It’s time for Michael Goulian to take to the skies over Ellington Field at the Wings Over Houston Airshow in the third installment of the new series Inside Airshows on LiveAirShowTV. The first two episodes focused on hospitality, but now it’s time to get serious and take off, the producer say. Learn how the show […]
Poor technique puts Archer in grass
Aircraft: Piper Cherokee Archer. Injuries: None. Location: Santa Barbara, Calif. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The airplane was aligned with the centerline of the runway as the pilot applied full power. It accelerated and then began to veer left. The pilot immediately added right rudder to correct, but the airplane did not respond to the control input. […]
Courting the cross-over effect
While out and about recently I saw something that left an impression on me. It was a line of sports cars and a Formula racer parked right there on the ramp in Sebring, Florida. They were bright red and carried names like Porsche and Mazda. Their engines had the ability to put out significantly more […]
NTSB’s ‘Most Wanted’ includes two for GA
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its 2014 Most Wanted List, the top 10 advocacy and awareness priorities for the year. Helicopter operations has been added to the 2014 Most Wanted List. Between January 2003 and May 2013, 1,470 helicopter accidents have occurred, with 477 fatalities and 274 serious injuries, NTSB officials noted. The […]
Beechcraft celebrates 50th anniversary of King Air’s first flight
WICHITA, Kan. – Beechcraft Corp. today recognized the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the King Air Model 90 with several three-ship passes of the company’s current production King Air models over its home airfield, Beech Field, in Wichita, as employees and guests watched. Nearly 7,200 King Airs have been delivered. The worldwide fleet […]
$1 million for paper airplanes?
VentureBeat.com is reporting that PowerUp Toys has raised more than $1 million via crowdfunding for its toy that attaches a toy airplane motor to a paper airplane. You can control the airplane with the touchscreen on your iPhone. Find out more here.
Podcast: Around the pattern with SimpleFlight.net
The pilots behind SimpleFlight.net (Al Waterloo and Marc Epner) host a weekly (Sunday) podcast. I joined Al and Marc on Jan. 12 and discussed the publishing aspect of the aviation industry for 30 or so minutes. Via the magic of the internet, you can listen at your leisure.
Oshkosh chapter of IMC Club to hold inaugural meeting
OSHKOSH, Wis. — Pilots will meet on Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. to establish the Fox Valley Chapter of the IMC Club International. Andy Miller, IMC Club’s Fox Valley Chapter leader, is from Appleton, Wisconsin, where he hangars his Cessna 182 and helps staff the Teaching & Learning Center at Fox Valley Technical College. A […]
Foster Flight debuts Spark-On
Foster Flight is now shipping Spark-On, a solution to the growing concern about out-of-tolerance internal resisters in both massive electrode and fine wire plugs. These out-of-tolerance resistances have been linked to various issues from excessive electrode wear, RFI problems and hard starting to problems during regular operations especially at or near engine limits., according to […]