MT-Propeller is developing a seven-bladed composite full feathering reversing propeller for general aviation airplanes. In October 2016, MT-Propeller egineers and test pilots flight tested the seven-bladed propeller on a PT6A-135A turbine installed in a Piper Cheyenne. The test flights — eight flights in total with five hours flight time — contained a functional test, performance test and noise test with “very promising results,” according to […]
VFR into IMC fatal for 182 pilot
The pilot was conducting a visual flight rules aerial observation flight and returning to his home base. Radar and weather data showed the Cessna 182 maneuvering in instrument flight rules conditions before radar contact was lost. Examination of the accident site near El Paso, Texas, indicated the airplane hit rocky, mountainous terrain in a slight left-wing-low attitude […]
Cirrus at sunset
Frequent contributor Megan Vande Voort sent in this photo with a simple note: “Two Cirrus at sunset.”
Taxiway landings
Harrison Ford landed on Taxiway Charlie at John Wayne Airport last month. Everyone who knows I am a pilot and an aviation safety columnist contacted me as soon as they heard about Ford. My mother even chimed in, certain the actor should be stripped of his license, as this was his fourth accident. I explained […]
Flying John Glenn’s Baron
Jason Schappert of MzeroA recently posted a video of a historic flight — for him. He got the chance to fly John Glenn’s Baron, which the astronaut and senator flew until he was 90 years old. Now owned by the Kelly family, the plane will be at several venues this year so everyone will get […]
Video: Jimmy Doolittle’s Stinson
Smitty Smith of FunPlacesToFly recently attended EAA Chapter 1246‘s monthly pancake and sausage fly-in. “There we saw Jimmy Doolittle’s totally restored 1938 Stinson Reliant aircraft,” he reports.
Design contest for Reno Air Races launches
The Reno Air Racing Association has launched a design contest for the official poster and T-shirts for the 54th National Championship Air Races. “The Reno Air Racing Association is looking for fresh and new designs that represent the spirit of air racing to place on our collectible posters for the 54th National Championship Air Races,” Mike Crowell, […]
Hayward Air Rally names scholarship winners
HAYWARD, California — The Hayward Air Rally, the longest continually-held proficiency flying event in North America, has selected two teenagers to receive scholarships, including tuition and roundtrip airfare to the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) Advanced Air Academy summer 2017 program. In partnership with local chapters of the EAA, the Hayward Air Rally picked Avery Apple of Redding, Calif., […]
Mastery training on Avidyne IFD 540 slated
MELBOURNE, Florida — Avidyne Corporation has teamed with Master Instructor Gary Reeves and PilotSafety.org to host a two-day hands-on Mastery Training Course on Avidyne’s IFD440/540 FMS/GPS/NAV/COM systems. The training, limited to 20 pilots, will be held at the Hilton Rialto Place hotel in Melbourne, Florida, on March 31 and April 1, 2017. “This two-day training course will […]