Will Esbenshade, who flies out of Smoketown Airport (S37) in Pennsylvania, submitted these photos taken by he and his wife, Janice, on an Oct. 26 excursion to view the beautiful fall colors in Lancaster County, Pa. “An added blessing was that it also was a glowing clear full moon,” he noted.
Should I worry about high temperatures?
Q: Paul, I hope you are still answering these questions, as your experience with these engines will help set me at ease or push me to investigate further. I have an 0-320 Aerosport Power engine in my airplane and I put a new prop on it recently, which is a much better performance prop for my […]
Reno Air Races projects profit
RENO, Nev. — Preliminary results from this year’s Reno Air Races shows a projected profit of more than $100,000, according to officials with the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA). The original budget for 2015 called for a $630,000 loss, so the projected profit is very good news for the event, officials said, adding the results […]
Avionics sales drop
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — Total avionics sales topped $1.7 billion in the first nine months of 2015, according to figures just released by the Aircraft Electronics Association, representing a 7.5% drop from last year’s sales. For the three months of the third quarter — July, August and September — total worldwide business and general aviation avionics sales amounted […]
Pelton named EAA CEO
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has named EAA Chairman Jack Pelton Chief Executive Officer. The CEO position is a paid position, although Pelton will continue as EAA’s volunteer Chairman of the Board while he is CEO. He will maintain residences in Oshkosh and his hometown of Wichita, Kansas. “Jack has […]
AOPA AV8RS programs awards scholarships
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s (AOPA) AV8RS youth membership program has awarded four scholarships totaling more than $22,000 to teens who are pursuing flight training in high school and college. This year’s scholarship program was funded through the AOPA Foundation, a non-profit organization, and made possible by the Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust. The winners […]
Documents, video available from NTSB forum on Loss of Control in GA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board has released the public docket associated with its Oct. 14 forum, Humans and Hardware: Preventing General Aviation Inflight Loss of Control. The docket contains 38 documents. In addition, the NTSB made available new links to the video archive of the forum and through the NTSB Youtube channel so that pilots […]
‘The Restorers’ released on DVD
The documentary series The Restorers will be released on DVD and BluRay this Veterans Day, Nov. 11. The Restorers is a new series about warbird and vintage aircraft restorers and the planes they resurrect. The first season contains five one-hour episodes, all contained in a box set on DVD or BluRay. Many bonus extras are also […]
Flight into IMC kills two
The non-instrument-rated private pilot departed on a cross-country flight in the Cessna T310R without obtaining a weather briefing from a flight service station or the Direct User Access Terminal System, and he did not communicate with air traffic control during the flight. Existing weather advisories for instrument flight rules conditions along the intended route of […]