HALF MOON BAY, California — There are car shows, airshows, motorcycle shows, tractor shows, music festivals, food festivals, and living history festivals galore. Mix them all together in one venue on one day and you’ve got the Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show — marking its 25th year in 2015. The 25th annual event will be held […]
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Pilot follows solar eclipse
Dr. John C. Taylor, owner of a TBM 850, used his turboprop aircraft to follow the March 20 solar eclipse, bringing a Skynews channel TV crew aboard to document the celestial event.
Donation moves Wright B Flyer closer to new airplane
MIAMISBURG, Ohio — When Wright “B” Flyer Inc. takes its one-of-a-kind airplane to AirVenture 2015 in July, it will take more than filing a flight plan. The Wright “B” Flyer, a modern lookalike of the Wright brothers’ first production airplane, has short legs and is tiring to fly. Instead, the nonprofit organization’s volunteers will disassemble […]
Aviation Training Center lands in new location
PRESCOTT, Ariz. — North-Aire Aviation has moved across Ernest A. Love Field (KPRC) to a new location. North-Aire Aviation’s ‘s Accelerated Flight Training Center offices, ground school, hangars and airplane rental facilities are now next to the airport’s control tower and closer to the runway action. The company, which employs about 25 people, trains more than […]
FreeFlight Systems debuts Equip-It 2020
FreeFlight Systems has launched Equip-It 2020, a program to provide ADS-B equipment for general aviation aircraft (GA) that breaks the $2,000 barrier for a basic, but complete, system.Equip-It 2020 features the product line, RANGR Lite, in two configurations — an ADS-B Out (only) system, FDL-978-TXL priced at $1,995, and an ADS-B In/Out system, FDL-978- XVRL […]
Picture of the day: Trislander
Michael Magnell, who makes a living ferrying airplanes around the world, recently sent in this photo of a Trislander, noting that there are “not many of these around.” In fact, it’s the first one he’s ever seen. “I saw it at MDPC, Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic a few days ago. The twin-engine Islander […]
Pietenpol Aircraft Co. revived
The grandson of Bernard Pietenpol, who is known as the Father of the Homebuilt Aircraft, has joined with Aircraft Spruce to offer Pietenpol Air Camper kits. The revived Pietenpol Aircraft Company offers six wooden Sitka Spruce Official Pietenpol Air Camper component kits. Kits start at $17.50 for an Pietenpol Vertical Stabilizer kit. Pietenpol’s flying legacy […]
FAA streamlines RPA approvals
The FAA reports it has established an interim policy to speed up airspace authorizations for some commercial remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) operators. The new policy helps bridge the gap between the past process, which evaluated every RPA operation individually, and future operations after the agency publishes a final version of the proposed small RPA rule, FAA officials explained. Under the […]
Wipaire’s Gateway to Success program returns
SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minnesota — Wipaire’s Gateway to Success internship program for students pursuing an airframe and powerplant maintenance certificate has returned. The program is made up of several checkpoints for aspiring maintenance technicians. Interested students must first apply for a paid summer internship opportunity, where they will work with a Wipaire mechanic to gain real-world […]