KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The National Association of Flight Instructors recently honored Gregory G. Gorak as the 25th inductee into the Flight Instructor Hall of Fame. The induction took place in Gorak’s hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as part of a surprise luncheon presentation during the flight instructor refresher clinic presented by Gaits Aviation Seminars, which Gorak […]
Receive $5 off with a toy donation at Fantasy of Flight
POLK CITY, Florida — Fantasy of Flight is offering visitors who donate an unwrapped toy $5 off of full-priced admission for each donation through Dec. 15. The toy drive will benefit Toys for Tots of Polk County. Every person in a group must bring a donated unwrapped toy to qualify for the discount. The donated […]
Pilot recreates Lady Mary Heath’s 1928 journey
Pilot Tracey Curtis-Taylor is in the midst of a 7,000-mile solo journey, in a reconditioned Boeing Stearman open-cockpit biplane, to retrace Lady Mary Heath’s historic 1928 flight between South Africa and the United Kingdom. Heath was the first pilot, male or female, to make such a journey. Curtis-Taylor, a UK-based pilot, departed Cape Town on Nov. […]
‘A Personal Flyer’s Guide to More Enjoyable Flying’
Capt. David C. Koch, author of “False Security: The Real Story About Airline Safety” and executive director of the Center For Airmanship Excellence, has released a new book, “A Personal Flyer’s Guide to More Enjoyable Flying,” which, he says, “provides guidance for personal flyers on how to adopt a new paradigm in personal flying that […]
Aircraft Spruce launches Facebook contest
You could win a $75 Aircraft Spruce gift card by entering the company’s Facebook contest to help it reach 7,500 likes. Click on the link and follow the rules on the page for your chance to win.
MyClip Kneeboard now at PilotShop.com
Now available at PilotShop.com is the MyClip Kneeboard, which works with all versions of the Apple iPad including the new iPad Air. The design, which also works with any full size tablet on the market today, transitions from portrait to landscape mode allowing easy viewing of charts and approach plates. Soft rubberized clips gently hold the […]
Low-level aerobatics kill two
Aircraft: Cirrus SR22. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Boynton Beach, Fla. Aircraft damage: Substantial What reportedly happened: Both people on board the Cirrus were pilots. At the time of the accident, the plane was returning from an airshow and flying in formation with two aerobatic airplanes. The pilot of one of the aerobatic airplanes reported that shortly after the Cirrus […]
Scenes from Copperstate
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — More than 500 aircraft and 6,100 attendees from 12 countries and 37 U.S. states converged on the 41st-annual Copperstate Fly-In & Aviation Expo at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ) in late October. This attendance figure tops the 2012 number by more than 600, according to fly-in officials. Due to federal […]
21-year-old commercial pilot got his start in CAP
Stephen Bloesmsma’s 16th birthday was one he will never forget. While most teens his age are in hot pursuit of a driver’s license as a top priority that day, Bloesmsma had higher aspiration — his first solo flight. “I remember after my first takeoff thinking to myself, ‘Well, I’m committed to landing the airplane now. […]