New from ASA are new Flight Notes. Sold in packs of three, each 48-page Flight Notes notebook contains quick reference aviation facts, including lists, tables, and graphs that are handy during preflight planning or while enroute. The remaining graph paper style pages can be filled with any flight notes an aviator might want to include about the aircraft […]
Stall proves fatal
The fatal flight was an instructional flight in Flushing, Mich., with a student pilot and a flight instructor onboard. Video evidence from a ground-based source indicated that the Taylorcraft BC12-65 was in a nose-high left turn at a moderate bank angle. As the turn progressed, the plane appeared to pitch down, and the left bank […]
Picture of the day: International destinations
International ferry pilot Mike Magnell sent in this photo, explaining: “I took this picture at Las Flores Airport (SWFN) in Manaus, a northern city of Brazil, which is 4,000 nm southeast of LAX. This is a Brazil registered Bonanza. Probably based at this small non-towered, but busy, Brazil airport. There has to be a bit of a story […]
Couple weds in plane
PELL CITY, Ala. – “My husband and I decided that since we were involved in general aviation so much while we were dating, it would only be fitting to get married doing what we truly love,” started Aliece Dice’s email to me in response to her reading about the couple who used SocialFlight to invite […]
Ask Paul: Does glazing mean cylinders must be honed?
Q: I am in the process of acquiring a Piper Seneca equipped with twin Continental TSIO-360-RB engines. Both engines have about 450 hours to go before overhaul. The aircraft was last flown approximately three years ago. Technicians maintain that the cylinders have to be honed due to glazing as a result of the time elapsed since the […]
Autorotation contest winners revealed
Jerry Trimble Helicopters (JTH) hosted the Fifth Annual Autorotation Contest on Sunday, June 28, at McMinnville Municipal Airport in Oregon. The event raised money for Habitat for Humanity, Homeward Bound Animal Shelter, Boy Scouts of America, and the Lions Club International. In addition, it encouraged safety awareness by testing the emergency procedure skill of pilots […]
Schweiss doors destined for SpaceX
SpaceX is getting to be a name as identifiable as NASA. Ever since government funding was cut for NASA, SpaceX has been in the forefront of space exploration. It has already developed expendable rockets able to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) and are most likely going to provide satellite launch services, passenger tourist […]
Charity Flight Program launched
AMARILLO, Texas — In an effort to give back to the aviation community and support King Air customers engaged in charitable flying, English Field Aviation (EFA) has launched a Charity Flight Exchange program, which will run until the end of 2015. During that time EFA will donate one hour of labor for each charitable flight hour […]
Air Capital Interiors receives FAA Repair Station Certificate
WICHITA — Air Capital Interiors received its FAA repair station certificate July 1 for maintenance, repair and refurbishment of aircraft interior panels, cabinets, seats, floor coverings and interior-related components. “This represents a major milestone for Air Capital Interiors,” stated President Rodney Wilson. “Having the repair station certificate and the FAA’s approval to sign our own […]