BIG LAKE, ALASKA — Airforms continues to grow its line of PMA replacement offerings for the fleet of Caravan family aircraft. Airforms Part Numbers AF2615180-1 (LH Crew Door Panel) and AF2615180-2 (RH Crew Door Panel) are direct replacements for Cessna P/N’s 2615180-1 and -2. The panels are eligible for installation on all C-208 and C-208B aircraft. According to […]
Ivanoff wins Texas Red Bull Air Races
FORT WORTH, Texas – Frenchman Nicolas Ivanoff won the Red Bull Air Race held over the weekend of Sept. 6-7 at Texas Motor Speedway with a time of 54.118 seconds. Britain’s Nigel Lamb took second in 54.253 and Canada’s Pete McLeod finished third in 54.666. The overall Red Bull Air Race World Championship battle tightened dramatically […]
Fighter pilot publishes ‘The Last Top Gun’
Pilot Dan Zimberoff has released a new novel, ‘The Last Top Gun: A Story Of The Last Generation Of Navy Fighter Jocks.” The novel features US Navy pilot Eric “Spyder” Greene as he grapples with a post-9/11 world filled with unmanned aircraft and drones, politically-driven policies, women in combat, and doubt as to his role in […]
Tailwind landing proves fatal
Aircraft: RV-7A. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Laramie, Wyo. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The pilot approached the non-towered airport for landing. The airport had two runways, 21/03 and 30/15. The winds at the time of the accident were reported to be 350° at 14 knots with gusts to 24 knots. The pilot entered a left downwind for runway 21. […]
Video: RC Warbirds over Nampa
“The Nampa Model Aviators RC club hosts an exciting and varied gathering annually for radio-control warbirds at their home field in Nampa, Idaho. The aircraft range from 1/3 scale World War I fighters to lightweight electric warbirds of World War II, and ducted-fan electric jets. It is a pleasure to watch, and video, the club’s event; a great bunch of RC aviators. The group hosted veterans from the Idaho State Veterans Home for a barbecue lunch during the event.”
Leaders, followers, and picking your mission
Like it or not, most of us are followers. That’s not a bad thing. It’s not a good thing. It’s just a thing. A description of the way things are. A stand-alone fact. Most of us follow someone else, a political office holder, an employer, a manager, a spouse. Among us there are leaders, but […]
SportAir launches Name This Plane contest
SportairUSA, the U.S. distributor of Savage Cub-S, Cub, Cruiser and Classic aircraft, has launched a contest to rename the Savage Cub-S. The airplane is manufactured in Europe and sold world-wide as the Savage Cub-S. The light-sport aircraft is a callback to the original Piper Super Cub, according to company officials. The plan features a 180-hp Titan Stroker engine, Alaskan Bushwheels […]
North Dakota celebrates GA at jobs rally
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — U.S. Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp, U.S. Representative Kevin Cramer, and North Dakota Lt. Governor Drew Wrigley joined the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and hundreds of manufacturing workers, local officials, business leaders, educators, and university students Sept. 5 for a general aviation (GA) jobs rally on the campus of the […]
Fore! Washington airport debuts fly-in golf program
The city of Colville, Wash., has teamed with Dominion Meadows Golf Course to encourage GA pilots to fly into the city’s general aviation airport and play a round of golf at the adjacent golf course. Pilots flying in with family and friends to Colville Municipal Airport can notify the Dominion Meadows Pro Shop (509-684-5508) ahead of time to arrange […]