By MARTY STEINER Airline museums range from boring glass cases filled with a hodgepodge of miscellaneous stuff to a flight line of vintage airliners in varying states of outdoor exposure and decay. Some have brought an aircraft or two indoors, restored it and may have some limited viewing or even a walk-through tour or display. […]
NTSB releases final report on ICON A5 accident
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its final report on the May 8, 2017, accident in which ICON Aircraft employees Jon Karkow and Cagri Sever lost their lives. In an analysis of the accident, NTSB investigators note that Karkow, a commercial pilot, was performing a new employee familiarization flight with Sever, who had just […]
President’s visits hurt small airports
Thor Solberg’s business is down — try practically nonexistent — at a time when it’s usually way up, and he has President Donald Trump to thank for it, according to an Associated Press story. Solberg owns Solberg-Hunterdon Airport, one of two small airports in western New Jersey that are essentially closed down because they are […]
AOPA Flight Training Survey closes Aug. 14
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s (AOPA’s) You Can Fly program 2017 Flight Training Experience Survey & Award entries close Aug. 14, 2017, at noon, EDT. According to AOPA officials, more than 5,400 responses have already been collected. Schools and instructors receiving over five valid responses qualify to receive an official report card to see […]
Five aircraft owners win $1,000 for ADS-B
To help encourage owners of general aviation aircraft to meet the FAA’s ADS-B Out equipage 2020 mandate in the United States, the Aircraft Electronics Association randomly awarded five aircraft owners with $1,000 toward an ADS-B compliant upgrade during the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture Oshkosh, July 24-30, 2017, in Wisconsin. Hundreds of aircraft owners registered to […]
Private Pilot ground school offered online
ORONO, Maine – WINGsReality EDU’s Fall 2017 Private Pilot ground school registration is open. Classes start Sept. 7. But what if you can’t be in Orono, Maine, for the 14-week course? No problem. WINGsReality EDU offers the course live online in real time. “This class will be fun and interesting to anyone who seeks a […]
Loss of control bends Cessna 170
The pilot reported that while on short final to the airport in East Haddam, Conn., two flocks of geese departed the field in front of his airplane, but “no immediate evasion action was necessary.” During the landing roll, the Cessna 170 began to swerve and veered off the runway to the left. The pilot reported […]
The need for speed
Air show star Kyle Franklin was a hit at EAA AirVenture 2017, where he flew the new Kitfox Speedster and met with fans at the Kitfox exhibit on the grounds. General Aviation News Publisher Ben Sclair captured these photos at the show, while Kitfox’s John McBean sent us the photo of the new Speedster in flight.
Changing horses mid-stream
Dispatch from KSAF, Santa Fe, New Mexico…three weeks ago: Faces solemn, my mechanics each rest a hand on one of my shoulders. One on my left and one on my right, they gently guide me across the crowded hangar floor, around Race 53, and to the north wall. There — SMACK — they smash my head […]