World Airshow News has announced that Bob Carlton is the 2015 recipient of the Bill Barber Award for Showmanship. Carlton began his fascination with aviation as a young boy flying control line models. He learned to fly in 1979 at age 19 and soon mastered hang gliders, sailplanes, powered airplanes, and helicopters. He began flying […]
EAA Chapter 241 presents scholarship
EAA Chapter 241 in Dekalb, Ill., held its annual pancake breakfast the first Sunday in June. With the P-51 “Dream Maker” as a back drop, Gus Graves was introduced as this years’ recipient of the Dr. Wilbur O. Thompson Flight Training Scholarship before the several hundred people who were enjoying breakfast despite a relentless rain throughout the event. […]
Twin Otter 50th anniversary celebration tour prepares for takeoff
VICTORIA, British Columbia — The Twin Otter took its maiden flight in 1965. To commemorate that anniversary, Viking Air is planning a special 50th Anniversary Celebration Tour, travelling to a variety of Canadian cities. The tour will commence July 1 as part of the City of Victoria’s Canada Day festivities, where a fleet of Viking aircraft […]
Contaminated fuel leads to forced landing
The pilot of the Cub Crafters CCK was on approach to landing at an airport in Cookson, Okla., when the engine lost power. His attempt to restart the engine were unsuccessful, and he lacked enough altitude to glide to the runway, so he attempted to make a forced landing on a narrow gravel road. The left […]
Picture of the day: Up, up and away
Ace photographer Matt Genuardi captured this photo of the balloon launch at this year’s SUN ‘n FUN. The balloon launch is held every year at the fly-in in Lakeland, Florida, weather permitting.
Drones: A pilot’s perspective
By JUSTIN MOORE A little more forward throttle, a bit more yaw to the left. Perfect. Click. You might assume that I’m flying an airplane and taking a picture from one, but I’m not. I’m piloting a Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) — also commonly known as an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) — and I just took a picture of […]
GA rallies to save ‘That’s All Brother’
A Kickstarter campaign launched by the Commemorative Air Force to raise $75,000 to buy the Douglas C-47 “That’s all, Brother” — the airplane that led the massive paratroop drop on D-Day — was an overwhelming success. In the first two days after launching the Kickstarter campaign, CAF raised the $75,000 it needed to acquire the […]
Video: ForeFlight Stratus 2 demo
Our friends at at FunPlacesToFly.com put together this video of a ForeFlight Stratus 2 Demo on an extreme crosswind day. “After several weeks of bad weather, we took the opportunity to go up and try out our new ADS-B Transceiver,” they explain. “We also purchased the Stratus 2 ADS-B Receiver for our iPad. This ADS-B Transceiver […]
When do you plan to equip with ADS-B Out?
According to a recent poll conducted by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, more than 58% of survey respondents indicated that they would install ADS-B equipment prior to the Jan. 1, 2020, deadline mandated by the FAA. In addition. 3.7% planned to equip in the next six months, and another 8.7% plan to equip in […]