Aircraft Specialists Inc., located 15 minutes by car from the Churchill Downs, the site of the Kentucky Derby, is offering customers triple AVTRIP points on fuel purchases, as well as fuel discounts on quantity purchases. Points and discounts are available May 3-7. Meanwhile, pilots remaining at the FBO can enjoy a cookout held just for […]
Aspen debuts altitude pre-select for King 200 autopilots
Aspen Avionics has added an optional KFC 200 altitude preselect integration kit to the Aspen AML STC. The kit was developed and is distributed globally by Avionik Straubing of Germany. This FAA approval authorizes integration of the APS4A Altitude Preselect System with the Evolution Flight Display System, and enables the KFC200 autopilot to automatically capture […]
Airport director featured speaker at museum series
The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire will hold its next monthly program as part of its Second Saturday@Museum speaker series on Saturday, May 12, featuring Mark Brewer, director of the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. The airport is a $1.24 billion economic engine and job creator for the region. It has the complexity and challenges of a […]
SunState provides plane for Air Race Classic
Kissimmee Gateway Airport’s (ISM) aviation business, SunState Aviation, will provide an airplane for the 2012 Air Race Classic (ARC). Flying for TeamUp, pilot Leah Dunn and co-pilot Joan Evert will use SunState’s plane to compete in the 2,681-mile, cross-country race, starting in Arizona and ending in Ohio. “Joan and I are excited to raise funds […]
CXO slates open house
The Lone Star Executive Airport (CXO) in Conroe, Texas, will hold a public open house on Saturday, May 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Displays will include homebuilt and experimental aircraft, a U.S. Army Apache helicopter, World War II vintage aircraft, and more. Local pilots will be on hand with their aircraft to talk […]
Distracted pilot crashes
This April 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: Czech Sportcruiser Injuries: 1 Serious. Location: Millbrook, N.Y. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: According to several witnesses, the airplane’s engine sounded good during […]
The Minam Airlift
Serendipity can be a marvelous thing. Rumor had it that the Minam River Lodge, which dates to 1950 and is completely surrounded by the 560-square-mile Eagle Cap Wilderness in northeast Oregon, was to be auctioned off. The last operating wilderness lodge in eastern Oregon, there are only two ways to gain access to the lodge […]
CAF asks for support against proposed amendment
In response to a proposed amendment from Congressman Michael Turner to the House National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4310) that, if allowed to pass, would have a devastating effect on civilian operated historic military aircraft, the Commemorative Air Force has put together a letter that will be sent to the Committee on Armed Services. CAF […]
GA Caucus seeks to close loophole stealing aviation funds
A report at EAA.org is asking all pilots to urge their congressional representatives to support a letter from the House General Aviation Caucus that supports closing a loophole in federal regulations that is moving aviation fuel tax revenue to highway trust funds. The problem arose when some trucking firms allegedly began purchasing jet fuel for […]