DAYTON, Ohio — Visitors from around the world can once again walk in the footsteps of presidents, astronauts, test pilots and those brought out of captivity as the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force opened its fourth building on June 8. The new $40.8 million, 224,000-square-foot building, which was privately financed by the Air […]
Aviation alphabet groups urge Congress to pass FAA reauthorization
Officials from 14 of GA’s advocacy organizations have sent a letter urging the U.S. House of Representatives to pass an FAA reauthorization bill that can be signed into law before the agency’s current funding extension expires July 15. “We need to get this done so the FAA can get on with important modernization and reform […]
Video: STC granted for reversing option on MT props for Cessnas
Bloomer, Wis. — Flight Resource, a distributer of MT Composite propellers, has acquired an STC for a reversing option for the MT Composite two or three blade propeller for Cessna aircraft. The system utilizes a two stage hydraulic governor and a dual piston propeller hub to allow a piston engine aircraft to have a full function reversing option similar […]
Lithium-ion battery certified on Twin Otter
WICHITA — True Blue Power and Avmax have received a Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) Part 23 Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for installation of the True Blue Power TB44 (46 amp hour) lithium-ion aircraft battery on Viking Air DHC-6 aircraft, commonly known as the Twin Otter. The two companies have applied for FAA approval of the […]
Inadvertent parachute deployment brings down 182
According to the skydiving pilot’s report, he leveled the Cessna 182 about 11,000 feet and established a speed of 80 mph with 10° of flaps extended. When the last skydiver exited the airplane, its nose pitched up. The pilot pushed forwarded on the control wheel and added full engine power. He experienced “difficulties” in pushing the […]
Pictures of the day: Flying over Puerto Rico
Jimmy Aguila, a Sport CFI from Puerto Rico, sent in these photos, explaining: “One of the pictures is at 2,000 feet over Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, and the other is The Gasolina Beach Club on the north coast of the island.”
Chino warbirds saturate the senses
By Frederick A. Johnsen Wave after wave of warbirds roared over the Chino Airport in California April 29 through May 1 in three days of commemorative flights that saturated the air with the sounds of radial and inline engines and the silhouettes of classic warplanes from another era. Put on annually by the Planes of […]
Will others follow?
Bravo CubCrafters. Bravo. On June 2, XCub officially joined the CubCrafters line-up. It’s a 180-horsepower machine with lots of bells and whistles, including heated seats (coming soon) and a $297,500 base price. Go ahead haters… pile on. They can take it. But from my perspective, the best feature of the XCub announcement is… it’s certified and available for immediate delivery. […]
SUN ‘n FUN releases final numbers
LAKELAND, Florida — About 200,000 people from more than 60 countries visited the 42nd Annual SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-In & Expo, held April 5-10 at Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport. Other numbers of note: Brazil, Canada and United Kingdom once again had the highest amount of visitors 251 attendees took advantage of the free ticket offer for active […]