DAYTON, Ohio – The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) has awarded its 2015 Milton Caniff Spirit of Flight Award to the “Pioneers of Stealth” in recognition of its contributions to the early development of low observables — or stealth — technology. The annual award, established in 1981 and later renamed in tribute to longtime […]
ROTOR FX launches Drone-Classifieds.com
Rotor FX has launched Drone-Classifieds, with a full release set for Jan. 1. Drone-Classifieds provides a free platform for individuals, new developers and marketers to sell their new or used equipment or their latest unmanned developments. The portal allows the user virtually unlimited space to present their products, including any number of images, video links, […]
Avfuel winner takes home BMW
Avfuel has revealed that James Bennett is the lucky pilot who won a two-year lease on a brand-new BMW in the Avfuel booth at the 2015 National Business Aviation Association’s Convention and Exhibition held in Las Vegas last month. After a month of logistics, the car arrived at Bennett’s home in the Pacific Northwest just in time […]
Spatial disorientiation, lack of instrument proficiency fatal combination
The pilot filed an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan with flight services, and the briefer asked if he would like weather information. The pilot replied “no,” and stated that the weather “looked good.” However, at that time, the weather at the destination airport included visibility of 2 miles and a 400-foot overcast ceiling. The […]
Pictures of the day: Pristine C180
Ace photographer Star Novak of McFarlane Aviation Products in Baldwin City, Kansas, sent in these photos, noting: “We had the most pristine C180 stop by Vinland Valley Aerodrome (K64) this summer on its way to the American southwest for wintering. The weather was coming in, and we rolled him into a hangar until the storm […]
Are pilots lone wolves or domesticated dogs?
I recently read about a study involving dogs in homes, dogs in shelters, and wolves. The researchers rounded up 10 animals from each category and gave them each a puzzle box containing a food reward. The catch was that the box could only be opened with some persistence. Eight of the 10 wolves successfully opened […]
NASA launches competition for airspace redesign
NASA has launched a new competition for the redesign of our national airspace. Sky for All: Air Mobility for 2035 and Beyond is a $15,000 challenge to develop ideas for technologies that could be part of a clean-slate design and concept of operations for the airspace of the future. The challenge is open now. Deadline for submissions […]
Video: Every pilot should have two airplanes
Our friends at FunPlacesToFly.com recently posted a video about their good friend, Bob Rogers, who has the best of both worlds: An experimental aircraft for pure fun and a general aviation aircraft for long trips and comfort. See his Mustang II and his 1966 V-35 Beechcraft Bonanza in this video:
GA pilot volunteers to fly heart patient home for Christmas
After undergoing a heart transplant less than two weeks before Christmas, a Maine man got the ultimate gift this Christmas — a free flight home. The 54-year-old has traveled from Rockland, Maine, to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and back 53 separate times, all courtesy of Patient Airlift Services (PALS), according to a report […]