Online flight planning system Enflight now has Printable Enroute Charts, WACs, TACs, and Street Maps for iPad, iPhone, Android, laptops, desktops — anything with a web browser. Enflight suggests fuel-saving altitudes and giving you fuel prices, even as it provides you with VFR and IFR charts and approach plates, according to company officials. Your own […]
Laser-Gard Aviator Eyewear debuts
As laser attacks on aircraft are doubling each year worldwide, with helicopter and civilian pilots at a higher risk, Elliot Scientific is introducing Sperian’s Laser-Gard aviator eyewear to offer more protection. Although high-quality sunglasses provide UV and glare protection, Sperian has combined narrow band notch laser dyes to produce safety eyewear designed specifically for personnel […]
Donatelli joins Yingling Aviation
Yingling Aviation has named long-time Cessna Aircraft Co. executive John Donatelli to the position of Regional Sales Manager at the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport-based firm. With more than 30 years in aviation, including the last 28 with Cessna, Donatelli brings an extremely broad background in customer training, fleet contract management, customer relations, deliveries and sales to […]
Wind gust gets better of student
This August 2009 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: Cessna 172. Injuries: None. Location: Bluffton, Ohio. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The student pilot was flying solo. The airplane was approaching the […]
Allegro keeps on training…3,500 hours logged
LSA America now produces the Allegro in Littleton, N.C., and despite Czech-based Fantasy Air’s ceasing manufacturing several years ago, Allegro did well enough in the first couple years to still retain the #14 rank on our LSA sales leaders. Exciting as this now-Made-in-the-USA story may be, this article has a different focus. I want to […]
Iowa GA Rally Aug. 17
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association will hold an Iowa General Aviation Rally Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 9 a.m. at the Rockwell Collins Flight Operations Center at the Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) in Cedar Rapids. The rally will highlight the importance of the general aviation industry in Iowa. Confirmed speakers include: Pete Bunce, President & CEO […]
Back pay for FAA?
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02) today introduced the “Furloughed FAA Employees Compensation Act” (H.R. 2814) that would grant the U.S. Secretary of Transportation the authority to pay the salaries of those federal employees who were furloughed during the partial shutdown of the FAA. The shutdown began at midnight on July 22 and […]
GA expo slated for Abu Dhabi
The first general aviation exhibition in the Middle East is slated for March 6-8, 2012, in Abu Dhabi. Located in the heart of the capital of the United Arab Emirates, the Abu Dhabi Air Expo will feature everything from ultralights to transcontinental jets, including an array of services such as flight schools, equipment, and financing, […]
Warbirds flock to BVS
The B-17 Flying Fortress “Sentimental Journey” and B-25 Mitchell “Maid in the Shade” from the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing Aviation Museum will be on display at Skagit Regional Airport (BVS) in Washington state, offering rides and tours Thursday, Aug. 11, through Sunday, Aug. 14. The restored World War II bombers will give the public […]