Nothing can take the joy out of being a pilot or aircraft owner like having an incident with your aircraft, then learning that it is not covered, or not sufficiently covered, by your aviation insurance. To avoid that one-two punch, it’s critical you understand what you need and what you’re getting when purchasing your aviation […]
Garmin Pilot upgraded
Garmin has added several new features to the Garmin Pilot application for Android and iOS mobile devices. Garmin Pilot 6.2 for Android incorporates approach chart overlays on the moving map, enhancements to stadium TFRs, glide range ring, logbook tracks and more, while the 9.1 version of Garmin Pilot for iOS adds a new high resolution […]
New book on The Spitfire released
New from Pen & Sword Books is “The Spitfire: An Icon of the Skies,” by Philip Kaplan. The Vickers Supermarine Spitfire, together with its partner the Hawker Hurricane, saved Britain from Nazi invasion in the summer of 1940 and changed the course of the Second World War. This new book celebrates one of history’s most important weapons […]
LA County Air Show to celebrate Skunk Works
The Los Angeles County Air Show (LACAS) will be held March 24-25, 2018, at General William J. Fox Airfield (KWJF) in Lancaster, California. This year’s theme — “First, Fastest and Farthest” — applauds the impact that the Antelope Valley has had in shaping the aeronautical industry, including the 75th snniversary year of Lockheed Martin Company’s […]
Collegiate Drone Challenge takes off
The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), an association for model aircraft flying hobbyists, and the University Aviation Association (UAA) have launched the Collegiate Drone Challenge. The UAS4STEM Collegiate Challenge is designed for university students to learn, practice, and demonstrate professional unmanned aircraft system (UAS) knowledge, mission planning, flight skills, data collection, analysis, and safety practices […]
Training flight ends in fuel starvation
The flight instructor and student pilot departed their home airport with about 34 gallons of fuel on board the Piper PA-28 for a planned 60-mile, round-trip, cross-country instructional flight. The student pilot reported that, after landing at the destination airport, they completed two more full-stop landings before returning to, and then landing uneventfully at, the […]
Pictures of the Day: Crowning the winners
The 10th Sport Air Racing League race season wrapped up for the year with the Rocket 100 Air Race in Taylor, Texas, and the crowning of the league’s National Champions for 2017. From left to right: Race 53 William E. Dubois, Production Silver; Race 35 Charles Cluck, Katalina Ramirez, and Dove Ramirez, Production Gold and […]
Rare Beech Bayless Lightning strikes at Beech Party
By CELIA VANDERPOOL Down a twisty, two-lane country road about an hour’s drive southeast of Nashville, Tennessee, is an uncommon sight, even for a rural airport runway. The expected pilot challenges of trees, split rail fences, a log cabin, and nostalgic-looking hangars give way to an enormous grass runway extension. There was more than ample […]
FAA chief: Collaboration key to maintaining U.S. leadership in aviation
As his term at the FAA comes to an end early next year, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta told members of the Aero Club in Washington, D.C., the “only way forward” is to foster more “constructive relationships” in the aviation community. “The result is the safest, largest, most complex, and most efficient air transportation system the […]