The Breitling Jet Team will extend its North American Tour into 2016. The aerobatic display team is made up of seven pilots flying L-39 C Albatros jets, at times reaching speeds of 565 mph and flying within just a few feet of each other. The team’s 2015 North American Tour took the team from coast to coast across […]
Avfuel expands in 2015
Avfuel Corporation continued its growth in 2015, adding dealers in the U.S. and around the world.The year saw the addition of 38 new branded dealers, 34 in the United States and four in Europe. The expansion across Europe includes Waterford Regional Airport in Waterford, Ireland (EIWF); The Private Jet Company in the Isle of Man, UK (EGNS); […]
Fuel exhaustion brings down Cessna 150
The private pilot stated that shortly after he descended the Cessna 150 and leveled off at 6,000 feet mean sea level (msl), the engine sputtered and lost power. Attempts to restart the engine were unsuccessful. The pilot subsequently executed a forced landing into a cement mixing yard near Henderson, Nevada, shearing off the landing gear […]
Picture of the day: Winter breakfast flight
Larry Mersek recently sent in this photo of his RV-6 taken on a breakfast flight to Bryant Field (O57) in Bridgeport, Calif., in the Eastern Sierra Mountains of Northern California on a beautiful winter day. “It is a short 67 miles from my home airport of Calaveras County (KCPU), a climb up to 11,500 to […]
I choose to fly
Over the course of my life I’ve had the opportunity to make a few million choices. There’s nothing unusual about that. We all make choices. Should we have red wine with dinner, or white? Should we have wine at all? Fish or chicken? You know the drill. Of those many choices I’ve made over the […]
Big dreams for the Seaplane Pilots Association
By JONI M. FISHER “Dream big or go home,” said Seaplane Pilots Association (SPA) Executive Director Steve McCaughey on plans to build a permanent home for the association. He was talking to about 100 SPA members at the association’s annual meeting held Nov. 6 at Gilbert Field (KGIF) in Winter Haven, Florida. The big news is that the […]
NATA donates $28,000 to veterans
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has donated more than $28,000 to veterans’ organizations raised through the 2015 NATA Flag Pins for Veterans Project. NATA and its members launched the project in 2014 to expand support of our nation’s veterans and have raised nearly $60,000 since its inception. Donations from this year’s project will once again […]
WAI receives $7,500 grant
Women in Aviation International has received a $7,500 grant from the International Society of Transport Aircraft Training (ISTAT) Foundation. The ISTAT Foundation was founded in 1994 to provide funds for scholarships, educational programs, and grants to individuals and institutions that promote the advancement of commercial aviation and humanitarianism. The grant will be used to provide […]
McFarlane’s Cowl Saver Baffle Seal upgraded
McFarlane Aviation Products has introduced its Cowl Saver with Bi-Flex Technology. Bi-Flex uses a laser-engraved flex pattern to ensure a combination of flexibility and stiffness for maximum cooling, according to company officials. The engraved pattern provides flexibility at the cowl for the best seal, while the non-engraved area retains rigidity to prevent the baffle seal […]