WACO, Texas — The Heart Of Texas Airshow will take to the skies Saturday, Sept. 27, at Texas State Technical College airport. Serving as air show marshal will be Major General Kenneth Wisian, the Deputy Adjutant General-Air for Texas and Commander of the Texas Air National Guard. Wisian is the principle advisor to the Adjutant General for […]
CATS Testing Center opens at GMU
A new CATS Testing Center has opened at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in Greenville, S.C. The new testing center, the only one in the Upstate of South Carolina, is located in the Palmetto Pilot Supply store in the Greenville Downtown Airport’s main terminal. GMU has five flight schools and is the busiest general aviation airport […]
Fuel starvation brings down Lancair
Aircraft: Lancair IV. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Winnsboro, La. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The purpose of the flight was to calibrate the fuel system on the homebuilt aircraft. Several witnesses on the ground heard an increase in engine rpm consistent with the pilot adding power to perform a go-around, then heard the engine lose power. The nose pitched […]
Calling all innovators!
The September issues of General Aviation News will spotlight innovators. You know an innovation when you see one. The kind of product or service that makes you think, “Why didn’t I think of that?” Do you know of a product or service that has made a difference in your flying or learning or owning or… […]
Exit ramps, profit, and Yourtown USA
It is well known in most circles that airlines travel on highways in the sky. Admittedly, most folks don’t know those highways are called airways, but the name is logical, whether the general public knows it or not. However, few have made the obvious connection between the highway in the sky concept, and the airport […]
Napa Airport provides staging area for earthquake response
When the largest quake to hit Northern California since 1989 struck just south of Napa in the early morning of Aug. 24, its epicenter was less than 2 miles from Napa County Airport (APC), but the airfield stayed open and provided a critical staging area for disaster response. “It was a busy weekend, and the […]
FAA offers new weather reporting tool for pilots
The FAA is encouraging the use of a new tool for electronic submission of pilot weather reports (PIREPs). The tool is located on the National Weather Service’s (NWS’s) Aviation Weather Center (AWC) Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS) website, and lets pilot enter real time turbulence and icing PIREPs electronically, along with other weather observations, which will then […]
Final fly-in for Art Scholl Aviation at Rialto Airport
Nearly 100 pilots flew in from all over Aug. 31 to mark the closure of Art Scholl Aviation, a staple at Rialto Municipal Airport for 36 years. The impromptu fly-in also commemorated the impending closure of the Rialto airport later this year, according to a report in the San Bernadino County Sun newspaper.
Hartzell Trailblazer prop approved for Husky
Hartzell Propeller has received Supplemental Type Certificate approval from the FAA for installation of the company’s new Swept-Tip Trailblazer propellers on all Aviat Husky utility aircraft. The two-blade, 80-inch diameter next-generation advanced structural composite Hartzell Trailblazer swept-tip prop can now replace Hartzell’s aluminum constant-speed propeller which comes standard on the latest Husky models. “At Hartzell Propeller […]