Garmin has introduced integrated weight and balance calculations, as well as aircraft performance tables and calculations within the Garmin Pilot app on Apple mobile devices. Also new to Garmin Pilot, Freehand flight planning allows for flight plan editing from the moving map page. Pilot-configurable checklists are also integrated within Garmin Pilot, providing pilots the option to […]
FlightSafety Academy celebrates 50th anniversary
FlightSafety Academy in Vero Beach, Florida, celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding on Oct. 17, 2016. “The FlightSafety Academy has made significant contributions to the aviation industry since its founding in 1966,” said Bruce Whitman, Chairman, President & CEO. “It is recognized worldwide for providing the highest quality training and helping to prepare each […]
Summit Aviation expands in Kentucky
Summit Aviation is expanding its aviation parts manufacturing operations in Somerset, Kentucky. Summit’s manufacturing facility provides aero structure product assembly for a variety of military and commercial helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. Additionally, it has paint capabilities that support prime and finish components. The company will expand from its current location of 26,000 square feet to a […]
Unmanned Safety Institute launches Part 107 online ground school
The Unmanned Safety Institute (USI), a subsidiary of ARGUS International, has launched an FAA Part 107 compliant version of its Small UAS Ground School online course. The online course prepares aspiring remote pilots to successfully pass the Aeronautical Knowledge Test leading to the FAA Remote Pilot Certificate (RPC), according to company officials. The self-paced, 24-hour […]
Lack of training contributes to crash
The pilot reported he had recently obtained the pusher-type airplane, a RANS S-14, and that the accident flight was the first time he had flown it or any pusher-type airplane. He performed numerous taxi tests at the airport in Kewanee, Ill., over a three-hour period and then decided to take off and fly around the […]
Picture of the day: Fighting fires
John Gould sent in this photo in response to our call for pictures for the upcoming Year in Pictures print issues. He explains: “This is a photo, taken by the Alpine Hotshot Crew, of Tanker 911 dropping on a fire in Northern Utah in September. Tanker 911 was one of three DC-10s working fires across the […]
Wings Over Wine Country
The Northern California Bay Area is centrally located for a wide assortment of events during airshow season. An hour due north of San Francisco is Santa Rosa, located in the heart of wine country and probably best known as the home of Charles Schulz and his beloved Peanuts characters. But for one weekend in late […]
NTSB issues Safety Alert on midair collisions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board issued a Safety Alert Nov. 15, 2016, to pilots with suggestions on what they can do to reduce their chances of being involved in a midair collision. In an effort to illustrate the limitations of the “see and avoid” concept of aircraft separation, the NTSB created a series […]
Homebuilt accidents continue to decline
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — Fatal accidents in experimental category aircraft continued their decline in the 12-month period ending Sept. 30, according to figures just released by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). The totals, which include fatal accidents during the 2016 federal fiscal year (October 2015 through September 2016), showed that fatal accidents in amateur-built aircraft […]