By DALE FORTON. The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) is now taking requests to speak at the National Aviation Maintenance Symposium, slated for Nov. 21-22. We are asking for interested parties to contact us for an opportunity to speak to our audience in the areas of new technologies, fatigue, human factors, SMS, customer service, sales, […]
Super Bowl Sunday super day for GA
While millions watched the Baltimore Ravens defeat the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL Super Bowl in New Orleans on Sunday, the local FBOs at the Big Easy’s airports were gearing up for their own second half as many of the more than 800 private aircraft that flocked there departed soon after the game ended, […]
Reel Stuff Film Festival takes off in April
The Reel Stuff Film Festival of Aviation will take place in Dayton April 11-14. The cinematic celebration of flight also serves as the public grand re-opening of the Air Force Museum’s 400-seat giant-screen theater, currently undergoing an $800,000 renovation. The First Annual Reel Stuff of Aviation offers a diverse lineup of flight-related feature films, documentaries, […]
LCI manager elected president of state association
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Laconia Municipal Airport Manager Diane Cooper-Terrill was recently elected president of the Granite State Airport Management Association (GSAMA), becoming the first woman to serve in that office. A long-time member of GSAMA, she has previously served as both secretary and treasurer of that organization. GSAMA is an organization of aviation professionals committed […]
Sensenich introduces RV prop
Sensenich has introduced a ground adjustable composite propellers for Van’s RV aircraft. The new propeller features Sensenich’s proprietary airfoils on a semi-scimitar planform for improved takeoff and climb performance, according to company officials. The blades are internal pressure molded using prepreg carbon fiber and fiberglass, featuring a co-cured leading edge erosion shield, and includes an […]
Wicks Aircraft offers O-Ring kit
Wicks Aircraft now offers a selection of O-rings in a kit for homebuilders. “The temptation is always there to re-use things like O-rings, and the result is too-often a leaky seal,” says Wicks president Scott Wick. “Having to take time to find or order O-rings makes that temptation even greater. With our Home Builders Kit, […]
Touch-and-go practice goes bad
Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: None. Location: Plattsburgh, NY. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The student pilot, accompanied by a CFI, was practicing touch-and-goes. During the second approach, the airplane’s airspeed and altitude decreased more than the student intended. The left wing hit the runway. The CFI took over the controls and landed the airplane. […]
Ask Paul: Why is my Beagle Pup such a pig to start?
Q: I have a Beagle Pup 150 (the father of the Scottish Aviation Bull Dog) fitted with a Lycoming O-320 engine. When the weather is cold — in the UK this is anything less than 5° C — it has become an absolute pig to start, but once started it runs perfectly. The engine is […]
Innovations: Open up
Casey Hansen, a pilot and CFI in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has launched OpenFlightManual.org, designed to bring the open source concept to flight training. Working with a team of volunteers, Hansen hopes to create and maintain an online depository of aviation information. “We’re building a free, open, sharable, online flight training manual,” he says on the […]