By BOB MACKEY Did you know traditional life insurance policies exclude all aviation risks except flying as a passenger onboard a schedule air carrier? No? Well, you are not alone. Can you have a traditional life insurance policy modified to include personal aviation? Yes, but it is expensive and you still might have some types […]
Purdue Aviation orders Jet-A-powered Skyhawks
Purdue Aviation has placed an order for the Cessna Turbo Skyhawk JT-A. The delivery to Purdue Aviation will be the first in the U.S. following certification later this year. The Cessna Turbo Skyhawk JT-A is a factory option that uses the Continental CD-155 engine. Maximum range is 885 nautical miles, a 38% increase over the standard Skyhawk. Maximum speed […]
SocialFlight 6.0 adds Fly2Win Challenge and Fly2Win Rewards
The newly released SocialFlight 6.0 adds SocialFlight’s Fly2Win Rewards and over $50,000 in prize giveaways in the SocialFlight Fly2Win Challenge. Fly2Win Challenge users “check-in” and build points by visiting airports, destinations, events and featured airport businesses. Users also get to select and build a virtual aircraft as they gather points, compete on a Monthly Leaderboard and […]
Continental’s CD-100 hits milestones
Continental Motors Group has manufactured and delivered 5,000 CD-100 series engine over 15 years. Those 5,000 engines have accumulated more than 5.25 million flight hours on more than 2,750 aircraft, company officials report. The first CD-100-series engine took flight in September 2000 mounted on a Valentin Taifun motor glider at Altenburg airport in Thuringia, Germany. Additional […]
Need a replacement for your King KX155/165?
TKM Avionics has developed a direct slide-in replacement for the King KX155/165 series of NAV/COM radios. The company expects first deliveries this summer. “These 8.33 kHz EASA-compliant radios are compatible with both 14- or 28-volt aircraft and are direct plug-and-play replacements that are affordable and simple to install and use,” noted Ken Beckemeyer, TKM’s president and […]
Fuel starvation leads to forced landing
The pilot departed with about 25 gallons of fuel in the left wing fuel tank and about 7 or 8 gallons in the right wing fuel tank and with the fuel selector positioned to the left wing fuel tank. After departure, he flew the Mooney M20J to an airport near Allentown, Pennsylvania, to practice takeoffs and […]
Making Mustang memories
It is Mustang Day at SUN ‘n FUN on Thursday, April 6, and to celebrate, Stallion 51’s Lee Lauderback will perform in his P-51 Crazy Horse. On Wednesday, more than a dozen P-51s flew into SUN ‘n FUN to help Stallion 51 celebrate its 30th anniversary.
SUN ‘n FUN Seabirds Splash-In a success
Perfect weather and a purpose-built seaplane base combined to make the SUN ’n FUN Seabirds Splash-in a success this year, according to organizers. Previously held on the shore of a lake adjacent to Fantasy of Flight, the annual seaplane event has been without a home for several years. “We are very pleased with the turn-out,” […]
ADS-B airspace: Is your GA airport inside or near it?
Nationwide, more than 20,000 general aviation aircraft are based at airports under a Mode C Veil, and those owners need to recognize how little time they have left to install ADS-B before the FAA rule takes effect.