Aireon reports a successful eighth and final launch and deployment of the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation hosting the space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) payloads.
On Jan. 11, 2019, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and placed the final 10 Iridium NEXT satellites into low earth orbit.
This launch brought the total number of Aireon satellites in orbit to 75 — (66 operational payloads and nine spares). [Read more…]
Latitude Aviation will offer Multi-Engine Commercial Pilot Training based at Pappy Boyington Field (KCOE) in Idaho beginning Feb. 1, 2019.
The school has purchased a Cessna 310 multi-engine airplane that will be offered for instruction towards Multi-Engine Instrument and Commercial pilot certificates, as well as crew and solo rental after completion of the appropriate ground, simulator, and flight training curriculum. [Read more…]
VERO BEACH, Florida — Applications have opened for two scholarships from Piper Aircraft for the 2019-2020 academic year. [Read more…]
The pilot reported that, while on base to final at the airport in Denton, Texas, the engine “quit.”
He added the Cessna 150 could not reach the runway, so he conducted a forced landed in a small field 1/2 mile from the airport. The airplane hit a tree during landing, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage and wings. [Read more…]
Gene Gray sent in this photo, explaining: “Bob Casian and Paula Maynard in a 1941 Navy N3N-3 over Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, N.H.”
“Paula and I purchased the N3N-3 in California and flew it back to New Hampshire to give rides,” he continued. “She is building flight time in it with our friend and flight instructor, Bob Casian, to meet the required ‘time in make and model’ to be covered by our insurance. The shipyard is the oldest continuously run Naval Shipyard, established in 1800.”
Air traffic control (ATC) appears headed for a major change — a great big change.
This will certainly affect your flying, at least in some passage of time.
Why is this happening? One word: Drones. [Read more…]
A new reports shows that the number of fatal training accidents dropped 35% from 2000 through 2015.
The report, put together by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Air Safety Institute (ASI) along with Liberty University School of Aeronautics, is an analysis of 240 fatal instructional accidents in piston-engine airplanes over the 16-year period. It concludes that the greatest risks in flight training are loss of control inflight (54%) and midair collisions (10%). [Read more…]
A hearing is slated for Tuesday, Jan. 15, on a lawsuit filed by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, AFL-CIO (NATCA) on behalf of its members who have not been paid for their work since the government shutdown in late December.
Considered essential personnel, air traffic controllers have been on the job since the partial government shutdown on Dec. 22.
The union filed the lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, requesting an expedited hearing on its motion for a Temporary Restraining Order against the United States government for its violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. NATCA alleges that the government unlawfully deprived NATCA members of their earned wages without due process. [Read more…]
Enhanced flight deck capabilities for new production Cessna and Beechcraft piston platforms have been unveiled.
The features include new standard and optional equipment as part of Garmin’s G1000 NXi next-generation integrated flight deck, according to company officials. [Read more…]
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Foundation has kicked off its 2019 You Can Fly Challenge, supported by the Ray Foundation for the fourth year in a row, giving donors an opportunity for their contributions to be doubled.
For every dollar the AOPA Foundation raises to fund the You Can Fly program by Aug. 31, 2019, the Ray Foundation will match it up to $2 million, for a potential total of $4 million. [Read more…]
