Sporty’s has released a new version of its Learn to Fly Course, with nearly four hours of new high-definition video content and animations added, along with improved features for the written test prep application. New video content includes training in cross-country flight operations that focuses on airspace, chart interpretation, planning, and weather analysis that takes advantage […]
Red Tail Squadron sets spring schedule
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron, America’s tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, has revealed the pring dates and locations for its RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit mobile theater and P-51C Mustang Tuskegee Airmen. The mission of the CAF Red Tail Squadron is to educate audiences across the country about the history and legacy of the […]
Women’s aviation conference set for Dubai
Registration is now open for the International Aviation Womens Association (IAWA) 27th annual conference, slated for Nov. 10-12, in Dubai, UAE, a first for the Middle East, according to organizers.
Snowbanks catch Cessna
The pilot of the Cessna 172 was practicing touch-and-go landings on a narrow, ice-covered road with snow banks on each side in Vineland, Minn. The plane encountered a rough area and skidded left. The left main landing gear collided with a snow bank on the left side of the road, and the plane flipped over, […]
Picture of the day: Never too young to start
Grandson Jayden Condori helps his Papa, Jay Gibbs, construct a Lancair 320 in Weatherford Texas.
FAA releases long-awaited RPA rules
The FAA has released its proposed rule on the use of small remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). In an unusual Sunday morning press conference, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta released the details of the proposed rule, which affects RPAs that weigh less than 55 pounds and are flown for non-recreational purposes. Under […]
Challenger Rendez-Vous attracts dozens to frozen Ottawa River
The 25th Annual Challenger Winter Rendez-Vous should have a been a blow-out event. But Jan. 30-Feb. 1 temperatures in the -20°C range kept many would-be attendees home. A hardy gathering of 37 aircraft (15 Challenger ultralights and 22 other types), all on skis, landed on the frozen Ottawa River at the Fairmount Le Château Montebello. In all, more […]
2015 Virginia Regional Festival of Flight cancelled
The Virginia Regional Festival of Flight, an annual fly-In held at Suffolk Executive Airport each spring, will not be held this year so that reorganizational plans can be initiated to improve and expand the event for 2016, according to organizers. After 17 years of sponsoring the Virginia Regional Festival of Flight, the Virginia Aviation Council […]
Indiegogo campaign launches for AirBoard
LIEPAJA, Latvia — Elviss Straupenieks has launched an Indiegogo crowd funding campaign for AirBoard, what he’s calling the world’s smallest manned aircraft. The all-electric personal air vehicle, featuring four propellers powered by four separate electric motors, moves in reaction to shifts in the rider’s weight, he explained. “It is designed for moving in extreme environments, such as over water […]