Sonaca Aircraft unveiled the Sonaca 200, its new two-seat single-engined aircraft, at Aero Friedrichshafen, the European general aviation show, April 18-21, 2018. The Sonaca 200 has completed its flight test program and is about to be EASA certified in the CS-VLA category, according to company officials. The certification program began in 2015, company officials note. […]
Reducing Loss-of-Control accidents in GA focus of NTSB roundtable
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board will host a roundtable Tuesday, April 24, 2018, on preventing in-flight loss of control in general aviation. Open to the public, the event will also be web cast live. The mission is to get a discussion going about possible solutions to prevent loss of control, which has played […]
Video: Reno ‘Gold Races’ to air Saturday
The final of three one-hour episodes of the 2017 Reno Air Races will air on NBC Sports Network on Saturday, April 21, 2018, at 10:30 p.m. EDT. After a week of heat races, the final Gold Races have been set in six classes of airplanes featuring the best pilots in the world, who will race […]
Landing on sand bar goes awry
The pilot of the tailwheel equipped Piper PA-18 reported that during the landing roll on a sandbar in Palmer, Alaska, as the sand transitioned from dry sand to wet sand, he applied brakes and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lift strut and the empennage. According to the pilot there […]
Picture of the Day: An Avenger in Paradise City
Samuel Watrous sent in this photo taken by Melvin Reed for Picture of the Day, captured Saturday, April 14, 2018, at SUN ‘n FUN‘s Paradise City, the home of light-sport aircraft and ultralights. According to Samuel, who is the pilot flying the airplane, the Avenger is powered by a Verner 5Si radial engine. Would you […]
Historic plane finds a home at an historic place
For Mike Cifelli, three’s the charm. The Long Island resident owns three airplanes: A Bonanza, a Piper Cub, and a 1942 Stearman. “The wife and I, we travel,” he explains. “The Bonanza is what we use to travel, but the Stearman’s just a plane that you can get in and, when you have no place […]
Piper unveils Jet-A powered Seminole
Piper Aircraft has selected the Continental Motors Group new CD-170 compression ignition engine fueled with Jet-A to power the Piper PA-44 Seminole. The multi-engine training aircraft will also feature counter-rotating engines, giving flight schools and training organizations a single lever, FADEC training system, Piper officials said. After selecting the CD-155 Jet-A engine to power the […]
King Schools goes completely online
After more than 40 years spent evolving pilot courses from in-person delivery, to VHS tapes, to computer installations, King Schools has said goodbye to discs and is delivering 100% of its pilot courses online. “It means you can study on any device and your courses are always up-to-date,” said Co-Chairman Martha King. “We have followed two […]
Clay Lacy opens maintenance facility at KOXC
Clay Lacy Aviation has officially opened its 65,000-square-foot aircraft maintenance facility at Waterbury-Oxford Airport (KOXC) in Oxford, Connecticut. Staffed by factory trained technicians on Gulfstream, Bombardier, Dassault, Cessna, and Hawker airframes, the facility offers light line maintenance for engine and airframe, avionics troubleshooting and repairs, and minor interior updates and reconditioning. The process for FAA Part 145 […]