The IMC Club, together with Redbird Flight Simulations, will host an Instrument Proficiency Center at the AOPA Aviation Summit in Fort Worth, Texas, next month. The IMC Club’s IFR Proficiency Center (IPC) will be open each day of the event, starting Thursday, Oct. 10, from 9 am to 5 pm in the Fort Worth Convention […]
Reno Air Races prepare for takeoff
Fifty years after planes first took to Reno’s skies in 1964, the National Championship Air Races begins this week. Dubbed “the world’s fastest motorsport,” the Reno Air Races officially takes off Wednesday, Sept. 11, and runs through Sunday, Sept. 15. “As the last remaining event of its kind and the premier air racing event in […]
Landmark Aviation gets nod for DCA operations
Landmark Aviation’s Aircraft Management & Charter division has been approved to operate to and from Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA). Landmark Aviation received the approval by adopting the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) DCA Access Standard Security Program (DASSP)into its current safety and security policies and procedures. Landmark Aviation will now be able to […]
Airplane hits trailer
Aircraft: Thorp T-18. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Plainwell, Mich. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The Thorp was the second plane in a flight of two on approach to the destination. Visibility on approach was about three miles. The pilot in the first airplane stated that the Thorp pilot asked him to keep up his speed on final. […]
Luxury living with your airplane
The mantra “if you build it, they will come” may have worked to attract baseball fans in the movie “Field of Dreams,” but it take more than a runway to attract homeowners to an airpark. For the developers of SilverWing at Sandpoint Airpark located in Sandpoint, Idaho, there were three important attributes in mind when […]
Congress returns to busy schedule
After its August vacation, Congress returns to Capitol Hill Sept. 9 with a full plate of issues, some of which will directly affect general aviation. As usual in Washington, money is on top of the plate. Sequestration appears again; the U.S. must raise its debt limit — again — to keep borrowing money; and that […]
Piper fueled by autogas completes cross-country roundtrip
VERO BEACH, Fla. — Piper Aircraft recently flew a Piper Archer powered by 93 octane unleaded automobile gas 2,100 nautical miles roundtrip from Vero Beach, Florida, to Oshkosh, Wis., and back. The Piper Archer was on exhibit at Piper’s EAA AirVenture static aircraft display. Piper worked with Airworthy AutoGas LLC, Phoenix, Ariz., to prove the […]
A conversation with the next generation of pilots
GlobalAir.com’s Ray Robinson Speaks with three student pilots The Kentucky Institute for Aerospace Education (KIAE) is a one-of-a-kind endeavor, currently working with 14 high schools in the state to provide students direct experiences in aeronautical engineering, flight, aircraft maintenance, and space systems. When I asked Tim Smith, director of Frankfort High School’s Aviation program and […]
Special Olympics wins $25,000 Discover Flying Challenge donation
WICHITA – Cessna Aircraft Co. is presenting a $25,000 donation to Special Olympics’ 2014 USA Games as an award for the organization’s partnership and support of the 2013 Discover Flying Challenge. “We are happy to award Special Olympics a $25,000 donation for their outstanding involvement and engagement with our pilot interns both on and off […]