Master Instructors LLC and its Board of Review recently accredited four CFIs as Master Instructors. Of the approximately 93,000 CFIs in the United States, fewer than 700 have earned Master accreditation, according to officials, who note the last 14 FAA National Flight Instructors of the Year were Master CFIs. In addition, the FAA has approved […]
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Sporty’s Flight Review updated
Pilots preparing for their next flight review don’t have to go it alone. Sporty’s Flight Review video covers topics every pilot should be prepared for in a flight review, such as regulations, weather reports, airspace, aeromedical factors, aeronautical charts, and airport signs and markings. Sporty’s Flight Review has now been updated with all-new weather segments […]
TCM plant shuts down for week
Teledyne Continental Motors has shuttered its plant this week, while the engine manufacturer plans to have salaried employees work only four day weeks for the rest of the year. According to a story in the Mobile’s Press-Register, the plant will be shut down this week. It also will close for the week between Christmas and […]
Astronaut returns to Earth with piece of missionary history
After a two-week journey of more than 5.7 million miles around the Earth, astronaut Patrick Forrester and fellow space shuttle Discovery crew members landed safely Sept. 11 at Edwards Air Force Base in California with a piece of missionary history. The item, part of an airplane battery box, comes from martyred missionary pilot Nate Saint’s […]
Florida Air Museum receives grant
HISTORY has awarded the Florida Air Museum on the Sun ‘n Fun campus at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport a $10,000 Save Our History grant. The museum will partner with the Central Florida Aerospace Academy (CFAA) of Kathleen High School, which is on the Sun ‘n Fun campus, to develop a new museum exhibit featuring “Florida’s […]
Wright plane replica crashes
Pilot Mark Dusenberry was injured Oct. 1 when he crashed a replica of the 1905 Wright Flyer III in Dayton, Ohio. According to a story in the Dayton Daily News, Dusenberry, an Ohio Department of Transportation engineer who built and flies the replica plane, had been practicing for the re-enactment flight scheduled for today. The […]
Three inducted into Air Show Hall of Fame
The International Council of Air Shows Foundation (ICASF) will induct three into its Air Show Hall of Fame during the 2009 convention, will will be held Dec. 6-9 at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. This year’s inductees are Bobby Younkin, Tom Poberezny and Charlie Kulp. Bobby Younkin performed his first air show at 18 […]
Bonhomme crowned Red Bull champion
Britain’s Paul Bonhomme won the 2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship last weekend with a victory in the final race of the season in Barcelona, Spain, in front of a record crowd of 800,000 spectators. Bonhomme clinched his first title with 67 championship points to Austria’s Hannes Arch’s 60. Australia’s Matt Hall took third […]
Siedenburg receives Master Pilot Award
DES MOINES, IOWA — Friends, family, and aviation supporters gathered at Elliott Aviation at the Des Moines International Airport on Thursday September 24 to see Paul Siedenburg receive the FAA’s Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for more than 50 years of safe flying. Siedenburg’s career began in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943. He […]