The runway at Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) in Southern California got a reprieve when a temporary restraining order was issued by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, which stopped the city’s plan to shorten the sole runway at Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO). The TRO came in response to a […]
Online Backcountry Ground School launches
Just released is Basic Backcountry Online Ground School, an online ground school specific to mountain and backcountry flying. The new course by Latitude Aviation offers a comprehensive study of concepts and practices unique to mountain flying, covering subjects like canyon flying, density altitude, performance calculation, and more. The school put out a trailer on YouTube […]
New edition of The Student Pilot’s Flight Manual published
The 11th edition of The Student Pilot’s Flight Manual from ASA covers everything a student needs to know from their first flight, to post-solo maneuvers, cross-country and night flying. According to ASA officials, this is a ground school textbook, maneuvers manual, and syllabus all rolled into one, providing a step-by-step course for student pilots working towards […]
Raisbeck Engineering to acquire Butterfield Industries
SEATTLE – Raisbeck Engineering will acquire all of the products and STCs of Butterfield Industries. The deal is anticipated to close on or before October 31, 2017. Butterfield Industries produces FAA-approved replacement parts for numerous King Air models, including PMA Direct Replacement Floorboards, Fuel Point Pans, Oil Residue Collection Systems, Air/Oil Separator Systems and Flow-Through Anti-Ice Kits. […]
BLR Aerospace expands dealer network
BLR Aerospace has added four companies to its fixed-wing dealer network for King Air and piston aircraft upgrades. The new dealers include AMK Aviation of Ontario, Canada; Rose Aircraft Services of Mena, Arkansas; Tiffin Aire of Tiffin, Ohio; and Upper Valley Aviation of British Columbia, Canada. The company now has more than 40 dealers worldwide, […]
Fuel starvation leads to crash
The pilot stated he had an uneventful cross-country flight and on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern at the airport in Salisbury, N.C., he switched the fuel selector from the right tank to the left tank and turned on the boost pump. While on short final approach, the engine started losing power as the […]
Send us your favorite photo from 2017
Every year, we devote the two December print issues of General Aviation News to photographs sent in by our readers. It’s amazing the number of photos we receive showing airplanes in all their glory — from backcountry flying to a Cub sitting on a grass runway to a dad taking his daughter for her first […]
One more demo flight before retirement
Geremy D. Kornreich was recently in Alamogordo, New Mexico, and was lucky enough to see a demo water drop by the retiring Neptune P-2V water bomber. He captured several photos. He explains: “Pilot Dave Dahl and co-pilot Joe Wattles flew two water bomber demo sorties in Neptune Aviation‘s P2V fire bomber ‘Tanker 06’ during the […]
Tavares rebuilding seaplane base after Hurricane Irma
The popular seaplane base and marina at Tavares, Florida, known as “America’s Seaplane City,” was heavily damaged by Hurricane Irma as it swept through the central part of the state Sept. 10-11, 2017. Salvage operations are underway, but it will months before the area returns to normal. “We prepared for the storm, but it came […]