Representatives from a diverse group of industries and organizations joined Monday to discuss the successes and upcoming challenges of NextGen, the FAA’s initiative to modernize the nation’s air transportation system, and to warn in the last day of the fiscal year about sequestration budget cuts that threaten to impede NextGen’s progress. “If we don’t keep […]
Burke earns Wright Brothers’ Master Pilot Award
On Oct. 21, 1962, Thomas Allen Burke, then 19, successfully completed his first solo flight in a Piper Colt out of the Raleigh Municipal Airport in North Carolina. Now a resident of Greenville, S.C., Burke has safety piloted a number of different makes and models of aircraft. Burke served many years as Chief Flight Instructor […]
Copperstate prepares for takeoff
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Since 1971, Copperstate Fly-In & Aviation Expo has been a great place to see a diverse blend of aircraft in action, attend informative workshops, and check out the latest aviation products. It has grown by about 10% a year since it was established. In 2013 it attracted more than 500 aircraft and […]
PowerSwatch charger at Aircraft Spruce
Now available at Aircraft Spruce is PowerSwatch, a portable energy source for your phone, iPod, tablet, GPS device, e-reader, camera or flashlight. SunWarrior’s first consumer product designed to address a variety of mobile energy applications, PowerSwatch utilizes high efficiency monocrystalline solar panels that are integrated with a rugged fabric for lightweight portability. You can carry […]
Wings and Wheels fundraiser at OXB
On Saturday, Nov. 9, the Wings and Wheels display and competition will be held at the Ocean City Municipal Airport (OXB) to raise funds for the maintenance and care of the Huey memorial display. The event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. will have motor vehicles and aircraft on display, food vendors, beer […]
Disney’s ‘Planes’ lands on DVD, Blu-Ray
Disney’s “Planes” lands in homes and mass retailers nationwide on Nov. 19. The underdog story about a crop dusting plane named Dusty with sky-high dreams touches down on Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD and On-Demand featuring several bonus features. To view an 8-minute peek of the film, click here. http://youtu.be/WBi4FWOgNPc Directed by Klay Hall (“King of […]
Go-around gets ugly
Aircraft: Mooney M20K. Injuries: None. Location: Anderson, S.C. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: According to the pilot, the landing was normal but during the rollout, when the airplane was about halfway down the runway, the wind shifted to a strong tailwind, which lifted up the tail. The airplane veered to the left. The pilot applied full power […]
The future of fuel
“We have to stop loving the problem and just fix it.” Those words, spoken by Lycoming’s Michael Kraft at the 2010 AirVenture, may sum up best the quest to find an unleaded replacement for 100LL. Ostensibly, the industry has been working since the early 1990s towards finding a solution, but efforts didn’t really get serious until […]
Continuing a family tradition
More than 30 years ago, Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) taught his son Perry to fly in the family’s 1954 Grumman Tiger. Perry’s first cross-country flight after he soloed was to Oshkosh, his dad sitting proudly in the seat beside him. Fast forward to this year’s Oshkosh and Inhofe, a regular at Oshkosh no matter what […]