A STEM-focused Aviation Mobile Lab in a former school bus is cleared for takeoff for students in grades 1 through 12 in Pasco County, Florida, to learn aviation skills and techniques. The lab, created with help from Jay LeBoff of STEMPilot in Waterbury, Conn., provides students with STEMPilot’s hands-on learning experience through an instructive curriculum […]
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New name for Glass Simulator Center
AURORA, Illinois — The Glass Simulator Center has a new name: SIMPRO Flight Training. Located on Aurora Municipal Airport (KARR), 35 miles west of Chicago, SIMPRO Flight Training center was recently remodeled with an updated pilot lounge and new classroom with the latest audio-visual equipment. SIMPRO pilots arriving for training have access to discounts on […]
Free iPad Proficiency Check webinar slated
Sporty’s will hold an iPad Proficiency Check webinar Nov. 30, 2017, at 8 p.m. Eastern. “The iPad is practically required equipment for many pilots and there’s no question it has improved safety and reduced the costs associated with flying,” Sporty’s officials say. “iPad Proficiency Check will include a series of insightful recommendations, strategies and other […]
Homebuilt accidents drop to historic lows
Fatal accidents in experimental category aircraft, particularly amateur-built aircraft, continued their decline during the FAA‘s 2017 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, falling to historic lows. For the 12-month period from Oct. 1, 2016, to Sept. 30, 2017, fatal accident totals in amateur-built aircraft were down 18% to just 27, compared with 33 during the […]
Retrofit market boosts avionics sales
According to the latest figures from the Aircraft Electronics Association avionics sales topped $1.73 billion in the first nine months of 2017. The third-quarter 2017 Avionics Market Report shows that worldwide business and general aviation avionics sales were up 4.1% compared to the first nine months of 2016, which saw sales of $1.66 billion. Sales during the third-quarter […]
Lancair Builder Assistance Center takes off
UVALDE, Texas — Lancair’s first production Mako customer was welcomed last week to the newly-launched Builder Assistance Center at the company’s Texas headquarters. Housed in a 10,000-square-foot climate-controlled hangar, the Builder Assistance Center provides a dedicated work environment for Lancair kit owners to complete critical aircraft assemblies or the entire aircraft. In-house factory support, including […]
FAA WINGs seminar to be streamed live online
ORONO, Maine – WINGsReality EDU will host a blended (classroom and online) WINGs seminar titled, “Becoming a Snowbird” on Tuesday, Nov. 28, from 6:30-8:30 pm EST. Does the thought of snow, ice, freezing precipitation, contaminated slippery runways, obscured airport signage and markings, short days, cold engines and airframes, fewer emergency landing spots, cold weather survival […]
Run the Runway at 6B6
By JAMES E. ELLIS Minute Man Air Field is a thriving general aviation airport about 25 miles west-northwest of Boston, mostly in Stow, Massachusetts. Owned by Don and Nancy McPherson, the airport has always tried to be open and inviting to the public. It starts with Nancy’s Airfield Café, an airport restaurant run by Nancy […]
TruTrak Vizion STC approved for Cessna 177s
EAA STC has received FAA approval to begin selling STCs for the Cessna 177 series for the installation of the TruTrak Vizion Autopilot. The Approved Model List (AML) for this STC also includes models F through S of the Cessna 172 series. The Vizion autopilot is a two-axis system with vertical and horizontal navigational capabilities, […]