Aircraft: Folke-Wolf-190 ½ Scale. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Columbus, Ga. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The pilot, 71, had logged about 13,000 hours. He was flying the pattern at a tower controlled airport. After conducting a touch-and-go landing on Runway 24, he advised the controller that he had a partial loss of engine power and intended to […]
Here’s your chance: Let the FAA know what you think
It isn’t often we are given an opportunity to give the FAA feedback — especially when they are asking for it. Well, you now have an opportunity to offer your two cents (or more). Following are a few words from Haym Benaroya, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Rutgers University, about what he is hoping to learn from those of us […]
Video: Pipistrel takes Panthera for a spin
Fly along as Pipistrel‘s Panthera successfully completes a 10-turn spin with four-people on board and three-quarters fuel.
Former LGB manager honored
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Chris Kunze, who managed the administration and operations of the Long Beach Airport (LGB) for nearly three decades, has been honored by the Southwest Chapter of the American Association of Airport Executives (SWAAAE) with the Wanamaker Award for his aviation industry leadership. Presented in the memory of Robert Wanamaker, a prominent […]
Florida Tech launches online aviation management degree
TAMPA, Fla. — Florida Tech is introducing a Bachelor of Arts in Aviation Management offered 100% online. Students earning this degree gain career-specific aviation and management knowledge delivered using University Alliance’s video-based e-learning environment. Florida Tech is one of only six universities designated a core partner in the FAA’s Center of Excellence Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, […]
Wheels Up celebrates first anniversary
NEW YORK, NY – Private aviation company Wheels Up is celebrating its first year of operations this August. In 12 months, Wheels Up has signed up 575 members, taken delivery of 25 aircraft in its private fleet, and has established strategic alliances with Beechcraft, Cessna, Jet Aviation, JetSuite, HeliFlite, and VistaJet. With the positive response to […]
Genesys Aerosystems surpasses 1,500 autopilot certifications
MINERAL WELLS, Texas — Genesys Aerosystems reports it has surpassed 1,500 FAA and international Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for its S-TEC line of autopilot systems, covering nearly every make and model of general aviation airplanes and helicopters and about half of all US autopilot certifications issued. With more than 1,040 certifications issued for its autopilot systems […]
Avflight opens FBO in popular Michigan tourism destination
FBO chain Avflight Corporation has opened for business at Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, Michigan. Operating out of the airport’s General Aviation Terminal, Avflight offers an array of Avfuel fueling products and services, including the jet fuel savings program Avfuel Contract Fuel and AVTRIP rewards. “Avflight immediately recognized the opportunity to add value for customers […]
Latest edition of World Directory of Light Aviation now available
Now available is the 268-page World Directory of Light Aviation 2014/2015 (WDLA), which includes images, descriptions and technical data on more than 1,000 aircraft, including ultralights, microlights, LSA, gyrocopter, certified aircraft, kitplanes, trikes, ultralight and certified gliders and motor-gliders, instruments, engines, propellers, accessories, and more. It also includes addresses of manufacturers, importers, associations, schools and much more. The WDLA […]