The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has donated nearly $18,000 to veterans organizations raised through the 2016 NATA Flag Pins for Veterans Project. NATA and its members began the project in 2014 to support veterans. To date, the association has raised more than $75,000 in three years. Funds from this year’s project will once again go to […]
Latest edition of Virtual Test Prep images released
The latest edition of ASA’s Virtual Test Prep Series Images adds professionalism, organization, and clarity to classroom instruction. The CD-ROM set of PowerPoint slideshows and animated graphics includes all of the images used in the Virtual Test Prep DVD Ground School Series. The slides are categorized and labeled to make them easy to identify for […]
Formation flight goes awry
At the conclusion of a local formation flight, the flight of weight-shift-control aircraft returned to their home airport in Eustis, Florida, and entered the traffic pattern. During the landing flare, the Storm pilot encountered the “prop wash” of the preceding aircraft, which resulted in his aircraft entering an uncommanded right bank. He attempted to counteract the turn […]
Happy New Year!
The Pulse of Aviation will not publish on Jan. 2, 2017, as the General Aviation News offices will be closed in observance of the New Year holiday. The Pulse will return to its regular schedule Jan 3, 2017.
Plane pays tribute to 9/11
Leonard Solomon sent in this photo of his Piper Vagabond, taken by Adam Solomon at a fly-in breakfast at Eagle Ridge Airport (NK09) in central New York State. “I restored and finished the aircraft as a 9/11 tribute,” Len explains.
Smells like desperation
“Let us be the solution to your New Year’s Resolution” was printed on the backside of a postcard I received in the mail. Huh? What resolution? After reading the other side of the postcard, apparently my 2017 resolution is to be an underpaid professional pilot. For kicks I clicked through to FlyCommutAir.com to see what […]
54 recommendations made to FAA to improve TFR Notams
A committee composed of pilots, aviation and automation experts, officials who submit notams, and flight planning vendors has drafted 54 recommendations to the FAA to improve the dissemination and graphical display of temporary flight restrictions to make it easier for pilots to access and understand the information, according to a report on the Aircraft Owners […]
Total your flight hours automatically, share with friends
Do you manually add up your flying activity each year? If you fly a lot of hours, that can be a good amount of work. Pilot Partner wants to help. On Jan. 1, 2017, all Pilot Partner customers will receive an email with their automatically generated year in review summary. This summary will read from their electronic logbook […]
Dates, locations revealed for AEA conferences
LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI — The Aircraft Electronics Association has unveiled the dates and locations for its 2017 AEA Connect Conferences. The 2017 AEA Connect schedule is as follows: April 10-11 Europe Connect (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Sept. 6-7 U.S. West Connect (Reno, Nevada) Sept. 18-19 U.S. East Connect (Jacksonville, Florida) Oct. 26-27 U.S. Central Connect (Kansas City, Missouri) Nov. […]