Herb Harney of Jenison, Michigan submits this pilot tip: “The best method of keeping your airplane and engine in top shape…fly it! At least weekly, raise the oil temperature to 185° or max that you can. Your engines will love you for it. If you don’t fly it, then sell it.”
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Last week I attended a Focus on Education Breakfast held in the student center at Polk State College’s main campus in Winter Haven, Florida. On hand were members of the school board, administrators from the county’s school system, teachers, principals, politicians, community activists, and a smattering of students. The whole crew was gathered for a dual […]
FAA reminder: Register your drone
The FAA is reminding drone owners about this week’s registration deadline. If you own a drone weighing more than 0.55 pounds, but less than 55 pounds, and you’ve been flying it outdoors or plan to fly it outdoors for hobby or recreation, federal law requires you to register by this Friday, Feb. 19. You can register […]
Video: Professor develops ‘drone catcher’
When Michigan Technological University Professor Mo Rastgaar was watching World Cup soccer, he heard about snipers protecting the crowd from drones — not a good idea, he thought. “I thought, ‘If the threat is a drone, you really don’t want to shoot it down — it might contain explosives and blow up. What you want […]
SocialFlight.com Event of the Week: Falcon Warbirds
On Saturday, Feb. 20, from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., check out the Falcon Warbirds Breakfast, Warbird and Classic Car Show at Falcon Field (KFFZ) in Mesa, Arizona. The Falcon Warbirds include a Beechcraft T-34 Mentor, a Nanchang CJ6-A, a North American T-28 Trojan, a Ryan Navion, a Yakovlev Yak-50, and a Yakovlev Yak-52. These are […]
Dates set for next year’s Sport Aviation Expo
SEBRING, Florida — The U.S. Sport Aviation Expo has officially announced that the 13th annual event will be held Jan. 25-28, 2017. Event organizers also report that World Fuel Services just signed on as a sponsor for 2017. The 2017 tag line “Sport Aviation Expo: Where the Sky isn’t the Limit, it’s the Beginning” is an indication of […]
Just Aircraft offers Titan OX-340 engine option
WALHALLA, S.C. — Just Aircraft has begun flight tests with the Titan OX-340 engine on the stretched SuperSTOL XL. Due to a redesigned crankshaft, the Titan develops 180 hp with elevated torque levels, according to company officials. Essentially, the engine started out as a 160-hp Lycoming, but ECI, which owned Titan, reconfigured the engine to […]
Cascade Warbirds offers aviation scholarships
Cascade Warbirds, an organization that promotes the restoration, preservation, operation and public display of historically significant military aircraft, is continuing to seek scholarship applications for Private Pilot Ground School with Introductory Flights to inspire today’s young people to become the aviation pioneers of tomorrow. Cascade Warbirds has teamed with Galvin Flight Service at Boeing Field in Seattle […]
Deer dents Piper
The CFI and student pilot had completed the first leg of a night cross country flight and were departing back to their home airport. During the takeoff roll at the airport in Saluda, S.C., a deer ran onto the runway, colliding with the Piper PA-28-140’s right wing. The CFI assumed control of the airplane from […]