SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Keystone Aviation, a TAC Air Company, has expanded its sales coverage for Daher’s TBM very fast turboprop aircraft, adding four Canadian provinces and one additional U.S. state to its area of responsibility. The new geographic zone comprises the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia in Canada, along with the […]
Hartzell receives STC for new prop for Piper Meridians and M500s
Hartzell Propeller has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for a five-blade composite propeller designed specifically for the Piper Aircraft Meridian and Piper’s new M500. Hartzell collaborated closely with Piper Aircraft on the STC for the single-engine pressurized turboprops, according to company officials. “The Hartzell Propeller five-bladed prop design increases flight performance and value of […]
Daughter of Triple Ace Robin Olds to speak to Cascade Warbirds
Cascade Warbirds, an organization with the mission to encourage the flying, preservation, and display of Warbird aircraft, to honor veterans, and to engage in aviation education, will host guest speaker Christina Olds at its March meeting this Saturday, March 12. Olds, daughter of Brigadier General Robin Olds, will bring to life the career of her father and […]
Duncan Aviation slates New Orleans NextGen seminar
Duncan Aviation will host a free NextGen seminar in New Orleans on March 29. From 8 a.m. until 2:45 p.m. central time, Regional Avionics Sales Manager Mark Francetic and representatives from Honeywell, Garmin Avionics, ARINC, Rockwell Collins, Satcom Direct, Universal Avionics, Avionica and Gogo Biz will present information about the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) and Future Air […]
Poor planning, coupled with bad battery, leads to crash
According to the pilot, he purchased the Cessna 172 and planned to fly it across the country “via the southern route.” The aircraft seller informed the pilot that the battery held a limited charge, but asserted that the plane could be flown if the pilot charged the battery and disengaged the master after takeoff. Prior […]
Pictures of the day: Backcountry flying in Alaska
David Baldwin sent in these photos of him flying his 2014 Series 7 Kitfox in Chugiak, Alaska, taken by a Sony camera mounted on the wing. The top photo shows the mountains near Knik Glacier in Alaska, with an indication of the end of summer with “Termination Dust” showing up on the mountains. “No one wants to […]
The real cost of a cheap annual
Who is responsible for the damages when your aircraft loses control and skids into a building, destroying personal property — or worse, killing someone?
Video STOL Tips: Going around
Backcountry Aviation‘s Patrick Romano continues his series of STOL Tips with Going Around, in which he talks about go-arounds and balked landings, a useful technique for safely aborting a landing or evaluating a landing zone, but also an action that can often increase the workload on the pilot. You can read the story on BackcountryPilot.org […]
Third Annual Rodeo Weekend Fly-In/Camp-Out this weekend
This week’s SocialFlight.com event of the week is a special three-day fly-in camp-out at Aviation City at Arcadia Municipal Airport (X06) in Arcadia, Florida. Aviation City is a new on-airport campground for pilots. The March 11-13 event is reservation only. Email [email protected] for more information. Arcadia was named Aviation City in 1920-1921 after World War I […]