All over the country CFIs spent a few hours in front of the keyboard earlier this month to comply with the TSA’s security awareness training requirements for flight instructors. CFIs are required to take the online interactive course, which is designed to teach them how to spot potential terrorist threats. The course includes tips on […]
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Adam A500 propellers pass stringent FAA test
Hartzell Propeller Inc.’s high technology, blended airfoil propeller system for the Adam Aircraft A500 has passed the final hurdle for certification on the aircraft. A recent FAA regulation requires all new pusher propeller installations, such as the aft propeller on the Adam A500, to ingest airframe ice shed during an inadvertent icing encounter without causing […]
Cirrus reaches international
Cirrus Design Corp. is expanding its international reach with the creation of Cirrus Russia, a sales center based in Moscow. In addition to sales, the center will also provide service for Cirrus aircraft.
Diamond Twin Star received EASA IFR certification
The Diamond DA42 Twin Star has received EASA IFR certification. This follows base certification, which was granted in May 2004. The aircraft, which is equipped with Thielert Centurion 1.7 turbo diesel engines and the G1000 fully integrated cockpit, made its maiden flight Dec. 9, 2002. In anticipation of the IFR certification, production is already well […]
California’s Corona Airport dries out, but remains closed after the flood
The torrential rains that pelted southern California the second week of January turned Corona Municipal Airport (AJO) near Los Angeles into a lake. While those waters have receded, the airport remains closed indefinitely. As early as Sunday, Jan. 9, airport tenants and business owners began to move their belongings to higher ground. One of those […]
There goes lunch…
Can you imagine 200 hours of somersaults? Unusual attitudes are one thing, but how would you like to perform nose-over-tail somersaults in the Space Shuttle? The return to flight rehearsals for the Space Shuttle now include that maneuver. The idea is that the flip will expose the underside of the shuttle for tile inspection. A […]
Fly a different plane each day
Can’t get enough flying? How about flying every day? You can — at least at your desk — with the 365 Tiny Paper Airplanes Page-A-Day Calendar from Workman Publishing. The calendar, designed by paper airplane world record holder Ken Blackburn and engineer Jeff Lammers, features a year of paper airplanes small enough to fit in […]
80-year-old woman sets record as oldest to experience zero gravity
Neither age nor gravity stopped 80-year-old Dorothy Simpson from flying into the record books. According to Guinness World Records, she recently became the world’s oldest woman to experience weightlessness on a zero-gravity flight with Space Adventures, Ltd. “”I didn’t set out to break any records,”” says Simpson. “”But experiencing weightlessness on my Zero-G flight was […]
Pioneer flying traffic reporter dies
Walt Starling, one of the first flying traffic reporters, died of cancer Jan. 4 at his home in Maryland. He was 52 years old. Starling’s career started as a class project at the University of Maryland, where he was studying radio and television in 1973. His assignment was to create a job for himself. He […]