SAN BERNARDINO, California — Luxivair SBD at San Bernardino International Airport (KSBD) now offers pilots an upgrade in self-serve fueling with the installation of a new M4000 self-serve terminal from QTpod. The M4000 offers many convenient and time-saving features for pilots including faster transaction approvals, according to FBO officials. Backlit touch keypads help pilots see […]
FlightSafety launches engine course for ag pilots
FlightSafety International has launched a new Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A Series Pilot Familiarization Course designed specifically for agricultural aircraft pilots. Training is planned to begin in Brazil in early 2018. Additional locations will be added according to customer needs, according to company officials. “This new course will provide agricultural pilots who fly aircraft equipped […]
Cirrus pilot pulls chute too late
The private pilot had spent several hours flying practice instrument approaches to various airports. He stated he became distracted and failed to monitor the Cirrus SR22’s fuel state. His normal habit was to alternate between the airplane’s wing fuel tanks every 30 minutes, however he did not perform this action during the last hour of […]
Picture of the day: Backcountry camping at its best
Marian Jensen of Auburn, Washington, sent us this photo, explaining: “Backcountry camping in a C-180 at Moose Creek, Idaho.”
10 things you don’t know about the Civil Air Patrol
While some missions may not be a surprise — including the rush of hurricane-related flying towards the end of the fiscal year — other missions are not what most of us traditionally consider when we think Civil Air Patrol.
What happens when a drone hits a plane?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Initial research by a consortium of leading universities, through the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE), have begun to bring better understanding to the physical damage associated with small unmanned aircraft — or drones — colliding midair with commercial and GA aircraft. The ASSURE research team set out to […]
One Week Wonder plane returns to Oshkosh
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — The One Week Wonder project, where a complete airplane is built over a seven-day period, is returning to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2018. The 66th annual Experimental Aircraft Association fly-in convention will be at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh July 23-29, 2018. This time, the airplane will be a […]
Additional capabilities for G5 certified
Garmin has received FAA and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval of additional G5 electronic flight instrument capabilities, including the installation of a G5 in place of an existing directional gyro (DG) or horizontal situational indicator (HSI) in some certified fixed-wing general aviation aircraft. When paired with select VHF NAV/COMMs or GPS navigators, the G5 […]
Hypoxia simulator event slated
The FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) is organizing a four-day Hypoxia Simulator Portable Reduced Oxygen Training Enclosure (PROTE) event May 10-14 at Rainier Flight Service at Renton Municipal Airport (KRNT) in Washington. The PROTE is a traveling altitude “chamber” which is capable of producing hypoxic environments at ground level by altering the fraction of […]