The FAA has issued a warning to operators of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA): Don’t even think about flying over the Super Bowl this Sunday to get your own view of the action.The agency notes that the Super Bowl is strictly a “No Drone Zone.” The FAA bars unauthorized aircraft — including RPAs — from flying over or near NFL […]
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Sporty’s online course for Young Eagles tops 30,000
The Experimental Aircraft Association and Sporty’s Pilot Shop report that more than 30,000 young people have enrolled in Sporty’s Online Learn To Fly Course as a follow-up to their EAA Young Eagles flights. The Sporty’s course, which was first offered to all Young Eagles without charge beginning in 2009, allows young people to take the FAA […]
Piper launches Meridian M500
Piper Aircraft has introduced its newest M-Class single-engine Meridian M500 turbine business aircraft with the latest in Garmin avionics, enhanced safety features and a number of other improvements, according to officials with the Vero Beach, Fla.-based company. “The 2015 Piper M500 will come equipped with the very newest Garmin avionics package for increased safety,” said […]
WWII POW reunited with last B-26
Barney Wasowicz’s B-26 Marauder was shot down by a German Focke-Wulf 190 over occupied France in 1944. He then spent 16 months as a German prisoner of war. Watch as Wasowicz is reunited with “North American’s only intact B-26.” After the war, Wasowicz chose once again to serve others by becoming a Detroit firefighter. Now, some 71 […]
FltPlan links with Angel Flight West
FltPlan has integrated with the Angel Flight Information Database System (AFIDS), enabling FltPlan users to combine their flights with an Angel Flight West mission. Angel Flight West is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization that arranges free, non-emergency air travel for children and adults with serious medical conditions and other compelling needs. Angel Flight West’s current network, […]
Pilots join forces with Mozart for unique fly-in
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Mainly Mozart, a classical music organization, is joining forces with the Allen Airways Flying Museum at Gillespie Field (KSEE) in El Cajon, Calif., to present a concert of classical chamber music amidst one of the finest collections of historic aviation memorabilia in Southern California. The event will begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March […]
Jet Aviation hosts La Bella Macchina
PALM BEACH, Florida — Jet Aviation held its annual La Bella Macchina, a showcase of high-performance machinery Jan. 22, to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County. More than 1,000 guests attended the annual soiree to view displays of business aircraft and Ferrari automobiles to help raise funds for the Boys & Girls Clubs […]
Air Orlando Maintenance now installing Kelly AC systems in C-206s
Air Orlando Maintenance at Florida’s Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) is now installing Kelly Thermacool air conditioning systems in Cessna’s 206/T206 series aircraft, including float-equipped 206s. The lightweight, all-electric air conditioning system does not rob engine horsepower and allows full conditioned air output on the ground with no operating limitations during taxi, takeoff, or landing, company officials […]
Video: Cirrus ditches under chute in Pacific Ocean
According to DCNewsroom, on Sunday, January 25, 2015, “The Coast Guard launched crews aboard an HC-130 Hercules airplane and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Barbers Point,” to intercept a Cirrus SR-22 enroute from California to Hawaii that would be ditching – fuel starvation – in the Pacific Ocean “230 miles north east of […]