Now available from ASA is a Private Pilot Student Flight Record folder, which helps flight instructors and flight schools organize and document student progress towards private pilot certification. The folder covers all areas of operation, tasks, and areas of emphasis in the Practical Test Standards. The four-panel layout contains evaluation tools and room for comments. […]
Get-home-itis kills three
Aircraft: Cessna 182. Injuries: 3 Fatal. Location: Lake Havasu, Ariz. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The non-instrument-rated pilot was flying two friends home after a football game. He had flown the same route at night on four previous occasions, the most recent of which was two weeks before the accident. On both occasion the skies were clear and […]
FAA releases UAS integration roadmap
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FAA has released its first annual roadmap outlining efforts needed to safely integrate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the nation’s airspace. The roadmap addresses current and future policies, regulations, technologies and procedures that will be required as demand moves the country from today’s limited accommodation of UAS operations to the extensive […]
Aviation leaders urge Congress to preserve contract towers
The heads of general aviation’s alphabet groups have come together to call on members of Congress to preserve the FAA contract tower program through fiscal year (FY) 2014. In an Oct. 28 letter sent to the lawmakers, the GA leaders urged members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to include language in the transportation […]
Iowa Aviation Museum uses video to unveil expansion plans
The non-profit Iowa Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame has launched an ambitious expansion program. It has released a video announcing the $5 million capital improvement project.
EAA offers members help with special issuances
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. — Pilots who need medical certification special issuances can now get assistance through a new program from the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). EAA has teamed with AirDocs, an aeromedical consulting firm specializing in streamlining Special Issuance applications for FAA medical certificates, to offer a 10% discount. AirDocs, one of several […]
Piper deliveries, revenue continues upward trend
VERO BEACH, Fla. — Piper Aircraft sustained solid deliveries and revenue performance during the third quarter of 2013, continuing an improving trend, company officials report. Reflecting a recommitment to the pilot training market, 61 Piper Trainer Class aircraft were delivered in the first three quarters of the year, up from 45 in the similar period […]
Deliveries of new highly-swept Raisbeck propeller for King Airs set for January
SEATTLE — The Raisbeck Swept Blade Turbofan Propellers for all King Air C90s are available for deliveries beginning in January 2014. These propellers, which represent the continuing advance in swept-wing theory under a joint development program with partner Hartzell Propeller, follow the introduction of the Swept Blade Propellers for the King Air 200 family last […]
Independence Aviation names new Chief Flight Instructor, Chief Emeritus
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Independence Aviation, based at Centennial Airport (KAPA), has promoted Rhett Kamm to Chief Instructor Pilot, replacing Charles O. “Chuck” Gensler, who is retiring from the post. Gensler assumes the new title of Chief Flight Instructor Emeritus and will continue to instruct students on a part-time basis. “Chuck has done an outstanding job […]