Now available from Sporty’s is the GoCheck Preflight Multi-tool, which includes a fuel tester with strainer, a stall horn tester, dipstick wiper, red/white flashlight, Phillips/flathead screwdriver, and a checklist reminder card. “With space at a premium in most flight bags, this little tool tackles several preflight chores,” says Sporty’s Vice President John Zimmerman. “This tool […]
Swift Fuels highlighted at Deland Showcase
As the first DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase takes off at DeLand Municipal Airport in Florida, Swift Fuels reports its is selling its unleaded UL94 avgas with full service refueling onsite for $3.95 a gallon. Officials with the company are also on track to present two forums during the Nov. 3-5 show. Swift Fuels’ unleaded 94 MON avgas […]
Pratt & Whitney Canada enhances maintenance program
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has enhanced its Eagle Service Plan (ESP) maintenance program tailored to PT6A customers. The ESPplan is a pay-per-hour engine coverage program that ensures a planned and preventative approach to maintenance, according to company officials. Being launched are ESPecially for Your PT6 engine, which provides the first 400 hours of coverage for free to […]
Flying Musicians land in DeLand
The Flying Musicians Association will perform during the first DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase in Florida, Nov. 3-5, at KDED, the DeLand Municipal Airport. Music will be provided daily from 11 am until 1 pm by local musicians and Flying Musicians. Members will be on hand daily from 9 am-5 pm to talk about FMA programs and […]
World Fuels Services FBO network grows
Flightways Columbus at the Columbus Airport (KCSG) in Columbus, Georgia; Emery Air, at the Chicago Rockford International Airport (KRFD) in Rockford, Illinois; and Guardian Jet Center, at Ontario International Airport (KONT) in Ontario, California, recently joined the World Fuel Services network of FBOs.
Cessna 210’s landing gear fails
The pilot stated that, after takeoff from the airport in Bullhead City, Arizona, he heard a loud bang after he moved the landing gear handle to the “up” position on the Cessna 210B. The landing gear indication lights did not illuminate. He cycled the landing gear handle, which had no effect. In addition, the flaps would not […]
Pictures of the day: Wings of Freedom
Lara Kaufmann of Greenville Downtown Airport in Greenville, S.C., sent in these photos, taken the weekend of Oct. 22, when The Collings Foundation‘s Wings of Freedom Tour visited the airport. Thousands of people came out to see North American B-25 Mitchell “Tondelayo,” Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine, Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft,” and P-51 […]
EAA chief celebrates first anniversary
Jack Pelton admits he failed miserably at being retired. That’s why the former president of Cessna is now preparing to celebrate his first anniversary as president and CEO of the Experimental Aircraft Association. But that’s not what he envisioned doing when he left Cessna. “My wife and I had pretty much established that we were […]
Concerns continue about medical reform
Now that the elation of finally getting third class medical reform approved has abated a bit, new concerns have been raised by pilots who worry their doctors won’t sign off on an FAA form that says they are fit to fly. “Most doctors won’t want the liability,” more than one person has commented at GeneralAviationNews.com. […]