OKLAHOMA CITY — Twenty four organizations were recently awarded Aerospace and Aviation Education Program grants or contracts totaling more than $218,000 from the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission (OAC). The funds will be used to expose more school-aged children in Oklahoma to STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) careers, particularly those in aerospace and aviation. “Aerospace is our second-largest […]
Update to Phoenix Goodyear Airport master plan begins
MESA, Ariz. — Work has begun on an update to the master plan for Phoenix Goodyear Airport (KGYR). A consultant team made up of members from Armstrong Consultants, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Genesis Consulting Group, Woolpert, and Class V Communications has begun work on the update. The existing airport master plan was completed in 2007 prior to the […]
Auto create flights with FlightAware and Pilot Partner
Have you ever walked away from the airport and forgot to log your flight and how long it was? Pilot Partner now integrates with FlightAware through the FlightXML API to provide an opportunity to automatically create flight logbook entries from FlightAware flight tracks. Pilot Partner also automatically attaches the FlightAware flight track image to your flight […]
Lane Wallace’s Unforgettable now an audiobook
Lane Wallace’s “Unforgettable: My 10 Best Flights” is now available from Sporty’s as an audiobook. In Unforgettable, Lane describes her 10 best flights, which range from her first flight to Oshkosh in a Cessna 140 to flying a blimp over the Alps. Other flights include a long flight across Texas, landing on a glacier in Alaska […]
Ross Aviation inks deal to offer rental cars at four locations
DENVER – Ross Aviation has signed an agreement with Go Rentals to offer car rental services at four of its new FBO locations — KTRM, KSDL, KIAD and KHPN. The FBO is offering triple AVTRIP Points per gallon at all locations through Oct. 31, while Go Rentals is offering double AVTRIP Points on car rentals through […]
Cessna 140 crashes trying to avoid deer
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped Cessna 140 was attempting to depart from the runway at the airport in Luray, Va., when a deer suddenly began approaching the runway from the left. He attempted to steer the airplane left to avoid the deer as it crossed, and in the process, it departed the left side of the runway. […]
Picture of the day: Trimotor at AirVenture
Bill Walker’s photos from AirVenture 2016 continue, with this great shot of the Ford 5-AT-B Trimotor flaring for a landing at Oshkosh.
Pilotedge adds ATC to sims
By BILL WILSON “Skyhawk 345 make an immediate left turn to 270 for traffic!” The urgency of those words, fired staccato like from an approach controller, mean only one thing — act now or risk a mid-air collision. But you are not hearing them from a perch 3,000 feet above southern California. They are coming to you […]
New REMOS dealer uses new approach to recruit students
SUGAR GROVE, Ill. — When David Spano and Tony Sabos set up SimplyFLY six years ago, their goal was to provide flight training under the banner of Power Sports. They wanted to focus on growing sport aviation by targeting the general public. They do this by taking a REMOS mockup aircraft to local fairs, festivals […]