Pilot reports of unmanned aircraft have increased dramatically over the past year, from a total of 238 sightings in all of 2014, to more than 650 by Aug. 9 of this year, according to the FAA. “The FAA wants to send out a clear message that operating drones around airplanes and helicopters is dangerous and […]
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Wings & Wheels at GMU Oct. 3
Wings & Wheels will be held Oct. 3 at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina, featuring automobiles, aircraft and motorcycles. Expected at the event are classics like a 1965 Mercedes 230 SL to a new Maserati or Lotus, unique aircraft like a YAK 52W, and new bikes made by BMW, Ducati and Triumph. Wings & […]
FAA funding up in the air
The unfinished debate over highway funding in Congress is likely to ground hopes for passing a new funding bill for the FAA, according to a report from The Hill. The FAA bill is scheduled to expire Sept. 30. But Congress is expected to return its focus on highways upon returning to Washington next month, because […]
Ohio gives Connecticut a history lesson
DAYTON, Ohio — The National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) is donating aviation history books to the Connecticut State Library in honor of National Aviation Day Aug. 19. NAHA is donating one copy each of “The Bishop’s Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright,” by Tom D. Crouch; “Visions of a Flying Machine: The Wright […]
Five win $1,000 to equip for ADS-B
To give general aviation aircraft owners an incentive to meet the FAA’s ADS-B Out mandate, the Aircraft Electronics Association awarded five aircraft owners with $1,000 toward an ADS-B compliant upgrade during the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture in Oshkosh. This is the second consecutive year the AEA has made the award available to five aircraft owners at AirVenture. The […]
Jet Aviation breaks ground on new FBO at KBED
BEDFORD, Mass. — Jet Aviation officials recently held a ground breaking ceremony to start construction of its FBO at Hanscom Field (KBED). The two-phase, 12-month project includes a new two-story 13,000-square-foot FBO, a 40,000-square-foot hangar capable of handling large aircraft up to a Gulfstream G650 and a Global 6000, as well as a 16,000-square-foot office and shop space. The plan […]
NavComm-petition
By KEVIN KNIGHT Competition is a beautiful thing. It keeps pricing honest. It makes everything more interesting. It gives pilots choices: Certified vs. experimental; piston vs. turbine; composite vs. metal; Garmin vs. everyone. That occurred to me while planning a major panel upgrade for my 1967 Mooney Executive at Pacific Coast Avionics in Oregon this […]
Video: P-51, F-22 Heritage Flight with 360° view
The 2015 Abbotsford International Air Show featured a Heritage Flight with a P-51D Mustang and an F-22 Raptor. Inside the P-51 – “VAL-HALLA” – was a camera capable of shooting 360° images (courtesy Lyle Jansma of AeroCapture Images). https://youtu.be/-RFjROsovWs Adjust your view using the controller in the upper-left corner of the YouTube player.
Mitigate risk with FAA’s new FRAT
Every flight has some level of risk. It’s up to the pilot to review that risk in advance and then develop the appropriate risk mitigation strategies. One of the best ways of doing this is by using a Flight Risk Analysis Tool or FRAT, according to FAA officials. FRATs are generally easy to use tools that […]