Charles Stites, founder and executive director of Able Flight, a non-profit that provides scholarships for disabled people to get their sport pilot’s licenses, has some good news to report: One scholarship recipient is now a private pilot, while another is an airplane owner. A new private pilot Raymart Tinio refused to let being deaf keep […]
WAAAM building fund takes flight
The Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum in Hood River, Ore., has received a gift of $1.5 million from airplane enthusiast Jerry Wenger. The donation is the start of another building expansion to increase the display space found at the museum from just over 2.5 acres to just over 3.5 acres. It will fun a […]
How to afford flight training
In her latest post, GlobalAir.com blogger Sarina Houston offers a lot of tips on how to pay for that flight training necessary to become the pilot you’ve always wanted to be. She starts with cash — and how to make it last — then talks about financing, scholarships and more. Check it out here.
Airforms awarded PMA approval for 172RG baffle kits
BIG LAKE, ALASKA – Airforms has received an FAA PMA for replacement engine baffles for Cessna 172RGs. The newly approved Cutlass RG baffles expand Airforms’ engine baffle product line to more than 60 aircraft models. The baffles are eligible for installation on serial numbers 172RG0001 through 172RG0817, and also from 172RG0891 through 172RG1191. “The Cutlass RG is still in […]
Duncan Aviation names Bowes regional manager for Central U.S.
LINCOLN, NEB. — Duncan Aviation recently named Lee Bowes the company’s Central United States Regional Manager. In this position, he will help aircraft owners in the central part of the United States, including Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Services include airframe and engine maintenance, paint and interior refurbishment, avionics installations, […]
Failure to maintain clearance results in fire
The pilot reported that during takeoff from a private dirt runway in Wikieup, Arizona, the Cessna 170’s main wheel landing gear hit a dirt berm. The airplane nosed over and a post-accident fire ensued, which consumed the fuselage and inboard portion of both wings. The NTSB determined the probable cause as the pilot’s failure to maintain […]
Pictures of the day: Honorary Cub fly-over
Annemarie Bain sent in these photos of a Piper J-3 Cub fly-over, held Jan. 2 in honor of Sgt. Louis Bonacasa, who died in a suicide attack in Afghanistan last month. The Antique Airplane Club of New York organized the fly-over, flying out of Bayport Aerodrome.
I’m already registered
The FAA has never shown interest in the airspace below the top of the 100-plus-foot tall evergreen trees that surround my home. They’ve never inspected. They’ve never inquired. Nothing. Why? In part because it isn’t “navigable” airspace. That all changed when the FAA recently issued an Interim Final Rule that states “anyone who owns a […]
FAA sued over drone registration rules
Forbes.com is reporting that a lawsuit challenging the new FAA requirement that all unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) must register was filed in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Dec. 24 by a model aircraft enthusiast concerned that the registration rules were illegal. That individual is John A. Taylor, a multi-rotor builder and […]