The FAA has granted eight more regulatory exemptions for commercial use of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) operations, bringing the total number of exemption grants to 24. The agency has issued new exemptions to Total Safety U.S. Inc. for flare stack inspections, to LikeonaTree Aerial for aerial photography and surveys, and to Team 5, Shotover Camera Systems, Helinet […]
20th annual N.J. aviation conference set for May
SOMERSET, N.J. — The Mid-Atlantic Aviation Coalition (MAAC) has revealed the dates for its 20th Annual New Jersey State Aviation Conference: May 1-2. Featuring an expanded format for the second year, the conference combines a traditional symposium with a day at a New Jersey airport. According to MAAC President Frank Steinberg, “The two-day conference encourages greater participation […]
Mooney renews transition training program for new owners
KERRVILLE, Texas — Mooney International has renewed the Mooney Transition Training program to provide training for new owners who purchase a new 2015 M20 series model, which includes the Acclaim Type S (pictured below) and Ovation3. Mooney developed the program from existing transitional curriculums, then formatted it to improve pilot transitioning in the new Technically Advanced Aircraft […]
Wipaire to open Florida facility Feb. 28
Feb. 28 sounds like a great day to be in Leesburg, Florida, especially if you happen to live in South Saint Paul, Minnesota. And if you are anywhere near Leesburg, you might want to check out Wipaire’s grand opening of its new Florida facility. Those who attend have an opportunity to earn Wings credits, learn a […]
Crownair named Eclipse service center
Eclipse Aerospace has named Crownair Aviation the Authorized Eclipse Sales Representative for the Western United States. Crownair Aviation, located at Montgomery Field (KMYF) in San Diego, Calif., has provided maintenance support as a Gold Service Center for Eclipse Aerospace aircraft since June 2013. Rich Klunk, Crownair Aviation’s Sales Manager, will handle all customer inquiries for the […]
Bellanca pilot loses control on landing
The pilot of the Bellanca 7ECA reported that after touchdown in the tail wheel-equipped airplane in Santa Paula, Calif., the airplane began to veer to the left, He applied right rudder and right brake but was unable to keep the airplane on the runway. The airplane departed the side of the runway and subsequently hit […]
Picture of the day: The best co-pilot
Randy LeVitre sent in these photos of the “best co-pilot,” his son Emmett flying with him near South Valley Regional Airport (U42) in Salt Lake City back in 2012.
Our readers’ favorite destinations
We recently reached out to our readers to ask them their favorite destinations. Here’s what a few of them had to say: Tori Williams: I have always loved visiting airports with restaurants on the field. My favorite airport restaurant so far has been Sky Galley at Lunken Field near Cincinnati, Ohio. The airport has a lot of […]
A free way to preheat?
Butch Gordo from Winnemucca, Nev., sent in this: “I used to preheat my 172 with exhaust from my pickup piped into the engine compartment with clothes dryer duct. Half hour later it was pipin’ hot, for free. Some guys said they heard you shouldn’t do it that way, but no one seemed to know why.” […]