With the FAA’s transition from Practical Test Standards (PTS) to Airman Certification Standards (ACS) taking effect June 15 for Private Pilot and Instrument Rating, Sporty’s reports that its Learn to Fly and Instrument Rating courses are ACS-compliant. The goal of Sporty’s courses is to impart the body of knowledge necessary to become a safe and competent pilot […]
Oil starvation brings down Cessna 188
The pilot reported that he was maneuvering the Cessna 188 with a banner attached when he noticed a loss of oil pressure. He notified an air traffic controller of the emergency and indicated that he could not reach an airport. The engine then experienced a total loss of power, and the pilot made an emergency landing […]
Picture of the day: More extraordinary contrails
After the posting of Tomas Daniska’s photo of interesting contrails, Bob Cady sent in this photo, explaining: “On the afternoon of New Years Eve day 2014, I saw an extraordinary number of contrails, well over 20. We get a lot of air traffic here in southeast Virginia but never before like this.” “That itself was interesting, […]
Air Racing from the Cockpit: The champs and the challenger
Dispatch from KMDH, Carbondale/Murphysboro, Illinois: Standing on my wing, I look down the long double row of airplanes. Like an old-style barn dance, the two lines of planes face each other, spinner to spinner, across a wide taxiway. We’re arranged from fastest to slowest; the fastest planes on the east, the slowest planes on the west. […]
Video: Red Bull Air Race demo at SUN ‘n FUN
While he appreciated our coverage following SUN ‘n FUN of the first-ever Red Bull Air Race demo at a fly-in, Jeff Lee of LiveAirShowTV says he’s got something better: The official video that was shown on the Jumbotrons at the airshow. Check it out here to see Kirby Chambliss and Michael Goulian race through the […]
Rare artifact from Spirit of St. Louis up for auction
NEW YORK, New York — At an auction slated for June 15, Lion Heart Autographs will offer a piece of the original silver-colored cloth from the fuselage of the “Spirit of St. Louis” signed by Charles A. Lindbergh, just days after his historic trans-Atlantic solo flight. The event at Invaluable.com, “Five Centuries of Autographs: Ferdinand & Isabella (1492) to […]
27th annual Father’s Day Fly-In set at 62PA
SocialFlight’s Event of the Week is the 27th Annual Father’s Day Fly-In, slated for June 17-18 at Shreveport North Airport (62PA) in Wellsville, Pennsylvania. Hosted by the Mason-Dixon Sport Flyers, organizers say they welcome any aircraft capable of operating from a well-maintained, lighted, 2,600-foot turf runway. On the grounds of the Footlight Ranch, the fly-in […]
Seeker Aircraft approved for commercial operations
Seeker Aircraft reports that the FAA and the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) have both issued Normal Category Type Certificates (TCs) to the Seeker SB7L-360 series aircraft. Now that it is FAA Part 23 Normal Category Certified, Seeker Aircraft can sell the Seeker for commercial operations, in addition to individuals for personal use, company officials explain. […]
FAA moves to protect walruses in Alaska
The FAA is working to address concerns that low-flying aircraft could cause walruses to stampede and kill their pups or harm humans on the Alaska Peninsula. Female walruses and their young forage over the shallow continental shelf of the Chukchi Sea every summer. The walruses use sea ice as a platform to rest between foraging […]