The non-instrument-rated pilot, copilot, and a passenger were flying in a Cessna 310 from the Bahamas to Florida. A weather front was passing over Florida at the time. The copilot contacted flight service before the initial flight and learned of thunderstorms in the area and the flight had to divert from its planned destination. The […]
Picture of the day: Calibration
Bob Martin sent in this photo of officials from the University of Illinois conducting a calibration workshop at Curless Flying Service in Astoria, Ill., back in May 2012. Piloting the Air Tractor 402 was Knute Miller.
Riding out of town on a rail
The plan was simple: I was going to hop into the trusty Cessna 152, point it to the north, and fly for just shy of 1,000 miles into the wintery wonderland known as Maryland. That was what I said I was going to do anyway. What I actually did was drive less than two miles to […]
Groundbreaking held for new facilities for Clay Lacy Aviation at VNY
LOS ANGELES — Community leaders joined in Feb. 12 to break ground on Clay Lacy Aviation‘s new South Campus, a $10 million, six-acre expansion of its current headquarters facility at Van Nuys Airport (VNY). Attended by more than 100 students from NVOC-Aviation, a VNY-based aircraft mechanics school, the event celebrated local job creation and economic growth. […]
Texas issues first permit for RPA agriculture research
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Texas A&M AgriLife Research have received the state’s first permit to use remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) to conduct agricultural research. Research will begin soon in the use of RPAs that will help growers improve crop quality and yields while reducing production costs, savings that could be passed on […]
Goodyear donates blimp gondola to museum
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will donate the gondola from the Spirit of Goodyear blimp to the Crawford Auto Aviation Museum of the Western Reserve Historical Society. “Adding this gondola to our Setting the World in Motion display will allow us to continue telling a complete story of the innovators and […]
Landmark Aviation acquires EFD FBO
HOUSTON, Texas — Landmark Aviation has acquired Ellington Partners and Southwest Airport Services at Ellington Airport (EFD). With an existing location at George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport (IAH), this will be Landmark Aviation’s second FBO in the Houston area. The FBO was founded by Jim Bath in 1984. With two executive terminals and more than 150,000 square feet […]
Checkride Android apps released
ASA has seven new apps for Android operating systems to help students study for the Private, Instrument, Commercial, Flight Instructor, ATP, Helicopter, and Multi-Engine checkrides, as well as an app for pilots preparing for a Flight Review. Based on the Oral Exam Guide Series by Michael Hayes, ASA Checkride Apps list the questions most likely […]
Non-rated pilot crashes, dies
The non-certificated pilot was conducting his first flight in the unregistered Quicksilver MX2, which he purchased several months before the accident. No logbook entries were found indicating whether he had previous flight experience. He flew for about 30 minutes near his home in Poplarville, Miss., before making a low pass over a field about 50 […]