As pilots now of a “certain” age, we look back on airports that were part of our lives. This is the second post in a series of three. There’s nowhere like Van Sant Airfield in Pennsylvania’s historic Bucks County. Fifty miles north and decades away from big-city Philadelphia, Van Sant salves my soul with old […]
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Women in Aviation adds 13 new scholarships
Thirteen new scholarships have been added to the roster to be awarded at the 22nd Annual Women in Aviation International Conference, held next year in Reno, Nevada, on Feb. 24-26, 2011. The new scholarships are valued at $92,250. Dozens of scholarship opportunities for 2011 are posted on the organization’s website. New for this year are […]
Tecnam debuts Flight Center program
Tecnam North America unveiled its new Tecnam Flight Center (TFC) program at this year’s AirVenture. Through Tecnam Flight Centers, schools gain access to patented and integrated flight training and navigation technology, ease of access to aircraft through purchase and leasing options and incentives to move aircraft from the flight line into the hands of students, […]
Fields of Dreams: Not its ‘old self,’ but going strong
As pilots now of a “certain” age, we look back on airports that were part of our lives. This is the third of a three-part series. “Recession? What recession?” So said Mike Gilbert, Gold Seal CFI for Aviation Adventures at Leesburg Municipal (excuse me, Executive) Airport. Yep, they changed the name and, perhaps, for good […]
At the races
Taking center stage of Cirrus Aircraft’s AirVenture exhibit this year was a high-flying advertisement for the company’s affiliation with the Red Bull Air Races. The next race is slated for EuroSpeedway, Lausitz, Germany, Aug. 7-8. For more information: CirrusAircraft.com, RedBullAirRace.com
Cobalt to open U.S. branch
Cobalt Aircraft Industries, the French designer of the Co50, has decided to create a U.S. corporation for development, certification, and production of its aircraft, company officials revealed at AirVenture, where the company unveiled its first prototype of the Co50 high-performance canard pusher aircraft. David Loury, founder and CEO, said, “We are pleased to announce the […]
NextGen ‘Flying Car’ unveiled
Terrafugia, Inc., developer of the Transition Roadable Aircraft, or “Flying Car,” released specifications and computer graphics of the next generation design at AirVenture. The improvements to the design are based on data acquired during drive and flight testing of the Proof of Concept (POC) Transition, as well as “extensive computer-aided design and optimization,” according to […]
First flight for HondaJet slated for this year
The HondaJet recently reached the milestone of power-on for its first conforming flight test aircraft, Honda Aircraft Co. officials reported at AirVenture. Officials also reported the consolidation of fuselage and wing assemblies for the first static test aircraft, which will be subjected to static structural testing beginning in August. “The success of our power-on tests […]
‘Fueling’ AirVenture
Rob Riggen, known to many in the homebuilt community for ExperCraft, a website where homebuilders can log their projects, was a hit at Oshkosh with his other venture, Flying High Coffee. Besides selling the coffee at booth near one of the exhibit hangars, Riggen drove around the homebuilt area offering free samples of his brew. […]