Winner Aviation, an FBO at the Ohio’s Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (KYNG), has branded with Avfuel Corporation. Winner Aviation now offers all Avfuel programs and solutions, including AVTRIP rewards and the jet fuel savings program Avfuel Contract Fuel. The FBO will also implement Avfuel’s proprietary training and back-office systems. Previously known as Beckett Aviation, Winner Aviation […]
Former AOPA president joins Aero Electric Aircraft board
DENVER – Craig Fuller, former President and CEO of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), has joined the board of directors of Aero Electric Aircraft Corp. (AEAC). Fuller, Chairman of the Fuller Company, began the Washington, D.C., portion of his career with the Reagan Administration in 1981, where he served for eight years in […]
Student pilot hit by propeller
Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: 1 Serious. Location: Albermarle, N.C. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The student pilot and flight instructor had landed, parked, and secured the airplane. They returned about 15 minutes later and attempted to restart the airplane but were unable to do so. An external battery supply was connected to the airplane […]
Picture of day: Celebrating passing his checkride
Kyle Setrum sent in this photo of his kids, Braxtyn, Hayley and Elliott on his 1968 Beechcraft Musketeer Super II.
The allure of an open door
Amazing things can happen if you just take the time to open your door, invite the neighbors over for a burger, and let them experience for themselves what lights a fire in your belly. Case in point…Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW) is located smack dab in the middle of the Florida panhandle. It’s not far from the […]
Teaching a homeless man to fly
CFI and blogger Ron Rapp notes that a lot of people say they want to learn to fly, then pull out the old excuses of no time or money. That brings to mind the time he taught James, a man without a permanent address, cellphone or car, how to fly. James was couch-surfing to save money […]
FAA grants five more commercial RPA exemptions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The FAA has granted five regulatory exemptions for remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) to four companies. The four companies that received exemptions want to fly RPAs — known as Unmanned Aerial Systems by the FAA — to perform operations for aerial surveying, construction site monitoring and oil rig flare stack inspections. “Unmanned aircraft offer […]
Book: The Day I Learned To Fly
Do you remember being a kid? Do you remember running all over the neighborhood until you heard the faint voice of your mother calling you home? I sure do… When I opened Jeffrey Kennon’s book, “The Day I Learned To Fly” and started to read, those long summer days of yesteryear came flooding back. Jeff […]
Community college launches Aviation Academy
MONACA, Pa. — The Community College of Beaver County (CCBC) has created the first regional Aviation Academy. The Academy, which is set to start in January 2015, is a dual-enrollment, educational partnership between CCBC and Beaver County high schools. “CCBC is partnering with Beaver County school districts, the Beaver County Airport Authority, our Beaver County commissioners, […]