FourPoints Television Productions will release the sixth season of The Aviators to PBS Oct. 23. The series will be available on iTunes Oct. 24. (See a trailer of the new season below). The award-winning series kicks off the season featuring Jessica Cox, a pilot who will attempt to land an airliner despite having been born without […]
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For sale: SAM Aircraft company
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada — SAM Aircraft President Thierry Zibi has put the assets of the company — including the prototype aircraft — on the market at an asking price of $100,000. The SAM LS is approved in Canada as an Advanced Ultralight Aircraft and 51% Rule compliant Experimental Amateur Built in the US. It is engineered to […]
Record number of new companies joins GAMA
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The executive committee of the board of directors of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has approved seven companies — Celestica, Elliott Aviation, Gogo, Luxaviation Group, Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics, TRU Simulation + Training, and Yingling Aviation — as the association’s newest members. GAMA now has 91 members. The seven new members […]
Astronaut Greg Harbaugh to speak at Aerospace Center for Excellence Oct. 24
SUN ‘n FUN will host retired NASA Astronaut Greg Harbaugh Saturday, Oct. 24, as the keynote speaker for Aerospace Discovery Weekend. The general public is invited to the 7 p.m. event at the Florida Air Museum on the SUN ‘n FUN campus at Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport. The event is free. Harbaugh’s NASA career started in 1987 he […]
Doc’s Friends Restoration Team to receive Wichita Aero Club Trophy
WICHITA, Kansas — Doc’s Friends restoration team, the group leading the restoration effort of the B-29 “Doc,” is this year’s recipient of the Wichita Aero Club Trophy. “This is a tremendous recognition for our team of restoration volunteers, and it signifies and celebrates their great dedication to getting our historic B-29 back into the air,” said Jeff […]
New IFR course released by AOPA Air Safety Institute
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Air Safety Institute (ASI) has released a new course designed to provide pilots with techniques for flying more safely under instrument flight rules (IFR). “IFR Insights: A Practical Approach” is available to all pilots free of charge. “IFR training teaches pilots to focus on flying the airplane within […]
Class of 2015 named for Air & Space Hall of Fame
SAN DIEGO — Officials with the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum have named the Class of 2015. It includes: Alan Mulally, contributor on every Boeing commercial aircraft from the 727 through the 787; Bill Chana, flight test engineer for Convair and developer of “the world’s smallest […]
Picture of the day: Dare to dream
Hardath Laloo sent in these photos taken at the Dare to Dream Aviation at Pompano Beach Airpark (KPMP) in Florida. “These photos barely captures the great experience of spending a day with aviators around aircraft and having some good food and then being treated to some Goodyear Blimp operations,” he says.
First customer-built SubSonex flies
The first customer-built SubSonex Personal Jet has flown. Redge Greenberg of Durango, Colorado, made the first flight in his SubSonex, serial number JSX0003, Oct. 15. “I flew the SubSonex this morning, for about 35 minutes — all went well,” Greenberg reported to Sonex Aircraft officials. “My regards to Dwight Tolfer who was a big help for me during the construction project […]