NationAir Aviation Insurance has added Bob Cox to its team of aviation insurance professionals as a sales executive for its southeast region. Cox, based in Orlando, will handle the company’s general aviation insurance sales in Florida and the Southeast. A 30-year veteran of insurance and risk management, Cox served as risk manager for Orlando’s Rosen Hotels and owned two […]
Six CFIs accredited as Master Instructors
Six CFIs were recently accredited as Master Instructors by Master Instructors LLC. To help put this achievement in perspective, there are approximately 96,000 CFIs in the United States. Fewer than 700 of them have earned Master accreditation. As a measure of the prestige conferred by this title, the last 17 National Flight Instructors of the […]
Popular Rotorcraft Association slates convention
Gyroplanes, gyrocopters, helicopters and autogyros, including other sport and general aviation aircraft, will gather at the Mentone Airport (C-92) in Indiana, July 31 through Aug. 4 for the 50th annual convention of the Popular Rotorcraft Association. This is a rare opportunity to see these unique flying machines, talk to the pilots, builders, kit manufacturers, and […]
Door-off flight kills two
This June 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Rans Coyote II S6. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Lincoln, Calif. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The day before the accident, the pilot, who […]
From Kiev with love: Flying the Aeroprakt LSA
BY J. DOUGLAS HINTON With the meltdown of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine gained its independence, causing private enterprise to bloom, including Kiev-based Aeroprakt company, founded the same year and bolstered by an investment by Saudi Sheik Hussein. The result was several Light-Sport Aircraft, principally the Aeroprakt A22-LS. Designed by Yuri Yakovlev, the LSA […]
Luscombe WIN ME! plane awarded
A long-time Luscombe lover, from a family of Luscombe lovers, is this year’s grand prize winner in the Luscombe Endowment’s “WIN ME” raffle. The winner, Jack Mason, purchased 10 tickets. He learned to fly while a teen, soloing in his father’s Luscombe 8A N72025 in 1977. Jack’s father owned and operated his 8A Luscombe for […]
Work begins on GMU park
Work has begun on a new park at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), the largest general aviation airport in South Carolina. Earth-moving equipment worked for several days to prepare raw land for transformation into the new park. “When the heavy equipment arrived it was an incredible moment for those of us who have worked on this […]
Government like (using) aircraft
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) hired NEXA Advisors to produce at study titled, “Government Use of Aircraft: A Taxpayer Value Perspective.” Spoiler alert: government personnel, at all levels of government, like using aircraft to do their job and find value in doing so. Imagine that. The quotes in the 24-page study are good reading. They include: […]
Rare JU52 to visit Front Range Airport
Front Range Airport (FTG) near Denver will be one of only five United States stops on the RIMOWA JU52 2012 North American Tour. The rare 1930s vintage aircraft will continue on to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., where it will be displayed on the showcase ramp during the show. The 3-engine, 9-cylinder JU52 was designed […]