King Schools has released the Garmin GTN Essentials online course, designed to help pilots get full utility from the Garmin GTN 650 or 750. The course, priced at $179, provides instruction on the fundamental operation and the advanced features of the Garmin GTN 650 and 750, according to company officials. “Pilots have been using King […]
Duncan Aviation sponsors free NextGen seminar in Nashville
Duncan Aviation will host a free NextGen seminar in Nashville Oct. 13 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The seminar, led by Regional Avionics Sales Manager Mark Francetic and representatives of the company’s partners, including ARINC Direct, L-3 Aviation Products, Garmin, Rockwell Collins, Satcom Direct, Universal Avionics and Honeywell, will be held at the Inn […]
Mechanic error leads to forced landing for SR-22
The commercial pilot was conducting a cross-country personal flight in the Cirrus SR-22. He reported that, during cruise flight, the airspeed began to decrease, and the engine began to lose power. He attempted to restore engine power, but was not successful. He then conducted a forced landing to a road in Langola Township in Minnesota. During the landing roll, […]
Picture of the day: An aggressive T-28
Frequent contributor Star Novak recently sent in this photo with a quick note: “An aggressive looking T-28 sits on the ramp at Neosho Hugh Robinson Airport (KEOS) in Missouri during the Neosho Fly-In and Flour Drop held this past May.”
Cold case
“It was a close call,” wrote the captain in her report to NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System. “If we had not realized what was happening and acted on it, all the occupants of the aircraft would have likely lost consciousness and suffocated.” What catastrophic event caused one airline captain to have a near-death experience on […]
Florida pilot completes solo around-the-world flight
When West Palm Beach-based flight instructor Zheng “Julie” Wang landed her Cirrus at Addison Airport in Dallas on Sept. 20, returning to the place from which she departed 34days ago, she became the first Chinese woman to pilot an aircraft around-the-world solo. Wang accomplished the west-bound circumnavigation in 155 hours of flying over 17 days, with just […]
FBO files complaint against SMO
The latest salvo in the continuing battle by the city of Santa Monica to close the Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) was fired by Atlantic Aviation, which owns the sole full-service FBO at the Southern California airport. According to Matt Thurber of Aviation International News, the FBO has filed a Part 16 complaint with the FAA in response to a resolution by the Santa […]
WAI corporate members plan Girls in Aviation Day events
In addition to Women in Aviation International chapters, some of WAI’s corporate members are hosting Girls in Aviation Day events on Sept. 24. The plans by corporate members include:United Airlines and uIMPACT, United’s women’s Business Resource Group, will host a Girls in Aviation Day event in Chicago for the first time. Girls from various organizations […]
Meridian selects EPIC Fuels for West Coast expansion
EPIC Fuels has been chosen by Meridian, a private aviation company based at Teterboro Airport, as the branded fuel supplier for Meridian’s new FBO at Hayward Executive Airport (HWD) in Hayward, California. The FBO features a new 6,300-square-foot FBO terminal and offices, a 30,000-square-foot hangar, and a 3.5-acre ramp. Additionally, Meridian will provide charter and management services, and […]