The California Pilots Association will host an event featuring Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA-4), a member of the Congressional General Aviation Caucus, on Saturday, July 20. Part safety seminar, part legislative update, the event will be held at the Granite Bay High School Theater (1 Grizzly Way, Granite Bay, Calif., 95746-7194). The agenda includes:12:30 pm – […]
SD CAP Wing slates search and rescue exercise
RAPID CITY, S.D. — More than 150 Civil Air Patrol cadets and senior members from South and North Dakota and the region will participate in a search and rescue exercise in Custer this week with several governmental and nonprofit organizations. The event comes at the end of the weeklong 2013 Joint Dakota Emergency Services Encampment, […]
Lockwood appointed distributor for Rotax EMS Integra
Lockwood Aviation Supply has been appointed the U.S. distributor for the Rotax EMS Integra for the new fuel-injected Rotax 912iS. The engine monitoring system, developed by TL Elektronic, features a 7-inch color LCD screen that integrates all primary engine instruments, including engine tachometer, fuel flow, fuel pressure, exhaust gas temperature, cylinder head temperature, oil and […]
Hartzell X-Drive chosen for Carbon Cub
CubCrafters has selected Hartzell Engine Technologies’ new X-Drive lightweight starter as standard on the company’s upgraded, high-performance Carbon Cub SS light sport aircraft (LSA). “This is our first OEM (original equipment manufacturer) application for the new-generation X-Drive lightweight starter,” said Hartzell Engine Technologies’ President Mike Disbrow Disbrow. “CubCrafters manufactures an exceptional line of certificated, LSA and […]
Book about X-15 Rocket Plane released
Recently released is “The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying the First Wings into Space” by Michelle Evans. With the Soviet Union’s launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, the Cold War soared to new heights as Americans feared losing the race into space. The X-15 Rocket Plane tells the story of the hypersonic X-15, the […]
Jackson Jet Center joins Air Elite Network
Jackson Jet Center, located at Boise Gowen Field (BOI) in Boise, Idaho, has joined the growing Air Elite Network. Jackson Jet Center’s newly-remodeled facility is located on the north side of Boise Airport. As a combination of the former Boise Air Service and Boise Executive Terminal, the new 9,400-square-foot facility includes a flight planning center, […]
Darkness leads to spatial disorientation
Aircraft: Cessna 182. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Erwin, N.C. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The private pilot, 79, held an instrument rating. According to a logbook recovered from the wreckage, he had accumulated 1,973 hours. In the 12 months preceding the accident, he logged 12 total hours of flight experience, of which 0.2 hours […]
Mountain high
April 4, 2013, marked the 80th anniversary of the successful aerial assault on Mt. Everest undertaken by two Royal Air Force pilots, David Fowler McIntyre and Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, flying modified, open-cockpit, Westland biplanes to an altitude of 30,000 feet. It was a triumph for aviation, particularly for the skill and organization demonstrated by the British […]
NTSB concerned about go-arounds
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board wants the FAA to modify its procedures for directing traffic around major airports. This is to reduce the possibility of mid-air collisions when a landing aircraft must conduct a go-around. Five incidents involving departing aircraft and go-arounds were studied by the NTSB. In each case the crews […]