By JEB BURNSIDE. If you’re lucky, you may get a chance to give someone their first airplane ride. In fact, flying passengers can be one of the real highlights of becoming a pilot. (And I’m thinking of pure passengers, the kind who have no clue how to do what you’re doing in the cockpit. Pilot-rated […]
Help Wanted: Experienced Air Traffic Controllers
The FAA is now accepting job applications from people with previous air traffic control experience. Applications will be accepted through Sept. 20, 2016. Experienced air traffic controllers include eligible military air traffic controllers and others with air traffic controller certification. The job vacancy announcement for the position of Air Traffic Control Specialist is now available […]
Civil Air Patrol reaches flight milestone
The Civil Air Patrol surpassed 100,000 flying hours across its fleet of planes for the 2016 fiscal year Sept. 6 — more than a 7% increase over the previous year. On the same date in fiscal 2015, flying hours totaled 93,256. Why has CAP flown more this year? John Desmarais, director of operations at National Headquarters, […]
Ascend 172 dealer network takes off
Wichita — After unveiling an upgraded version of its remanufactured Ascend 172 at this year’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Yingling Aviation has now created a dealer network for the airplane. Air Orlando Sales at Orlando Executive Airport in Florida and Suburban Aviation at Suburban Toledo Airport in Ohio will sell the Ascend 172, as well as […]
ICON to build facility in Tijuana
ICON Aircraft has revealed plans to build a new facility in Tijuana, Mexico, where it will produce composite airframe components for the A5. As part of a revised production plan announced in May, the company decided to produce its own composite components, a manufacturing process that was previously outsourced to several suppliers, company officials explained. The […]
Sporty’s introduces new flight gear timer
Sporty’s has introduced a new Flight Gear Timer focused on simplicity. A timer is still one of the most useful tools a pilot can carry in his flight bag for timing fuel burn, cross country waypoints or instrument approaches, Sporty’s officials note. Sporty’s new Flight Gear Timer features a full 10-digit keypad, which makes it fast and […]
King Schools releases ACS Instrument Practical Test Checkride Course
King Schools has released its second Airmen Certification Standards (ACS) course: The new ACS Instrument Practical Test Checkride Course. The course shows an instrument rating checkride based on the ACS. The new HD course covers every task as outlined by the ACS and includes nearly seven hours of oral and in flight video. The course […]
In-flight fire fatal for two
The pilot and one passenger were on a cross-country flight in the Seawind 3000 amphibian airplane. The pilot reported to an airport tower air traffic controller that the plane had a low fuel pressure indication and that he planned to fly directly to the airport in Bloomington, Ind. However, the plane hit terrain about three miles north […]
Picture of the day: A ‘new’ P-51
Frequent contributor Albert Dyer sent in this photos, noting: “This P-51 is new in every way. Jerry Calkins, a regular visitor to the American Aero Services facility has watched its progress since the first skin was made at American Aero Services.”