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 […]
Bondhus introduces line of pliers and cutters
Bondhus Corporation, through its German marketing partner FELO, has introduced a line of pliers and cutters. These German-made hand tools have super hard gripping and cutting surfaces and cushioning hand grips, according to Bondhus officials.
Pilot commits suicide by plane
Witnesses reported seeing the Cessna 172 flying in an easterly direction at a very low altitude before striking the northwest corner of an office building in Anchorage, Alaska. The airplane’s wreckage continued traveling east while descending into an adjacent office building and subsequently struck an electrical transformer. A postcrash fire consumed the airplane wreckage. The […]
Picture of the day: Greeting the sun
Nathan Alexander of Melrose, Iowa, sent in this photo, with a brief note: “1965 M20C before a XC flight, early in the morning at sunrise.”
‘Medicine has been my life, but flying is my passion’
I believe there are multiple paths in life. Whether the topic is spiritual, technical, flying, driving or any other matters not. There are multiple ways to accomplish nearly anything. When it comes to flying, the paths to aviation and within aviation are myriad. Victor Vogel was a medical school professor for 25 years and did […]
Customs & Border Protection hires UND student pilots
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) has launched a program to recruit students exclusively from the University of North Dakota (UND) for careers as airborne law enforcement officers. Under the program, sophomore and junior students learn the foundation of federal law enforcement while continuing their studies at UND. AMO’s mission […]