Aviat Aircraft has begun offering Husky owners a new option: An Airglas Cargo Pod. The fiberglass pod, STC’d to retrofit all models of the Husky, weighs 25 pounds and can carry 170 pounds with no discernable loss of airspeed, according to Aviat officials. Initial installation could take up to two hours; after that it can […]
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Air Force museum slates education programs
The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s Education Division has unveiled the schedule for its 2011 multi-disciplinary educational programs. Emphasis will continue to be in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), as well as social studies, literature and art, for the programs, many of which are free. An expanded Space Day program is scheduled […]
Instrument refresher webinar scheduled
An eight-week Instrument Pilot Ground/Refresher Webinar from Bob Miller Flight Training will begin Jan. 13, 2011. The course is designed for the serious instrument pilot who wants to review all the critical components of the complex world of IFR flight, according to Miller. The course will include the organization and structure of the national airspace […]
First flight of a privately owned MiG-29
Air USA at Quincy Regional Airport in Illinois made aviation history Dec. 10 when it successfully flew the world’s first flights of a MiG-29 Fulcrum in private hands. The flight makes the culmination of several years of effort by the company, which is owned by Don Kirlin, a Naval Aviator and commercial airline pilot. “Believe […]
ZuluLog.com launches Version 4.0
ZuluLog.com has released Version 4.0 of its free online pilot logbook software. Version 4, which is available for immediate use at ZuluLog.com, includes dozens of new features and enhancements, according to company officials. For example, new customers will notice that the default pilot logbook layout closely mimics that of old-style paper logbooks, making the transition […]
Official Pan Am merchandise at PilotMall.com
PilotMall.com Inc., an online reseller for all things aviation, has introduced a new line of Official Pan Am Brand bags and accessories. The Pan Am brand brings back something from aviation’s past that represents a time when traveling was as exciting as the destination, PilotMall.com officials note. “We unveiled the Pan Am branded merchandise at […]
Author regales with tales of touring Europe in his WACO
Now available is “The Spirit of Adventure: Touring Europe in an Open Cockpit Biplane (Volume 1)” by Michael McCafferty, the story of the author’s summer-long experience-of-a-lifetime, flying his open-cockpit biplane through 11 European countries. Flying, friends, food and fun are told as it happened in daily e-mails all reproduced here, with new materials explaining the […]
FlightSafety’s King Air sim gets FAA nod
FlightSafety International’s new Beechcraft King Air 350 full flight simulator has been qualified to Level D by the FAA. The simulator is located at FlightSafety’s Hawker Beechcraft Learning Center in Wichita. “The Level D qualification of this new simulator by the FAA will enable us to serve the rapidly growing number of corporate and commercial […]
Wireless Weighing Kits available at Aircraft Spruce
Now available at Aircraft Spruce is the Aircraft Wireless Weighing Kit, a portable weighing device for small- to medium-sized aircraft. The kit obtains weight from three points under the aircraft to properly determine CG ratios. Wireless range is 50 feet, and an AC adapter is included with the unit. The aircraft wireless weighing kit features […]