Air Race 1 will hold three races in 2015, which will together form the official “Air Race 1 World Cup.” Each of the three events of the Air Race 1 World Cup will also be considered an independent cup title. The destinations are confirmed and will be announced with dates and other information in the coming […]
GA aircraft shipments expected to grow in 2015
The U.S. aerospace industry is expected to ship more general aviation (GA) aircraft in 2015 than it did in 2014, according to the Aerospace Industries Association‘s (AIA) 2014 Year-End Review and Forecast. Shipments of GA aircraft are projected to total 1,691 units in 2014, up 4.7% from the 2013 total, AIA wrote in its report, […]
SUN ‘n FUN unveils airshow highlights
Scheduling of airshow performers for the 41st Annual SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-In & Expo, scheduled for April 21-26, 2015, in Lakeland, Fla., is in full swing. Topping the list of performers is the Breitling Jet Team and the USAF Thunderbirds. The Breitling Jet Team will begin their first-ever United States tour at SUN ‘n FUN […]
Museum to hold open cockpit day
WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN. – The New England Air Museum will hold its next Open Cockpit Day on Sunday, Jan. 18. On that day, visitors will be permitted to climb into the cockpits of up to 10 vintage aircraft, a full-motion flight simulator and two static flight simulators. These include the Vietnam era “Huey” helicopter; the North […]
Spatial disorientation kills four
Aircraft: Piper Matrix. Injuries: 4 Fatal. Location: Greensburg, Ind. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The instrument-rated private pilot was executing a non-precision instrument approach procedure at night in deteriorating weather conditions. According to GPS track data, he executed the approach as published, but descended below the missed approach point’s minimum altitude before executing a […]
Picture of the day: Shadow play
Mark Cook submitted this photo of an airplane shadow on the clouds, taken from a Beech Queen Air over Grand Rapids, Minn.
Pilot reports: The beginnings
“After running the motor a few minutes to heat it up, I released the wire that held the machine to the track, and the machine started forward into the wind,” reported Orville Wright in the December 1913 issue of Flying magazine. Though possibly not the first pilot report in an aviation journal, it sure is a […]
Michigan pilot becomes youngest TBM 900 owner
Michigan businessman Phillip Bozek recently took delivery of a TBM 900, making him the youngest owner of this new variant in the family of TBM very fast turboprop aircraft. Having learned to fly three years ago, the 28-year-old Bozek runs his family’s lighting business, Conserva Electric Supply, and also is involved in real estate investment. He […]
2015 and beyond: Defining years for general aviation
Flying magazine’s Robert Goyer predicts that the next few years will be “pivotal” ones for general aviation. “From time to time in history, for reasons that are hard to understand even in hindsight, a short period of years becomes the confluence for a number of critical events that one might have seen coming but the […]