OAKLAND, California — Bobbie Phelps Wolverton, author of “Behind The Smile” will speak at the Oakland Aviation Museum’s next Open Cockpit Day Sept. 15. Wolverton was a flight attendant for World Airways, an international charter airline company headquartered in Oakland, California. She flew for six years into Vietnam during the height of the war, taking […]
Twin Commander updates fuel tank liner install kit
Twin Commander Aircraft has developed a new Custom Kit (CK) that improves the removal and reinstallation of the center fuel cell liner. Repeated removal and reinstallation of the center fuel cell and liner system can lead to damage to the parts as well as oversized assembly holes, company officials noted. CK189 features reusable fasteners for […]
HazMat training offered online
Aviation Training Academy (ATA) has launched its new online training program directed at FBOs, corporate flight departments, municipalities, fueling agents, line service technicians, and mechanics. New regulations, under the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS), were adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). They mandate that employers must have their employees trained on the […]
Spatial disorientation kills one
Aircraft: Piper Cherokee. Injuries: 1 Fatal, 1 Serious. Location: Provincetown, Mass. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The non-instrument-rated pilot took off on a dark night from an airport located at the tip of a peninsula. Analysis of GPS data showed that he turned the airplane toward the destination course before it had reached an altitude of 100 […]
Does flight school’s 172 need new rings?
This question was initially sent to our fuels and oil expert Ben Visser, who passed it on to our engines expert Paul McBride for further comment. Q: Our flight school has a Cessna 172N with an O-320 H2AD. The engine was rebuilt 120 hours ago after cam/lifter failure. The engine uses one half quart of […]
Bakersfield Flying Club hosts local kids
By MICKEY CUSHINE On July 26, the Bakersfield Flying Club in Bakersfield, California, provided a club tour and free simulator rides to more than 20 children from the Society of Disabled Children as part of that group’s STEM program. All of the children and their families were able to tour the Meadows Airport in the […]
Jeff Baum to be inducted in Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame
WATERTOWN, Wis. — Jeff Baum, founder of Wisconsin Aviation, the state’s largest FBO, will be inducted into the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame in October. Baum is one of Wisconsin’s most successful aviation entrepreneurs and business operators — and has been for the past 32 years, according to Hall of Fame officials. Wisconsin Aviation, which […]
UAV Navigation to compete at Reno
UAV Navigation, a developer of flight control avionics and motion processing solutions, will sponsor a plane at the Reno National Championship Air Races and Air Show from Wednesday Sept. 9-15. Guillermo Parodi, UAV Navigation’s CEO and co-founder, will once again pilot the aircraft. Plane #36, call sign ‘N-A-RUSH’, is a Cassutt Special III, a single-seat […]
Beatles at the Ridge Fly-In slated at ARG
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. — The sky is the limit at this year’s Beatles at the Ridge music festival, thanks to a fly-in scheduled at Walnut Ridge Regional Airport (ARG). The airport will welcome air travelers to the only airport The Beatles ever visited in Arkansas (September of 1964) and to the music festival on Saturday, […]