Final preparations are underway for this year’s U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, which starts next Wednesday, Jan. 14, and runs through Saturday, Jan. 17, on the Sebring Regional Airport (SEF). More than 18,000 U.S. and international visitors attended last year’s event. The Sebring Expo is the place to see, try, fly, and buy anything related to […]
Women in Aviation names Class of 2015
Women who changed aviation history make up the Class of 2015 for the International Women in Aviation Pioneer Hall of Fame. These women will be honored at Women in Aviation’s 26th Annual International Conference, which will be held March 5-7, at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas. The ceremony will take place at the closing […]
Piper delivers G1000 Seminoles to UND
VERO BEACH, Fla. — Piper Aircraft has delivered three twin-engine piston-powered Piper Seminoles to the UND Aerospace Foundation, which provides training and aircraft for the University of North Dakota’s John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences. The pilot training aircraft, delivered in December, are now part of the Aviation Department’s training fleet of more than […]
Latest edition of FAA Safety Briefing online
The January/February 2015 issue of FAA Safety Briefing looks at all things airspace and air traffic control. Articles highlight important “rules of the sky” and cover the technology changes in our National Airspace System. Feature articles in this issue include: “The NAS of the Future – Entering a New Era in Safety” (p 8), “Proceed […]
Experts to tell new story about airmail
SEATTLE — Museum of Flight Curator Dan Hagedorn and The Boeing Company Historian, Mike Lombardi, will combine efforts Jan. 24 to help unravel the myths of early airmail delivery in the United States. For a time in the 1920s and early 1930s, airmail service quickly helped build commercial air service and bring attention to the […]
Poor decisions lead to fuel exhaustion, fatal crash
The pilot of a Piper Arrow and a passenger were attempting to fly a night instrument cross-country flight over Delaware. The pilot estimated the flight would take three hours 45 minutes. He planned to carry five and half hours of fuel onboard. About three hours and 20 minutes into the flight, when the airplane was about 15 miles […]
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Tip this…or something like that
Malcom Gladwell, the well known author who possesses both an almost cartoonishly frizzy hair-style and a razor sharp mind, first came to my attention with his blockbuster hit “The Tipping Point.” Released in 2002, Amazon still ranks it high on its best sellers ranking. It held down the position of 533 on that literary hit parade […]
Explore ‘movie star’ C-17 and more on Air Force museum app
DAYTON, Ohio — As you take a 360° tour inside the cargo area of the C-17 on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, you’ll notice typical items you’d see in many aircraft – cargo seats, a pallet, even a bumper sticker that says “I love flying.” But look closer and you’ll […]