Sonex Aircraft recently posted a video of the B-Model flight test process in Red One, the company’s Waiex-B prototype. Flown by Joe Norris of Sonex Aircraft, Red One is AeroVee Turbo powered. Company officials say the the flight test process revealed no surprises — “it flies exactly like a Sonex and meets all published B-Model specs.”
Mid-Air Collision Avoidance seminar slated at KRUQ
On Tuesday Sept. 13, EAA Chapter 1083 at the Rowan County Airport (KRUQ) in North Carolina will host the Fourth Fighter Wing Safety Group from Seymour Johnson Airforce Base for a briefing for flights in and around Seymour Johnson AFB and the surrounding MOA’s and restricted areas in the Central Carolinas. Each year, more people […]
Biplane’s landing goes awry
The owner/builder of the experimental amateur-built, tailwheel-equipped Lionheart biplane was seated in the front left seat, with another pilot seated in the right seat, and a passenger in the rear seat. The intent of the flight was to prepare both pilots for a flight review, with both trading off flight duties as necessary. They planned […]
Pictures of the day: The next generation
Penny Rafferty Hamilton, the AOPA Airport Support Network Volunteer at Granby/Grand County Airport (KGNB) in Granby, Colo., sent in these photos from the recent “Touch An Airplane Meet a Pilot Day” at the airport. Volunteers of the Grand County Historical Association Emily Warner Field Aviation Museum and EAA Chapter 1267 invited pre-school children, their teachers, parents and […]
Let’s not go flying
I came to flying later than many. In part because I was sort of a hippie kid more attracted to the idea of playing guitar professionally than suiting up as a member of the military. And while those two paths might not seem mutually exclusive today, in the Viet Nam era they were often thought […]
Civil Air Patrol responds to Hermine
The Civil Air Patrol’s Florida Wing remained at “activation level” Sept. 4, 2016, following last week’s landfall of Hurricane Hermine. This was Day 10 on active alert for the wing. Florida Wing operations is receiving tasking from FEMA Region IV, the state of Florida and the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center. The Area Command established under direction […]
Video: Warbirds on parade
Our friends at FunPlacesToFly.com put together a video for the Commemorative Air Force Dallas Wing in Lancaster, Texas, called Warbirds on Parade. Check it out below.
Pilots to get first look at ‘Sully’
AVweb’s Russ Niles is reporting that the movie “Sully” will preview to a theater full of pilots Sept. 7, two days before the film opens in theaters nationwide. The movie is based on the “Miracle on the Hudson,” when Flight 1549 was forced to ditch in the Hudson River in 2009. It stars Tom Hanks […]
Learning opportunities expand at Reno Air Races
Pathways to Aviation — formerly known as the Reno Air Racing Foundation — will unveil an expanded Aviation Learning Center expansion during this year’s Reno National Championship Air Races to accommodate more than 5,000 elementary, middle, high school and college students for five days of hands-on learning, exhibits, classes and presentations. The Aviation Learning Center has […]