PY Aviation has introduced SlopeVIEW and OISVIEW, enabling “quick and accurate evaluations of FAR Part 77 imaginary airport surfaces and those nasty 20:1 penetrations which are causing night operations to be NOTAMed out of service,” according to company officials. “Many customers have already benefited from deploying SlopeVIEW and OISVIEW,” company officials noted in a press release. […]
Fuel flow problem for Glasair II
According to the pilot of the Glasair II, when the plane was in cruise flight near Spanish Fork, Utah, it experienced fuel flow problems. He activated the fuel system boost pump, putting it on the high-boost setting. As he neared the destination airport, the engine quit. The airplane did not have enough altitude to glide to […]
Picture of the day: Turning final at LHD
Doug Robertson sent in this photo, explaining “Turning final for Lake Hood Seaplane Base (LHD) in Anchorage, Alaska, in a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, note ANC tower on left horizon. Chartered flight, August 2007. Great flying vacation with perfect weather!”
New kid on the ramp: Will Allen, Rock and Roll Airshow Man
What do you get when you combine a passion for aviation and music? If you are Will Allen, “The Flying Tenor,” you get a high energy rock and roll airshow. Allen’s Rock ‘n Roll Airshow Man made its West Coast debut last July at the Arlington Fly-in, held in Arlington, Wash., just north of Seattle. […]
Video: Texas university conducts test flights for RPA sense-and-avoid system
PORT MANSFIELD, Texas – Texas A&M University Corpus Christi’s Lone Star Unmanned Aircraft Systems research center (LSUASC) conducted flight operations in early March to test a ground-based sense-and-avoid radar system designed to identify small remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) in a specific airspace. Bob Alger, Director of Business Development for SRC, Inc., said the equipment could be used, […]
SUN ’n FUN receives grant
SUN ’n FUN has received $225,000 in funding from the Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust to be used towards the completion of the Piedmont Aerospace Experience on the SUN ’n FUN Campus on the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) in Florida. The Emil Buehler Trust was established in 1984 to perpetuate the memory of Emil Buehler […]
Win a chance to be part of an airshow
Tickets are still available for the opportunity to ride with the AeroShell Aerobatic Team when it performs at the upcoming SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-in and Expo at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (KLAL) in Florida. The raffle drawing is a fundraiser for Angel Flight Southeast, which provides free air transportation for patients who need far-from-home medical care. The winner […]
Video: Return of the Catalina
To preserve the memory of forgotten PBY Catalina Pilots of World War II, documentary filmmaker Daniel Bunker is making ‘Return of the Catalina‘. “The film documents the restoration of a Catalina and the subsequent flight from Spain to Australia to honor the men who reconnected Australia to England after the fall of Singapore,” says Bunker. “The World […]
New hires at Redbird Flight Simulations
Redbird Flight Simulations of Austin, Texas, has hired Michael Clifford as Chief Operating Officer and Brittney Miculka as director of ImagineFlight, a new trade organization devoted to the development and promotion of quality flight training experiences at Redbird-affiliated flight schools. “Mike’s deep management experience in computer technology, logistics, and consumer products from his time as a technology […]