The Perlan 2 glider, an engineless aircraft designed to reach the edge of space, will – weather permitting – attempt its first flight Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Robert’s Field at Redmond Municipal Airport in Oregon. This is the first test flight for the Perlan 2 glider, which will attempt to set a new world altitude record for any […]
Video: See the CarterCopter in action
Carter Aviation Technologies has released a new video showcasing the CarterCopter with its slowed rotor/compound (SR/C) technology. “We’ve been talking about the technical aspects of slowing rotors, flying at high mu/high advance ratio for years,” said Jay Carter. “Unfortunately all of that technical talk was lost on many folks interested in what we were doing.”
Moyle tapped as SAFE executive director
After a six-month nationwide search, the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) has selected veteran aviation educator Bill Moyle as the organization’s executive director. Moyle, of Waxahachie, Texas, succeeds SAFE co-founder Doug Stewart, who stepped down last year to continue instructing in technically advanced aircraft. Former SAFE Board Chair John Dorcey served as interim executive director during […]
New book, ‘High Tech Flying,’ released
A new book, “High Tech Flying,” by Robert Littlefield examines how glass cockpits, NextGen, iPads and drones are revolutionizing aviation. The book examines how these advances are impacting aviation and gives pilots the tools and knowledge they need to fly safely in this new environment. The book explains these technologies in plain English and from the pilot’s perspective, and […]
KISM director recognized as Veteran of Influence
KISSIMMEE, Florida — Terry Lloyd, director of Kissimmee Gateway Airport (KISM) has been recognized as a 2015 Veteran of Influence by the Orlando Business Journal. Lloyd has led the city’s airport team since 2000, when he retired from Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Florida, after a 22-year career that took him all over the world. […]
Fuel exhaustion brings down Cessna 182
The Cessna 182 departed from a private airport that did not have fuel available for purchase. The pilot elected to refuel while en route to his destination instead of other airports located near the departure airport. The pilot further reported that upon reaching the airport that he intended to refuel at, he found it was […]
Pictures of the day: How about these hangar doors?
Size definitely matters when your hangar door has to be big enough to allow access for rockets. Schweiss Doors, which provides hangar doors of every size from the smallest GA hangar to Cape Canaveral, recently delivered two doors to SpaceX, with one 40 feet wide and 69 feet tall, while the other is 90 feet wide […]
The Dangerous Passenger
By STEVEN LONG “I can’t see anything!” Above South Carolina, en route VFR to Palatka, Florida, late for a reunion party, I should have had good visibility under a 2,000-foot ceiling. Instead I seemed to be inside a translucent gray balloon. And I was having an argument. “You should descend another 100 feet,” the Dangerous Passenger […]
Bennington hosts Wings and Wheels Fly-In
The first Wings & Wheels Summer Fly-In/Drive-In was held Saturday, Aug. 15, at the William H. Morse State Airport (KDDH) in Bennington, Vermont. Admission was free to the public and the Vermont Wing of the Civil Air Patrol and Bennington Sport Flying Club Benefited from the proceeds from a Cookout and Breakfast. This normally laid-back event […]