The DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase has been chosen for the new sport aviation show slated for later this year in DeLand, Florida. Coming up with a name for a new aviation event isn’t easy, especially one that highlights what the event will be and hasn’t been used by others. That was the dilemma facing the […]
AirExpo 2016 introduces the Drone Zone
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — This year AirExpo 2016 introduces the “Drone Zone,” a drone demonstration area where you can watch drones fly in an enclosed area or purchase one to take home. Maverick Drone Systems of Savage, Minn., will be flying drones during the airshow, which is slated for July 16-17 at the Wings of the North. […]
EAA publishes family reunion album
Oshkosh. A single word, which is also a city in Wisconsin, conjures up feelings like few others among the aviation crowd. To many, AirVenture – as the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual fly-in and convention is officially known – is the center of the aviation universe. To others, it is a family reunion. The event that […]
Kitfox hits powerlines
The pilot was practicing taxiing in his recently purchased airplane in Sprague, Wash. While taxiing, the Kitfox unintentionally became airborne. The pilot decided that in an effort to not collide with an electric fence ahead, he would need to add full power and fly the airplane in a traffic pattern to come back and land. Despite […]
Picture of the day: Over Germany
Jan Schenzle sent in this photo, with a simple note: “Walchensee, 25 nm south of Munich, Germany, Bavaria. 6000 feet.”
Company’s airplanes work for a living
“Take this job and love it…” Our variation on the title of an old country song is how we at T.J. Snow Company introduce the unique flying job we’ve developed over the years at our Chattanooga, Tennessee-based business, which was founded by my father in 1963 and is now owned by my son and me. […]
Flirtey drone donated to the Smithsonian
The Flirtey drone used to make the first FAA-approved drone delivery in the United States has been accepted into the collection of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, which displays the Space Shuttle Discovery, the SR-71 Blackbird and the first aircraft operated by FedEx. The six-rotor drone delivered medication to a rural medical clinic […]
NextGen benefits at LAX
NextGen is bringing new benefits to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) through a technology called Data Comm. According to FAA officials, Data Comm revolutionizes communications between air traffic controllers and pilots by replacing some traditional voice communications with digital information exchanges – like texting versus talking over the phone. Voice communication is labor intensive, time […]
Konect Aviation to take over management of KMMV
McMINNVILLE, Oregon — On July 1, Konect Aviation Oregon will become manager of the McMinnville Municipal Airport (KMMV). Although the company has been in operation at the McMinnville Airport since 2009, Konect Aviation only recently became the FBO, taking over for the previous operator, Cirrus Aviation, on Jan. 1. In addition to the scenic tours and charter […]