By JEB BURNSIDE. When the weather’s bad enough to call it IFR, VFR-only pilots are grounded. Except when they’re not. The day’s mission was to re-familiarize with a long-trustworthy companion, a Cessna 172 owned by close friends, in which I had hundreds of hours flying throughout the eastern U.S. It had been a couple of […]
Ford to auction off Apollo Mustang to support Young Eagles
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — Ford Motor Co. is once again supporting the Experimental Aircraft Association’s youth aviation programs by donating for auction a one-of-a-kind Mustang during the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in. The Apollo Edition Mustang is a specially designed and built 2015 Ford Mustang that is the premier item available during the live […]
FAA extends SoCal Metroplex comment period
The FAA is extending the public comment period for its Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) of the Southern California Metroplex project to Sept. 8, 2015, to allow for a full 90 days of comment. The project is a comprehensive proposal to improve the flow of air traffic into and out of Southern California. It proposes to replace […]
Jim Bede flies west
Officials with Bede Corp. report that Jim Bede died July 9 as a result of an unrecoverable aneurysm suffered at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. “Jim, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend, and a beloved member of the aviation community, was surrounded by his wife, children and his grandchildren,” officials said in a […]
Aviation camp takes off at Alexandria Field
The “Cleared for Takeoff” aviation day camp is taking place for the 13th season at Alexandria Field in Pittstown, NJ. July 13-17. This year the camp welcomes Todd Copper, a CFI at the airport, as an instructor at the camp. There are also many past campers returning to assist with the camp. Most assistants are […]
Flight school offers online ground school
BURLINGTON, N.C. – Elon Aviation at the Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport (KBUY) now offers live online video-based ground school, enabling students to learn in the comfort of their own home. “Students’ time is valuable, and ground instruction often goes to the back burner even when weather prevents us from flying,” said Elon Aviation Chief Flight Instructor Chris […]
New Flight Notes: Pocket-sized for aviators
New from ASA are new Flight Notes. Sold in packs of three, each 48-page Flight Notes notebook contains quick reference aviation facts, including lists, tables, and graphs that are handy during preflight planning or while enroute. The remaining graph paper style pages can be filled with any flight notes an aviator might want to include about the aircraft […]
Stall proves fatal
The fatal flight was an instructional flight in Flushing, Mich., with a student pilot and a flight instructor onboard. Video evidence from a ground-based source indicated that the Taylorcraft BC12-65 was in a nose-high left turn at a moderate bank angle. As the turn progressed, the plane appeared to pitch down, and the left bank […]
Picture of the day: International destinations
International ferry pilot Mike Magnell sent in this photo, explaining: “I took this picture at Las Flores Airport (SWFN) in Manaus, a northern city of Brazil, which is 4,000 nm southeast of LAX. This is a Brazil registered Bonanza. Probably based at this small non-towered, but busy, Brazil airport. There has to be a bit of a story […]