OLNEY, Texas — Air Tractor has added a new dealership for Canada. Portage Aircraft Specialties, located in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, has been named the authorized dealer for Air Tractor aircraft sales, repairs, maintenance and parts in Canada. Queen Bee Air Specialties President Chip Kemper, the Air Tractor dealer for the Northwest United States and […]
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Redbird launches sim trade in program
Redbird Flight Simulations has launched its new Trade In, Trade Up program to give owners of outdated flight simulators an upgrade path to a new Redbird aviation training device. Simulation has become an important part of modern flight training, but thousands of simulators are relegated to limited use due to a reliance on 30-year-old technologies […]
Flying Musicians awards two solo scholarships
The Flying Musicians Association (FMA) has revealed its 2018 Solo scholarship recipients: John Laughman of Pleasant Hill, Ohio, and Nathan Nothelle of Imlay City, Michigan. Nominations from all across the United States and Canada made the selection difficult, according to John Zapp, co-founder and president of FMA. “Every nominee was spectacular, but we had to […]
GA advocates concerned about GPS interference from proposed cell network
A coalition of 11 general aviation advocacy groups have expressed concern over the potential impact to satellite-based global positioning system (GPS) navigation capabilities from a proposed broadband cellular communications network operating within frequency bands currently used by GPS. A prior attempt to implement a high-speed nationwide cellular network by Ligado Networks, formerly known as LightSquared, […]
Non-towered airport operations webinar to discuss recent changes
The FAA recently announced significant changes to the flight and ground operations, as well as communications, at non-towered airports. There are some important updates all pilots need to know about. Traffic patterns have changed, as have arrival and departure procedures, and the way pilots communicate intentions. WINGsREALITY Edu is hosting a webinar on Thursday, June […]
Miss Veedol’s summer schedule is filling up
If you’d like to see “Miss Veedol,” the first airplane to fly non-stop across the Pacific Ocean, this summer, you’re in luck. The Spirit of Wenatchee Project, which owns Miss Veedol, will make the historic Bellanca available at a number of events and fly-ins this summer. June 30 – Wenatchee, Wash. Open House at The […]
The deadly flight risk that’s often ignored
Hypoxia is a killer, robbing our blood of much-needed oxygen — and the resulting effects can be deadly.
One step closer to integrating drones into the National Airspace System
NASA’s remotely-piloted Ikhana aircraft, based at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, successfully flew its first mission in the National Airspace System without a safety chase aircraft on June 12, 2018. This historic flight moves the United States one step closer to normalizing unmanned aircraft operations in the airspace used by commercial […]
Court denies petition to overturn FAA SMO deal
Officials with the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) are calling a court’s decision to deny — on procedural grounds — the association’s petition to overturn a questionable agreement between the FAA and the city of Santa Monica regarding Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) “disappointing.” But NBAA officials note the ruling does not address the merits […]