Cirrus Aircraft has introduced announced enhanced connectivity, design and luxury in the new 2016 SR series aircraft, delivering an experience officials say is “on par with luxury automobiles to both pilot and passengers.” Every 2016 Cirrus is delivered with a new Bluetooth audio panel that allows for phone calls and music to be wirelessly connected and […]
ADS-B now standard on new Diamonds
Diamond Aircraft Industries reports it will be equipping all newly ordered US registered DA20, DA40, DA42 and DA62 aircraft with standard ADS-B In/Out Garmin 345 series transponders. “We are very pleased to offer Garmin’s new GTX-345 series NextGen Transponders with ADS-B In/Out as standard equipment on all our new aircraft for sale in the U.S.”, said Peter Maurer, president […]
NBC Sports to air special on Reno Air Races
The NBC Sports Network will air a one-hour show Sunday, March 27, featuring the National Championship Air Races. The program begins at noon Pacific Standard Time. “The fact that the National Championship Air Races, the fastest motor sport in the world, will be the feature of a one-hour show to air on the NBC Sports […]
Piper selects service center for Southeast Asia
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 […]