ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — An exploration of career possibilities available in aviation will take place during the annual Aviation Career Conference, held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3, at Lewis University’s main campus in Romeoville. This free conference is designed for anyone interested in a career in aviation. Conference attendees will have the opportunity […]
Free Aviation Career Conference propels aviation careers
University Aviation Association presents awards
The University Aviation Association (UAA) recently presented five awards to educators from around the nation. The William A. Wheatley Award for 2012 was presented to Dr. Elizabeth Bjerke, associate professor and assistant chair of Assessment, Aviation Department, at the University of North Dakota (UND). Bjerke is active in numerous national and international aviation related organizations, […]
Stall on approach proves fatal
This October 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: Grumman American AA5A Injuries: 1 Fatal, 2 Serious. Location: Springfield, Mo. Aircraft damage: Substantial What reportedly happened: The pilot was attempting to land near […]
A poetic checklist
When Kenneth Karnes, now 75, recently started flying again after a several-year hiatus, he bought a Cessna 210 and began studying the airplane and procedures. One day his son, David, picked him up from the airport and noticed he was reading something. It turned out the elder Karnes had written a poem to help him […]
Rare bird to be featured at Copperstate
One of the world’s only Aero Vodochody L-39 ZA Czechoslovakian fighter jets will take to the skies this week in Casa Grande, Ariz., at the 40th annual COPPERSTATE Fly-In & Aviation Expo. Now based at Stellar Airpark in Chandler, Ariz., the journey for this stunning red-white-and-black Czechoslovakian L-39 ZA fighter jet — owned, maintained and […]
Able Flight calls on pilots to participate in ‘#Giving Tuesday’
Everyone knows about Black Friday, that frenzied national day of shopping the day after Thanksgiving. Now there’s an alternative: It’s “#GivingTuesday”, the first-ever national day of giving, slated for Tuesday, Nov. 27. To fund a new flight scholarship for people with disabilities, Able Flight is asking 400 pilots (or family and friends of pilots) to […]
Congressman urges FAA to expand use of existing unleaded fuel
LOS ANGELES — Rep. Henry A. Waxman has sent a letter to Michael Huerta, acting administrator of the FAA, to encourage the expanded use of unleaded fuels that are available today to reduce toxic lead emissions from general aviation aircraft, particularly in airports with close proximity to residential areas. “General aviation fuel now accounts for […]
Company demonstrates ADS-B fully autonomous collision avoidance for UAS
R³ Engineering (R³E) recently completed a demonstration of an ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast) based, fully autonomous collision avoidance sequence, executed by a sense and avoid system installed on an unmanned aircraft system (UAS). On Friday Aug. 10, an AWSAS — R³E’s All Weather Sense and Avoid System — installed on a research UAS, with no […]