Piper Aircraft has selected WingsOverAsia as its authorized service center in Singapore. WingsOverAsia (WOA) has served as Piper Aircraft’s dealer in the region for nearly three years. The aircraft service center, located at Seletar Airport, is the first service dealer associated service facility in the region.
AOPA updates Flight Planner
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has updated the AOPA Flight Planner, powered by Jeppesen, which is available free to members. The new features make the Flight Planner easier to use and even allow users to email routes to themselves and open routes on two of the most popular Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) in the […]
Decision to try aerobatics fatal
A witness reported that the pilot made a radio transmission announcing his intention to perform a rolling maneuver in the RANS S10. He and another witness stated that they then saw the airplane roll through an inverted position and then transition into a steep, high-speed dive. The left wing separated from the fuselage and the […]
Picture of the day: Louisiana sunset
Rohn Ashley sent in these photos of his 1990 Wagaero (a Super Cub copy), taken on Fancy Point Towhead in the Mississippi River just south of the John James Audubon Bridge in Louisiana. “I couldn’t pass up landing on the sand bar to watch the river barges pass and enjoy a south Louisiana sunset,” he says.
Tip: Daily drills pay off
Paul Tomascik, a CFI from Ottawa, Ontario in Canada, shares this idea: “One of the easiest and most effective ways to practice system transitions in a plane that you are unfamiliar with or one that you’re rusty in is to take a picture of the panel with your iPad and chair fly with the screen-shot […]
Oil change tips for planes that aren’t flown a lot
In my last column, I described two of the most important factors in getting to full TBO with your aircraft engine: Getting the oil temperature up to around 180°F and using your plane frequently. I recently read an article on oil change intervals in another publication. The author went on and on about what a mistake […]
GA raises concerns over proposal to privatize ATC
A proposal to privatize the FAA’s Air Traffic Control services is being met with strong opposition by general aviation advocacy groups. The proposal, part of the Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4441) was approved Feb. 11 by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on a vote of 32 to 26. Besides reauthorizing the […]
Video: Head-to-head comparison of inflight cameras
Our friends at The HD Pilot recently uploaded this video, explaining: “Up until now, all of our HD Pilot videos have been made with a GoPro camera. But recently, we were given the opportunity to evaluate a Drift Ghost-S HD camera and compare it with the top of the line GoPro 4 Black.”
Free app automates pilot squawks
Eagle Cap Software has introduced The Squawk App, which tracks pilot squawks and current aircraft time on iOS devices. The free app will soon be available for Android devices as well.“I’m a typical pilot — I admit I’ve jotted down squawks and recorded my aircraft time on random slips of paper, which I inevitably misplaced just when I […]