With unmanned aircraft, or drones, a popular gift item this holiday season and beyond, the unmanned aircraft systems program on Kansas State University’s Polytechnic Campus has five essential tips to help hobbyists fly safely. Started almost 10 years ago, the Kansas State Polytechnic UAS program has made safe operations the cornerstone of its classroom curriculum, […]
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New FBO to open at KTTN
TRENTON, N.J. — FlightServ, a new independent FBO on Trenton Mercer Field (KTTN), will open its doors Jan. 1, 2017. The FBO was founded by a team from the FBO’s sister company, Aviation Charters. The new Avfuel-branded FBO will provide a variety of services and amenities for its guests, including fueling for Jet A and avgas, […]
Merry Christmas!
The Pulse of Aviation will not publish on Dec. 26, 2016, as the General Aviation News offices will be closed for the Christmas holiday. The Pulse will return to your email box on Tuesday, Dec. 27.
Flying Santa
One of our favorite photographers, Annemarie Bain, sent in these photos, snapped during a “Flying Santa” event, where William Clifford’s Bruner Winkle Bird flies over the Fire Island Lighthouse and drops cookies to the crowd below. “I was the photographer in a group of four Stearmans that flew over as well,” she noted.
Video: Merry Christmas on the fly
PASEWALK, Germany – A couple of pilots with REMOS Aircraft found an unusual way to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. They plotted out a mission profile over the German countryside on a VFR chart and then took off. At about 1,800 feet AGL, they began flying the course they had marked on their chart. As […]
Pilot recruitment program launches
PORTLAND, Oregon — Hillsboro Aero Academy (HAA) and Horizon Air have signed an agreement to establish a pilot development program, which will provide a tuition stipend to students pursuing an aviation career. This program is designed to help recruit new flight students and provide existing students with an opportunity to fly as a first officer/pilot with […]
Drone Camp, UAS training featured at AMA Expo
The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) will host the 19th annual AMA Expo West, presented by ReadyMadeRC.com, at the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario, California, Jan. 6-8. The three-day event is a “whole family” experience featuring opportunities to learn about, fly and buy model aircraft and drones, according to AMA officials. The event will include […]
Drones complete 77 deliveries for 7-Eleven
RENO, Nevada — Flirtey, a drone delivery service, reports it completed 77 autonomous drone deliveries in November to customer homes in the United States. The deliveries are the result of Flirtey and 7-Eleven’s collaboration, which kicked off in July with the world’s first autonomous drone delivery to a customer’s residence. Flirtey conducted regular weekend deliveries during November from a […]
Continental joins STEM initiative
MOBILE, Alabama — Continental Motors Group has joined the Mobile Airport Authority Foundation and member companies of the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley Field to contribute to a STEM initiative that will sponsor 36 students to attend the National Flight Academy’s six-day Deployment program on June 4, 2017. The National Flight Academy’s adventure begins on a landlocked, virtual aircraft […]