Erik Levin sent in this picture for Picture of the Day, explaining: “The few students who stayed on the Purdue University campus in Indiana during spring break this week took advantage of the high pressure area and enjoyed the beautiful sunrise over historic Hangar No. 2.” Would you like to have your photo featured as […]
When the wind blows
By CELIA VANDERPOOL From old European proverbs, people remembered seasonal weather cautions with rhyme: March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. No weather is ill, if the wind be still. Red sky at night, sailor’s delight Red sky at morning, sailor take warning. As pilots, we know how to interpret […]
Dynon receives first Skyview STC for Cessna 172s
Dynon Avionics has received its first Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for its flagship SkyView HDX system. The STC’s Approved Model List (AML) covers many Cessna 172 models, according to company officials. The initial STC is for the installation of a full suite of Dynon avionics, allowing pilots to remove the vast majority of their legacy […]
Next step milestone for Young Eagles
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — A milestone has been reached by the Experimental Aircraft Association, as 50,000 Young Eagles have taken the next step in their aviation journeys by enrolling in Sporty’s Learn to Fly Course after their EAA Young Eagles flights. “More than 2 million young people have been introduced to airplanes and […]
Heated hangar opens at KFKR
First Wing Jet Center, formerly Montgomery Aviation, has opened a new 12,000-square-foot hangar at Frankfort/Clinton County Municipal Airport (KFKR) in Indiana. The hangar is adjacent to a new 40,000-square-foot ramp and de-icing pad, opened in late 2017, as well as new self-serve 100LL and Jet A fuel farms, according to officials. Attached to the new […]
RAF 100th anniversary to be celebrated at Oshkosh
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — The centennial year of the Royal Air Force will be commemorated with historic aircraft, fly-overs, and special programming during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The 66th annual Experimental Aircraft Association fly-in convention, known as “The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration,” is July 23-29, 2018. The […]
Corrosion contributes to 210 crash
The private pilot reported that, shortly after takeoff with the Cessna 210’s flaps and landing gear retracted, a total loss of electrical power occurred and that he immediately turned back to the departure airport in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The landing gear, which is extended and retracted by hydraulic actuators powered by an electrically driven hydraulic […]
Picture of the Day: The next generation of aviators
David Ulane, Aeronautics Director for the Colorado Department of Transportation, sent us these photos, taken during a Women of Aviation Worldwide Week event, held at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport (KFNL) in March 2018. He reports that more than 1,500 young women took their first GA airplane ride over the course of the weeklong WOAW event, with […]
Embracing the transition tango
We like to say that education is a life-long pursuit. Yet many of us simultaneously limit education in our discussions and our thought processes to those years we spend in the confines of a traditional institution of learning. Is it a life-long pursuit, or an extended stay in an institutional environment? Both perspectives cannot co-exist […]