It was a fun-filled day for pilots and aviation enthusiasts Sept. 12 when a P-51 Mustang, B-25 Bomber, Stearman bi-plane, SNJ, and other planes were on display at South Carolina’s Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU). Check out some photos of the event, which also included the Carolina Soaring Association, which had a couple of gliders and […]
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Young burn survivors’ dreams take flight
Involved in a devastating car fire in April 2004, 9-year-old Walter Gomez, Jr. and his 7-year-old sister Ebony will fulfill their dreams of flying by taking the controls of a Bonanza in the skies above Los Angeles Wednesday, Sept. 15. The free flight will be made possible by the non-profit Children’s Burn Foundation, which is […]
‘Flying Platform’ prototype up for sale
AirBuoyant is offering its prototype flying platform, the VertiPod 2 (N6172N, formerly the PAM 100B Individual Lifting Vehicle), for sale. With its contra-rotating rotors below the pilot and a new protective pilot’s “cage” installed, the twin-engine VP2 is ready for flight or further development, according to officials with the Anderson, Indiana-based company. With some 200 […]
Lednicer joins Raisbeck Engineering
Computational Fluid Dynamics guru David Lednicer has joined Raisbeck Engineering’s aircraft design team. He previously held a similar position at AMI (Analytical Methods, Inc), where he worked more than 20 years. Prior to AMI, he was an aerodynamicist at Sikorsky Aircraft for over five years, and a consultant to Scaled Composites and Beech Aircraft at […]
Three years + 120 hours = a new pilot
Many teens heading into their senior year of high school consider themselves lucky if they have a driver’s license. Austin Rennard of Santa Rosa, California, heads back to class in possession of a private pilot’s license. In January 2009 we introduced you to 16-year-old Rennard who, at the time, was flying a Zodiac XL across […]
NextGen demonstrated
U.S. Rep. John L. Mica (R-Fla.) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University showcased for Florida local and state officials and the media one of the first working demonstrations of state of the art NextGen air traffic control technology on Thursday, Sept. 9. NextGen is the national program, led by the FAA, designed to transform and modernize the […]
Not sure what NextGen is?
While a lot has been said about the Next General Air Traffic Control system, also known as NextGen, there may be some pilots who aren’t sure what it is. A “laymen’s explanation” was just released from U.S. Rep. John Mica’s office, which notes that NextGen is an umbrella term for the ongoing, wide-ranging transformation of […]
NASA hosts green aviation summit
NASA has a “critical responsibility” to the flying public to develop environmentally responsible solutions to the nation’s most pressing aviation problems, Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. said Wednesday, Sept. 8. Addressing the Green Aviation Summit at NASA’s Ames Research Center, Bolden said air travel is one of the safest modes of transportation and vital to […]
PennDOT holds aviation art contest
PennDOT invites young artists to express their creativity through its annual aviation art contest, sponsored by the department’s Bureau of Aviation. “We’ve been very pleased with the participation and creativity students showed in this contest in the past,” said PennDOT Secretary Allen Biehler. “Aviation supports thousands of jobs in Pennsylvania, so we’re glad that kids […]