SANDERSVILLE, Ga. — Kaolin Aviation has been tapped to design and produce firewall-forward (FWF) kits for kit-built aircraft to make the choice of ULPower engines easier, when the OEM airframer has not yet developed a FWF installation. “We realize that most builders don’t want to have to design and fabricate their own engine mounts,” said ULPower […]
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Sporty’s Eastern Cincinnati Aviation expands sales and service
Eastern Cincinnati Aviation, the FBO affiliate of Sporty’s Pilot Shop at Ohio’s Clermont County Airport (I69), is now an authorized sales center for American Legend Cubs. It also is a sales and service center for Robinson Helicopters.
Last flight of Navy jet
SEATTLE — The last active duty flight of a Navy electronic warfare Grumman EA-6B Prowler jet will be to The Museum of Flight on May 27, where it will be officially decommissioned and taken into the museum’s collection. Immediately after the plane’s 12:15 p.m. arrival, there will be a brief ceremony with museum officials and Cmdr. Christopher C. […]
Groundbreaking held for new KLAL tower
There was a lot happening on opening day of this year’s SUN ’n FUN, including a milestone for Lakeland Linder Regional Airport: A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the airport’s new air traffic control tower. The new tower will be 141 feet, significantly higher than the 50-foot tower now in operation. “That was built in […]
First AOPA Fly-In of the year deemed a success
About 2,600 people and nearly 300 airplanes descended on Salinas Municipal Airport in California for the first Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Fly-In of the year held Saturday, May 16. Low clouds and icing in the surrounding mountains weren’t enough to deter pilots, hundreds of whom decided to drive to Salinas, AOPA officials noted. As […]
Keep pushing for medical reform
As of the start of this year’s SUN ’n FUN, more than 21,000 letters to Congress in support of the Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2 have been sent from EAA’s Rally Congress network by Experimental Aircraft Association members and other aviators. That legislation includes the aeromedical reform language that is easily the No. 1 regulatory […]
Flight training poll launches
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has launched its flight training poll, a survey that allows student pilots to share feedback on their flight training experiences. Survey results are used to determine AOPA’s annual Flight Training Excellence Awards. This is the fourth year for the poll, which provides data on the performance – good and […]
Most memorable aviation records of 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Aeronautic Association has released its list of the most memorable aviation records of 2014.They include: Free Three Turnpoint Distance: 1,052.37 miles; Record for gliders (motorgliders, flown single-place): After self-launching a Glaser-Dirks DG-1001M motorglider from Nahuel Huapi airport, near Bariloche, Argentina, Jim Payne soared along the Andes mountains for over 14 hours. His flight […]
Air Safety Institute releases ‘Real Pilot Story: From Miscue to Rescue’
A new “Real Pilot Story” video produced by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s (AOPA) Air Safety Institute chronicles the lessons learned from the harrowing experience of a California pilot, his wife and daughter during a seemingly routine flight that ended with a mountainside crash and rescue. The VFR flight of N4640L, a Cessna 172 […]