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Destination: Santa Catalina
By RON RAPP Though many of my favorite flying activities — aerobatics, pattern work, sightseeing — are local in nature, there’s no denying that airplanes are made for going places. Even the pokiest of ‘em makes travel faster and more interesting than driving a car. One of my most memorable trips was flying a clipped-wing […]
Power Flow Systems partners with type clubs
Power Flow Systems, which has installed its patented tuned exhaust systems on an estimated 4,500 general aviation aircraft worldwide, is now working with type clubs and owners groups to develop tuned exhaust systems for additional aircraft. According to company officials, it typically costs about $100,000 to develop and certify a new tuned exhaust system for […]
Zenith Aircraft hosts EAA Chapter 429 project
A while back Christopher Ward attended a Zenith Aircraft workshop, where he built a rudder. He then purchased a CH 750 Cruzer kit. He also talked the factory into hosting a workshop that would focus on building the horizontal stabilizer and elevator sections of his kit. In a salute to the One Week Wonder (where a […]
Proficiency clinics gain Avemco support
Avemco Insurance Company will support the 2015 Bonanza & Baron Pilot Training (BPT) flying proficiency clinics that are currently being offered throughout the United States. Designed specifically for pilots and owners of Bonanzas, Barons, Travel Airs, Twin Bonanzas and Dukes, each type-specific weekend clinic offers full-immersion training and instruction. Marci Veronie, vice president of sales […]
Winners of the 2015 Salute to Excellence Awards revealed
The Helicopter Association International (HAI) has revealed the winners of its Salute to Excellence Awards in nine categories. They include, among others, two helicopter search-and-rescue (SAR) teams, a firefighting pilot who refused to give up on a crew on the ground, and a flight instructor with perhaps more time in one of the world’s most popular […]
Fighter pilot releases memoir
Those meeting Major Hassan Granmayeh today see a highly-intelligent aeronautical scientist who doesn’t immediately stand out from the crowd. But his life story does. Granmayeh was once a decorated fighter pilot in the Iranian Air Force who refused to serve the revolution. What happened next is revealed in “The Last Escape: Ex-Fighter Pilot of the Iranian […]
Airplane hits ice on lake
The pilot of the wheel/ski-equipped Cessna 185 landed on a remote, frozen, snow-covered lake near Skwenta, Alaska. While taxiing to park, the right wheel/ski struck an area of ice overflow that was covered by snow. The axle bolts broke, pivoting the airplane to the right, sending the right wing into the snow-covered ice. The airplane […]
Picture of the day: Flying Tigers mascot
Jay Carpenter of the Texas Aviation Association submitted this photo of the association’s mascot “Flying Tiger” over San Angelo, Texas, VFR on TOP. Aircraft is, of course, a AA 5B Grumman Tiger, he adds.