Quest Aircraft Company has partnered with CAMP Systems to offer a free one-year subscription to CAMP’s maintenance tracking service. The program will launch in January 2017, and all new Kodiaks (pictured below) will be eligible for the program, according to company officials. In addition to maintenance tracking, the CAMP package also offers the added benefit […]
‘Training the Right Stuff’ released
Schiffer Publishing has released “Training the Right Stuff: The Aircraft that Produced America’s Jet Pilots” by Mark Frankel and Tommy H. Thomason. The book is a study of the training aircraft used to transition the United States military into the jet age. At the end of World War II, high-performance jets with unfamiliar operating characteristics were replacing […]
FAA certifies lithium-ion batteries on Cessna 208s
The FAA has issued Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for True Blue Power’s TB44 (46-amp hour) lithium-ion batteries on Cessna Model 208 and 208B Caravans. According to company officials, operational and performance improvements include: Increased power — three times the energy per kilogram; Extended useful battery life — more than double lead-acid and NiCad alternatives; Rapid recharge […]
New RV-3 owner perishes in crash
Several witnesses reported they observed the RV-3 make a steep climb shortly after takeoff from the airport in Las Cruces, N.M., and then make two 90° left bank turns to enter the downwind leg of the traffic pattern. During the turns, the wings were rocking back and forth, the airplane was in a nose-high attitude and not […]
Pictures of the day: Girls in Aviation Day
Women in Aviation International’s next Girls in Aviation Day is officially set for Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. Meanwhile enjoy some photos from this year’s event. With two years of successful experience in managing this international outreach, the third International Girls in Aviation Day is set to be enhanced and expanded to include more WAI chapters […]
Slings for two or four
In the beginning the aviation world had Cessna, Piper, Beechcraft, and a handful of other recognized names. We still have many of them, but most famous brands have trained their focus on larger aircraft, while the more affordable space is increasingly occupied by Light-Sport Aircraft manufacturers and a broad array of kit-built aircraft. “No comparison,” […]
Bob Hoover Celebration of Life to be live streamed
The legendary Bob Hoover will be remembered at a Celebration of Life Nov. 18, 2016, at Clay Lacy Aviation in Van Nuys, Calif. The event honoring Hoover, who passed away Oct. 25 at the age of 94, will be livestreamed at LetBobFly.net/Live beginning at 1 p.m. Pacific time (4 p.m. Eastern) and is expected to run […]
Activist says Korea beat the Wright brothers
A Korean activist claims that a military officer built an airplane a full 300 years before the Wright brothers, although none of the ancient plane or its design remains. “Korea is the origin of the flying aircraft. We should perfectly restore the plane to get recognition of it worldwide,” Kim Dong-min, chairman of the Jinju Bicha […]
Latest edition of ‘Severe Weather Flying’ released
Just released is the fourth edition of Dennis Newton’s “Severe Weather Flying.” The new edition is updated with advice on current weather prediction models and technology, along with instruction on how all pilots can use these to their advantage, according to officials with ASA. Newton offers guidance built on a lifetime of experience and expertise, […]