Applications are now being accepted for the 2015 LadiesLoveTaildraggers’ scholarships. Online applications are due by midnight Feb. 28, 2015. Scholarships include up to $1,000 travel expenses and flight instruction by Brian Lansburgh at Sisters Eagle Airport in Sisters, Oregon. Each scholarship valued at $1,995. The first scholarship is for the tailwheel endorsement. It is available to female nosewheel […]
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What’s your favorite destination?
Once again, we are focusing on Destinations in the January print issues of General Aviation News? Do you have a favorite destination you like to travel in your plane? Can you share any advice, tips or tricks to make the journey more enjoyable for our readers? Post your comments below or send them to editor Janice […]
Picture of the day: Vintage vehicle
Chris Fraser sent in this photo of a 450 Stearman (N4760V) inflight.
Podcast looks to year ahead for GA
Even as the general aviation industry continues its gradual recovery from the Great Recession, the new year brings challenges both new and old for business aviation, according to a new podcast on the National Business Aviation Association website. Some of the considerations for the coming year include: Reconstituting the General Aviation Caucus on Capitol Hill; […]
A different kind of flying
Just released is this video of Red Bull Air Force member Miles Daisher, along with JT Holmes and Andy Lewis, base jumping off Fisher Towers near Moab, Utah. The Red Bull Air Force is made up of skydivers, BASE jumpers, wingsuit fliers, and paraglider pilots. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3HuRFLjT3U&w=560&h=315]
Living Legends of Aviation slated for Jan. 16
John Travolta, the “Official Ambassador of Aviation,” will host the Living Legends of Aviation, an annual aviation recognition event on Jan. 16, 2015 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. Kiddie Hawk Air Academy recently announced that Michimasa Fujino, founding president and CEO of Honda Aircraft Company, will receive the “Aviation Industry Leader of […]
Picture of the day: LSA in flight
Dave Fleming from Scottsdale, Ariz., submitted this photo of him flying in a 2013 SportCruiser from Czech Sport Aircraft over the Tonto National Forest area northeast of Phoenix, Arizona.
Outlook good for third-class medical overhaul bill in 2015
As the year draws to a close, bipartisan support continues to build for congressional legislation to remove the third-class medical requirement for operating a variety of general aviation (GA) aircraft. Introduced last December by House GA Caucus Co-Chairman Rep. Sam Graves (R-6-MO) and Rep. Todd Rokita (R-4-IN), the General Aviation Pilot Protection Act of 2013 […]
Sensurion’s MP-1 opens Nevada UAS test site
BOULDER CITY, Nevada – Sensurion Aerospace‘s Magpie MP-1 officially opened Nevada’s UAS Test Range on Friday, Dec. 19. The Magpie MP-1 holds a Special Airworthiness Certificate from the FAA and carries U.S. registration N106MP. “This is a great day for the State of Nevada, the FAA, and Sensurion Aerospace,” said Sensurion CEO Captain Joe Burns. “This is an important […]