Pilots and non-pilots alike from throughout the northwest will be “flocking” to the Willapa Harbor Airport Saturday, July 30 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The promise of fresh succulent Willapa Bay Oysters beckons private pilots to the seventh annual Feed Fly-in and Oyster Feed sponsored by the EAA Willapa Harbor Pilots Association Chapter 1528. […]
College students take on ADS-B challenge
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Engineering students from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and business students from Black Hills State University are partnering on an aviation project to develop technology to meet new FAA safety requirements at lower cost. The presidents from the longtime rival schools, both general aviation pilots who each own aircraft, are […]
Taxiing on the river goes awry
While practicing step taxiing in a Searey on a river near Mount Vernon, Wash., the pilot under instruction attempted to transition from step taxi to plow taxi. During the transition, the right wing dropped and hit the water, which damaged the right sponson. The flight instructor added power and proceeded to takeoff. The airplane climbed to 10 feet […]
Picture of the day: Landing at ATL … in a piston plane
Hal Denton, known by many at Captain Hal, sent in this photo, with a brief explanation: “When I knew I had a meeting at the Renaissance Hotel in Atlanta, I thought ‘what a great time to put my license to good use.’ If I could land at ATL, I could walk to my meeting. However, […]
Third class medical reform: Done
With the swipe of his pen on Friday, July 15, President Obama set into law third class medical reform. I’m thrilled. So are a good many pilots. “It’s important to celebrate this moment, which has been a long time coming and resulted from an incredible amount of work over the past five years,” said Jack […]
Oshkosh Bound: Has anything changed in the last year?
By DEAN BILLING. As I was preparing my motorhome for the trip to AirVenture 2016, it dawned on me that I haven’t written anything for the GA Fuels blog in quite sometime. Perhaps that’s because not much is happening in the aviation fuel arena despite the nagging problems of TEL contamination and the perceptible decline […]
KPPO Aviation Camp takes off
By Diane Bos Schwarz What do you get when you combine 49 6th-12th grade students, airplanes, drones, rockets, pilots, speakers, and classes? At the LaPorte Municipal Airport (KPPO) in Indiana, you get Aviation Camp. Three years ago, the idea of a camp to inspire and educate students about aviation was launched as a test program. Within […]
Video: Doc takes flight
For the first time since 1956, the B-29 “Doc” flew. The first successful flight after a 16-year restoration was held Sunday, July 17. The flight lasted about about seven minutes and the crew reported an overall successful flight. Doc took off from McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kan., and returned to the same runway. In […]
Cirrus Aircraft unveils special mission platform
Cirrus Aircraft has received FAA certification for Cirrus Perception, a special mission platform tailored specifically for both the Cirrus SR22 and SR22T models. This new multi-mission, adaptive Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft offers performance capabilities suitable for airborne traffic and law enforcement operations, aerial surveying, mapping and photography, search and rescue missions, disaster management and […]