Sporty’s has released the 2018 version of its Instrument Rating Course, which includes “significant” updates and new content, according to company officials. Customers start by riding along on a real-world IFR flight to Chicago Midway to learn about the preparation, flying skills, communications, navigation techniques, and instrument approach skills necessary for the flight. The 2018 […]
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StandardAero to expand three facilities
StandardAero Component Services has unveiled plans for a “significant investment and expansion” at three of the company’s U.S. sites during 2018, increasing shop capacity by a total of 260,000 square feet at the company’s locations in Miami, Cincinnati and Hillsboro, Ohio. Overall investment to fund the expansions exceeds $16 million in construction and capital equipment, […]
How much snow was plowed at KPWK after just one storm?
Chicago Executive Airport (KPWK), which is about 10 miles north of O’Hare International Airport, is always open — even in the snowy winter, when it’s not uncommon for up to a foot of snow to accumulate in a day. That makes it imperative for the KPWK crew to keep the GA airport’s runways clear as airport […]
FAA expands drone airspace authorization program
The FAA is expanding tests of an automated system that will ultimately provide near real-time processing of airspace authorization requests for unmanned aircraft (UAS) operators nationwide. Under the FAA’s Part 107 small drone rule, operators must get approval from the agency to operate in any airspace controlled by an air traffic facility. To facilitate those […]
New turboprop engine from GE designed to be a catalyst for GA
GE Aviation has unveiled the name for its advanced turboprop engine, which will power the new Cessna Denali: The GE Catalyst. “The GE Catalyst engine is redefining what a turboprop can do for pilots, airframers and operators in business and general aviation,” said Paul Corkery, general manager for GE Aviation Turboprops. “It acts as a […]
Garmin expands Connext to include FltPlan.com
Garmin has expanded its Connext ecosystem to include the FltPlan.com website and the FltPlan Go app on Apple and Android mobile devices. With compatible Garmin avionics, pilots can create a flight plan within the FltPlan.com website, share it within the FltPlan Go app, and wirelessly transfer it to select avionics once they arrive to the […]
Academy of Model Aeronautics offers to help NTSB investigate drone accidents
Officials with the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) sent a letter to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) offering AMA’s more than 80 years of experience in the investigation of any potential incident involving a manned and unmanned aircraft system (UAS). In the letter, AMA President Rich Hanson writes: “The recent potential incidents involving manned […]
Saying goodbye to A South Carolina hero
At midday Saturday, March 3, 2018, a pair of South Carolina Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon warplanes swept over the rural Pee Dee landscape and crossed the local Red Hill Cemetery in a thunderous flyover. After the low pass the jets, with afterburners blazing, climbed vertically into the blue sky until the sound faded […]
GA advocates lobby for full funding for contract towers
Nine aviation advocacy groups have asked Congress to fully fund the Contract Tower Program as part of the FAA’s fiscal year 2019 appropriations bill. In a March 2 letter to lawmakers, industry leaders voiced support for language in the current version of the bill that calls for “not less than $172,000,000” in funding for the […]