TALKEETNA, Alaska — The Alaska Airmen Association has awarded the winning bid for its 2016 raffle plane to Above Alaska Aviation of Talkeetna, Alaska. “Above Alaska Aviation is proud to partner with the Alaska Airmen Association to build a completely refurbished PA-18 Piper Super Cub,” said Above Alaska Aviation owner Drew Haag. The raffle plane will be auctioned via […]
Hoover scholarship recipients experience AirVenture
The four recipients of the 2015 Bob Hoover Presidential Scholarships, presented in partnership between the Bob Hoover Legacy Foundation and the Citation Jet Pilots Owner Pilot Association, recently spent an activity-filled week immersed in the wonders of general aviation at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture 2015, held July 20-28 in Oshkosh, Wis. Scholarship recipient […]
New GM for Leading Edge Jet Center
Leading Edge Jet Center at Redmond Airport in Oregon, has a new general manager: Phillipp Spitzer. Spitzer has 12 years of experience in general aviation, including five in managerial positions. He most recently was safety and training manager for TAC Air at Denver Centennial Airport, one of the five busiest general aviation airports in the country. Leading […]
FAA names new unmanned aircraft executives
The FAA has selected Marke “Hoot” Gibson and Earl Lawrence for two executive-level positions that will guide the agency’s approach to integration of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) — also known as drones and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) — into U.S. airspace. Gibson will become the Senior Advisor on UAS Integration, a position established to focus […]
Carb icing contributes to 182 crash
The Cessna 182 pilot reported that he had flown a group of skydivers to altitude for an intentional parachute jump about three miles north of the airport near Boulder, Colo., and was returning for landing at the time of the accident. The plane was on final approach when the engine lost power. Attempts to restore […]
Picture of the day: Triple Tree Aerodrome
Frequent contributor Bill Walker attended this year’s fly-in at Triple Tree Aerodrome in South Carolina last weekend and submitted this picture, noting every visit to Triple Tree is a good time. “Always a great place. Reminds me of those classic paintings of aviation as it was in the 1950s.” Bill’s story on the fly-in — […]
Move on to get Bob Hoover movie to the masses
“Flying the Feathered Edge,” the documentary on legendary pilot Bob Hoover, has proven popular with aviation enthusiasts since its introduction last year, but producer/director Kim Furst hopes to soon reach a larger audience through showings in local theatres. At an AirVenture press conference, Furst unveiled the “Team Hoover Campaign,” which was launched in Washington, D.C., on […]
Minority pilots launch networking group in SC
Two pilots who live in Greenville, S.C., Theron Burton and Clint Thompson, have launched an effort to create a network group of other minority pilots throughout the Southeast. “The main reason that I wanted to create this group was get minority pilots together where we would get to know each other and, together, get more involved […]
NTSB clarifies definition of ‘unmanned aircraft accident’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has published in the Federal Register a Notice of Interpretation to clarify that its existing definition of “unmanned aircraft accident” does not include model aircraft. The definition appears in the NTSB’s regulation “Notification and Reporting of Aircraft Accidents or Incidents and Overdue Aircraft, and Preservation of […]