The Aero Club of New England (ACONE) will present its Winter Icebreaker Social at the Papa Razzi restaurant in Burlington, Mass., Feb. 20. Guest Speaker Garry Kozak, a salvage expert, will give a presentation on the last flying Sikorsky S-39 Amphibian, a 1930 aircraft that was lost some 55 years ago in a remote lake […]
Disorientation brings down Cirrus
Aircraft: Cirrus SR22. Injuries: 1 Minor. Location: Bennett, Colo. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot was practicing instrument approaches in night VFR conditions. He was in a right turn and had turned his head to the right to look at some instrumentation when he felt the airplane accelerate. He looked at his flight […]
Time to get familiar with NextGen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It has been said by FAA officials that moving from the present air traffic control system to a satellite-based one is like trying to replace a flat tire on a car while it is speeding down the highway. And while implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) may be behind […]
Mother Jones reports on leaded avgas
One of the positive aspects of dealing with aviation fuels is that concerns are politically bi-partisan among pilots, the media and even among elected officials. A recent example of this is an article on leaded aviation fuel written by Sarah Zhang, a contributing writer for Mother Jones, a magazine that describes itself as “a news […]
Innovations: Seeing clearly in the cockpit
Bill Davis, owner of Airplane Things, noted that it’s hard to read a map while flying because of the dim light inside the cockpit. His solution? He created AV-SUN sunglasses, which are made with a gradient tint that fades to clear on the bottom of the lenses, so you have a bright clear view of […]
Industry veterans launch The Aviation Alliance
PASO ROBLES, Calif. — A number of industry veterans have joined forces to launch The Aviation Alliance, which will offer remanufactured, modernized turbine-powered aircraft, starting with the Excalibur 421, a remanufactured Cessna 421. The Aviation Alliance team currently includes the following executives and organizations: Jack Pelton, Managing Director Operations; former Chairman and CEO of Cessna […]
HZR wins award for solar taxiway lighting
BATON ROUGE, La. – False River Regional Airport (HZR) recently received the 2012 Illuminating Engineering Society/Aviation Lighting Committee Award for Excellence for its solar-powered airfield lighting. The award was presented to the owners of the airport — the False River Airpark Commission, the City of New Roads, and Pointe Coupee Parish — in addition to […]
SUN ’n FUN begins gearing up for this year’s show
The SUN ‘n FUN Board of Directors, staff, and volunteers are deep in the planning stages for the 39th Annual SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-In & Expo being held April 9-14. As an anticipated 200,000 visitors convene throughout the week on 2,200 acres dedicated to the event, the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport will become the […]
Buckeye Air Fair slated for Feb. 23
The Buckeye Air Fair 2013 is slated for Feb. 23 at Buckeye Municipal Airport (BXK) in Arizona. Admission and parking is free for the show, which runs from 9 am to 3 pm. More than 70 vendors will be at the show. There also will be vintage and modern aircraft on display, a classic car […]