Reader Tom Lasser shared this link to 100-year-old footage of the Red Baron during World War I. Shot on March 9, 1917, the very rare piece of film gives us an up-close and personal look at the infamous Red Baron, Manfred Von Richthofen. Some observers note that if you look close, you also will see Hermann Goering […]
Registration opens for Air Race Classic
Registration is open for the 42nd Air Race Classic (ARC), the annual all-women cross-country airplane race. More than 100 women pilots from around the world are expected to compete in this year’s ARC, which begins Tuesday, June 19, 2018, in Sweetwater, Texas, and ends Friday, June 22, 2018, in Fryeburg, Maine. The oldest race of […]
Garmin begins shipping GFC 500 autopilot
Garmin has received FAA Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for several aircraft models for the GFC 500 autopilot, including a wide range of Cessna 172 and 182 aircraft. Intended for less complex piston single-engine aircraft, the GFC 500 integrates with the G5 to provide pilots with an economical autopilot and modern flight instrument, according to Garmin […]
Zenith workshops returns to Sebring Expo
Zenith Aircraft Company is once again bringing its two-day, hands-on kit aircraft building workshop to the 2018 Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo. The Expo, held at Sebring Regional Airport in Florida, is slated for Jan. 24-27. “The two-day hands-on workshop is an excellent way to learn all about building your own kit aircraft, and to […]
Aerobatic flight in Yak ends fatally
The pilot was conducting a local aerobatic flight with a pilot-rated passenger occupying the rear seat of the Yak 52, which was equipped with flight controls. The pilot’s son was flying another airplane, returning to the home airport after a local sightseeing flight near Alpine, Wyoming. The airport was at the southeast corner of a […]
Picture of the day: Simply wonderful
Jonathan Milne of Sidney, Maine, sent in this photo. “Each year volunteer pilots meet at the Lighthawk.org annual fly-in. 2017 found many of our pilots (and planes) at Basin Harbor, Vermont. This photo was taken early in the morning on Oct. 23, 2017, just as the sun was rising over the 3,000′ grass strip on […]
A century’s passion lost and found
Because I’m a bit weird, I found myself reading through a stack of newspapers from the early 20th Century recently. In those pages I found something that I hadn’t seen in a while, something almost foreign to the American public in our current time. It was this: Absolute wonder and unrestrained excitement at the idea […]
CubCrafters now accepts BitCoin
CubCrafters now accepts BitCoin, as well as other popular cryptocurrencies, as a payment method on orders for new and pre-owned aircraft and aircraft kits. The move supports progressive technologies and the international entrepreneur communities who use them, according to Jim Richmond, the company’s founder and CEO. “Our intent is to support our buyers’ payment preferences,” Richmond […]
Eagle project takes off at the New England Air Museum
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — A new PlayScape has taken off at the New England Air Museum, thanks to Evan Pedneault of Troop 25 in Manchester, Conn. Evan shepherded the Eagle Scout Service Project from the planning and creative stage through installation of the PlayScape on Dec. 2, 2017. He reports it took most of 2017 to […]