokee
The year was 1961. John F. Kennedy succeeded Dwight Eisenhower as the 35th President of the United States of America. Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space aboard Mercury-Redstone 3 and Piper Aircraft Co. introduced the world to its first low-wing single-engine airplane, the Piper Cherokee. Karl Bergey, who led the Cherokee design team […]
Do pilots lie on medicals?
Pilot medicals are in the news again, with a proposal by EAA and AOPA to let more pilots use a driver’s license for their medical. But is the whole medical certificate process flawed, asks Richard Collins in The Great Debate at the Air Facts Journal. He wants your opinion here.