Pilots and non-pilots alike from throughout the northwest will be “flocking” to the Willapa Harbor Airport Saturday, July 30 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The promise of fresh succulent Willapa Bay Oysters beckons private pilots to the seventh annual Feed Fly-in and Oyster Feed sponsored by the EAA Willapa Harbor Pilots Association Chapter 1528. […]
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College students take on ADS-B challenge
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Engineering students from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and business students from Black Hills State University are partnering on an aviation project to develop technology to meet new FAA safety requirements at lower cost. The presidents from the longtime rival schools, both general aviation pilots who each own aircraft, are […]
KPPO Aviation Camp takes off
By Diane Bos Schwarz What do you get when you combine 49 6th-12th grade students, airplanes, drones, rockets, pilots, speakers, and classes? At the LaPorte Municipal Airport (KPPO) in Indiana, you get Aviation Camp. Three years ago, the idea of a camp to inspire and educate students about aviation was launched as a test program. Within […]
Video: Doc takes flight
For the first time since 1956, the B-29 “Doc” flew. The first successful flight after a 16-year restoration was held Sunday, July 17. The flight lasted about about seven minutes and the crew reported an overall successful flight. Doc took off from McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kan., and returned to the same runway. In […]
Cirrus Aircraft unveils special mission platform
Cirrus Aircraft has received FAA certification for Cirrus Perception, a special mission platform tailored specifically for both the Cirrus SR22 and SR22T models. This new multi-mission, adaptive Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft offers performance capabilities suitable for airborne traffic and law enforcement operations, aerial surveying, mapping and photography, search and rescue missions, disaster management and […]
Epic Aircraft launches inaugural Odyssey World Tour
BEND, Ore. — Epic Aircraft has successfully launched its inaugural Epic Odyssey World Tour, an around-the-world journey traversing nine countries and 20 cities in 21 days, covering 15,000 nautical miles in 50 flight hours. A 26-person team comprising Epic owners, Epic Aircraft staff, pilots, guests, and photographers arrived in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 6 in six […]
EAA chapter presents scholarship
During its annual pancake breakfast in DeKalb, Ill., EAA Chapter 241 Vice President Wes Lundsberg introduced Ian Curtis as this year’s recipient of the EAA Chapter 241 Flight Training Scholarship. Ian is a senior at Rochelle Township High School and also attends the Kishwaukee Education Consortium aviation program under director Bruce Griffith. Ian plans on attending […]
Fit to fly
By TOM DOUGLAS Seventeen minutes without a heartbeat set Jim Poling off in a new and life-fulfilling direction. “They say you can only survive 19 minutes with a shut-down heart, so it was a close call,” Jim related recently. “Even so, a stroke suffered on the operating table left me blind in one eye.” The […]
Drone pilots reminded to respect wildfire operations
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Know Before You Fly campaign is reminding operators of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to respect temporary flight restrictions (TFRs) over and around wildfires as this year’s wildfire season makes an early start. Wildfires or other hazardous conditions often lead to authorities putting in place TFRs, which allow first responders to do their […]