The 2017 Flying Musicians Association Solo Scholarship Program is now open for nominations from band directors around the world. Now in its third year, the scholarship gives the selected student a flight training scholarship up through the first solo. FMA members also will mentor the student in both aviation and music, according to officials. Nominations are […]
Author of ‘The Wright Brothers’ wins Combs Gates Award
The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) reports that David McCullough’s best-selling book, “The Wright Brothers,” has earned its author the 14th Annual Combs Gates Award. McCullough will be presented the $20,000 cash prize on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) 69th Annual Meeting & Convention in Orlando, Florida. “The Wright Brothers” […]
Latest version of DroidEFB app released
DroidEFB, a GPS navigation app for pilots for Android mobile devices, has released its latest version, which now has the ability to do Points Of Interest (POI) searches from within the Flight Plan Tab. “Previously, users had to search for Points Of Interest (POI), i.e. business names and addresses, using the search icon at the top of […]
King Schools releases Garmin GTN Essentials course
King Schools has released the Garmin GTN Essentials online course, designed to help pilots get full utility from the Garmin GTN 650 or 750. The course, priced at $179, provides instruction on the fundamental operation and the advanced features of the Garmin GTN 650 and 750, according to company officials. “Pilots have been using King […]
Duncan Aviation sponsors free NextGen seminar in Nashville
Duncan Aviation will host a free NextGen seminar in Nashville Oct. 13 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The seminar, led by Regional Avionics Sales Manager Mark Francetic and representatives of the company’s partners, including ARINC Direct, L-3 Aviation Products, Garmin, Rockwell Collins, Satcom Direct, Universal Avionics and Honeywell, will be held at the Inn […]
Mechanic error leads to forced landing for SR-22
The commercial pilot was conducting a cross-country personal flight in the Cirrus SR-22. He reported that, during cruise flight, the airspeed began to decrease, and the engine began to lose power. He attempted to restore engine power, but was not successful. He then conducted a forced landing to a road in Langola Township in Minnesota. During the landing roll, […]
Picture of the day: An aggressive T-28
Frequent contributor Star Novak recently sent in this photo with a quick note: “An aggressive looking T-28 sits on the ramp at Neosho Hugh Robinson Airport (KEOS) in Missouri during the Neosho Fly-In and Flour Drop held this past May.”
Cold case
“It was a close call,” wrote the captain in her report to NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System. “If we had not realized what was happening and acted on it, all the occupants of the aircraft would have likely lost consciousness and suffocated.” What catastrophic event caused one airline captain to have a near-death experience on […]
Florida pilot completes solo around-the-world flight
When West Palm Beach-based flight instructor Zheng “Julie” Wang landed her Cirrus at Addison Airport in Dallas on Sept. 20, returning to the place from which she departed 34days ago, she became the first Chinese woman to pilot an aircraft around-the-world solo. Wang accomplished the west-bound circumnavigation in 155 hours of flying over 17 days, with just […]