AUSTIN, Texas – Bearhawk Aircraft has completed the delivery of two Bearhawk LSA aircraft kits to South Africa and New Zealand. The Bearhawk LSA, available as a Quick-Build kit, is a two-place tandem seated aircraft resembling the Piper Super Cub and other high-wing aircraft used for sport, recreation and utility. It differs by its single-strut-braced, all aluminum wings […]
Breitling debuts limited series: Navitimer 1884
Breitling has introduced the Navitimer 1884 in a limited series. The watch combines the 1952 aviation slide rule with a calendar featuring a pointer-type date display and twin day/month apertures for which the brand is known. The 1884 is a nod to the founding of Breitling by Léon Breitling, a devotee of chronographs and precision instruments. This model also features […]
Fly into Summer at Aerospace Discovery
LAKELAND, Florida — Aerospace Center for Excellence will host “Fly Into Summer” on Saturday, June 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Aerospace Discovery at the Florida Air Museum, located on the SUN ‘n FUN Expo Campus on the Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport (KLAL). The family friendly event includes free admission to Aerospace Discovery at the Florida […]
NextGen Straight Talk Book released
Duncan Aviation has released its most recent version of the NextGen Straight Talk book. The book, updated in May 2016 by a team of avionics experts at Duncan Aviation, clarifies the FAA’s avionics upgrades known as the Next Generation (NextGen) initiatives. To find out what you need to know to make sure your aircraft is in […]
National Warplane Museum Airshow slated for July 8-10
The National Warplane Museum’s 36th annual airshow, “The Greatest Show on Turf,” will be held July 8-10 at the museum in Geneseo, N.Y. Performing acts include: Focke Wulf FW-190; MIG 17 jet; Class of ’45, featuring the P-51 Mustang Quicksilver and the F4U Corsair; B-25 Panchito. The airshow will once again feature a World War […]
Flight into IMC ends with CFIT
The two pilots were on a multi-leg cross-country trip in the Mooney M20C to visit friends and relatives. Both pilots had current medical certificates, and it could not be determined who was acting as pilot-in-command at the time of the accident. The pilot seated in the right front seat had owned the airplane for over […]
Pictures of the day: Talk about high flight!
Suresh Bista sent in these photos, noting they are two more photos taken during “proving flights” with a Cessna Caravan at Jomsom airstrip in Nepal. The proving flights are required at high altitude airports by the Civil Aviation rules. “This sortie was one of them at Jomsom airstrip in Nepal,” he explains. “As an instructor pilot […]
Flying a Fairchild
Fun and history wrapped in a classic design Florida architect Ed Hoffman acquired his love of aviation quite traditionally: He grew up around aircraft, many of them designed by his father. Today he flies a Fairchild 24W, a classic that endures from the time of the Great Depression. “My dad, Edward Hoffman the second, designed and […]
Video: First flight of Diamond DART 450
The maiden flight of the Diamond Aircraft DART-450 was held May 17. The DART-450 (Diamond Aircraft Reconnaissance Trainer) is an all-carbon fiber tandem, two-seat civilian and military trainer with a sidestick and pneumatic ejection seats. The +7/-5G aerobatic airplane has a maximum takeoff power of 500 hp, is equipped with the Ivchenko-Progress/ Motor Sich AI-450S turboprop engine, […]