Ron Rapp is a pilot and blogger. His blog is called The House of Rapp and his Jan. 20 post, A Starship in the Wild ,conjured up a wonderful memory. While in line to depart Vail, Colorado’s Aspen Eagle Airport, Ron saw a Beechcraft Starship. Not many were built, and far fewer are flying still today. To […]
Garmin debuts GDL 39 3D
Garmin has introduced the GDL 39 3D, a portable ADS-B and GPS receiver that adds simultaneous display of aircraft attitude information (pitch and roll), alongside interactive mapping, traffic, and weather within the Garmin Pilot application. The GDL 39 3D also features advanced traffic awareness, including patent-pending TargetTrend relative motion technology and subscription-free weather. The GDL […]
FltPlan.com launches free iPad Go app
FltPlan.com has officially released its new free iPad app, FltPlan Go. The app adds many features for users of FltPlan.com, according to company officials. The legacy FltPlan app was originally created four years ago to provide pilots with airport information and approach charts. As pilots’ in-flight needs grew, the legacy app continued to add more […]
Michael Goulian takes to the air on Inside Airshows
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.