New from Lapizta is the Skyros aviation-inspired collection. The new watch features a steel/gunmetal black case. It is water resistant, with its glass reinforced mineral crystal with sapphire coating. Price: $350. Lapizta features eight watch collections, all inspired by an extreme sport or vehicle, including automobiles, motorcycles, airplanes, and boats.
Super Decathalon weathervanes on landing
Aircraft: Super Decathalon. Injuries: None. Location: Melbourne, Ark. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: According to the pilot, the accident happened during a landing attempt. He intended to perform a three-point landing. The touch-down was normal, but during the landing roll the airplane weathervaned to the right side of the runway. The pilot applied left rudder […]
Picture of the day: Reflections
Penny Hamilton from Colorado sent in this “artsy” photo — as she calls it — of a plane’s “own reflection in its shiny nose.”
It’s called Expo, y’all
As I sit down to write this morning the thermometer is nudging its way toward 80°. The sun is shining, the sky is blue, and the breeze is slight enough to be refreshing without mussing even the most carefully coiffed hairstyle. Welcome to central Florida. This is winter at its finest. I mention this meteorological […]
Minter Field: A nest of eagles
By TRACY THURMAN When you fly into Minter Field (KMIT) in Shaftner, Calif., you notice a sprawling, fairly quiet airport situated in the heart of California’s central valley. It is flanked to the east by industry and Highway 99. The other three sides are surrounded by farm lands and orchards. Keep your eyes open for crop […]
Senator presses Air Force to ensure training complex doesn’t hurt GA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) has pressed the U.S. Air Force to improve its plan for the expansion of the Powder River Training Complex (PRTC) airspace so it better addresses the concerns of local communities and businesses. These improvements will help the Air Force keep the commitments it made to protect the commercial […]
Ohio lawmaker introduces bill in defense of the Wright brothers
Rick Perales, a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, has introduced a bill — HCR 63 — which repudiates a Connecticut law that claims the Wright brothers were not the first to fly in a powered flying machine. The on-going flight of the actual birthplace of aviation — Dayton, Ohio, or Kill Devil Hills, N.C. — […]
Daily schedule, NOTAM released for Sebring Expo
Now available online is the daily schedule and NOTAM for the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, which is set for Jan. 14-17, at Sebring Regional Airport (SEF) in Florida. More than 120 exhibitors are expected at the Expo, commonly known as the Sebring LSA Expo, displaying everything from headsets to tires to aircraft kits to ready-to-fly […]
LadiesLoveTaildraggers scholarships available
Applications are now being accepted for the 2015 LadiesLoveTaildraggers’ scholarships. Online applications are due by midnight Feb. 28, 2015. Scholarships include up to $1,000 travel expenses and flight instruction by Brian Lansburgh at Sisters Eagle Airport in Sisters, Oregon. Each scholarship valued at $1,995. The first scholarship is for the tailwheel endorsement. It is available to female nosewheel […]