During a flight near Summerville, Ga., to take pictures of the passenger’s house, the Taylorcraft BC-65 entered a left turn. The passenger stated that he heard the pilot say “oh no,” and moments later the plane hit the tops of the trees. A witness on the ground stated she heard the airplane fly over and […]
Picture of the day: Finding a beauty
Tom Nied sent in this photo, taken May 22, 2016 at the Hinckley Airport in Illinois. Tom explains: “I just stopped on a motorcycle ride to watch activity at the Hinckley airport and found this beauty.” The 1939 Luscombe 8A is owned by Prairie Aero in Kane, Ill.
Small town fly-in gets big gathering of bush pilots
By ROB STAPLETON It was an unexpected pleasure when the weather changed to blue skies and warmer weather, but when more than 100 aircraft showed up on May 13-15 for the sixth annual Hudson Memorial Fly-in, all expectations were exceeded. “It’s only noon and we have over 80 aircraft here now and we are running out of […]
Back to the drawing board in Salem
If you doubt one person can make a difference, doubt no more. Salem, Oregon pilot Chuck West watched as Salem’s NcNary Field (KSLE) airspace was re-drawn, and re-drawn again. There was a problem. Portions of the instrument approaches were no longer protected and that violated FAA Order 8260.26F. Chuck found that a pilot flying inbound from […]
FAA deems B-29 Doc airworthy, first flight imminent
WICHITA — The FAA has deemed the B-29 known as Doc airworthy by officially presenting the restoration crew with an FAA airworthiness certificate. The airworthiness certificate is the most notable milestone yet for the team working to restore the historic B-29. It also came three days before the 16th anniversary of Doc arriving in Wichita on May 23, 2000, […]
AOPA launches flight training poll
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has launched its annual Flight Training Poll. The Poll will run through Aug. 22, 2016. Outstanding flight schools and instructors will be recognized through AOPA’s Flight Training Excellence Awards. “From a budding student pilot preparing for their first solo to the commercial pilot brushing up on VFR flight rules, we’re all […]
WingX Pro7 wins Appy award
Hilton Software has won MediaPost’s Appy Award 2016 in the Mapping/Location-Based category for WingX Pro7 for iOS. The winners and finalists included market leaders such as Lufthansa, Coca-Cola, Reuters, CBS, Home Depot, United Healthcare, Best Western, and Heineken. The evaluation was conducted by a panel of judges represented by M&C Saatchi Mobile, Tribal DDB, Deustch, OgylvieOne, […]
Airport association designates scholarship winner
NOVATO Calif. — The Gnoss Field Community Association (GFCA) has selected Poh Maga, a rising senior at San Marin High School, as its Freedom of Flight summer intern and flying scholarship winner. Poh, 17, will be working with Scanlon Aviation in a variety of roles, exposing him to many different aspects of a modern flight school, […]
Frasca sim to be used in Georgia Tech research study
The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) has contracted with FRASCA International, for a FRASCA Mentor Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD). The AATD, which will be configured as a Cessna 172, will be used by the School of Psychology’s Decision Processes Laboratory (DPL) led by Dr. Rick Thomas. It will be used as an experimental platform to […]