SimCom Training Centers recently completed its 23,000th King Air pilot training event. The company has trained King Air pilots since 1991 in Orlanda, Fla.; Scottsdale, Ariz.; and most recently at its new training center in Dallas/Ft. Worth (the former PrestoSIM facility). The 23,000 simulator training events have included Initial, Recurrent, Second-in-Command and Instrument Refresher training, […]
Soft runway flips Cub
This June 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: Piper Cub. Injuries: None. Location: Alamana, Fla. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot and a passenger flew to a privately-owned airport with […]
Electricity in the air
Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on Light Sport Aircraft. On the national scene, electric automobiles are generating lots of media attention, while the government has been subsidizing and using persuasion and incentives to whip up more interest and development activity for electric-powered vehicles. So, should it be any […]
Could Pipistrel win again?
Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on Light Sport Aircraft. Question: What looks like two motorgliders flying in really tight formation sharing an engine… er, a motor, literally between them? Can this Burt Rutan-looking aircraft (pictured) win the big dough? And I mean seriously big money with a purse […]
Vermont company offers autogas to New England airports
D&C Transportation, a fuel supplier based in Orleans, Vermont, now has supplies of 91+ octane ethanol-free autogas that it will deliver to any airport in Vermont, New Hampshire, or Maine. Two airports in Maine that once again carry the fuel as a result are Central Maine (OWK) in Norridgewock and Sanford Regional (SFM) in Sanford, […]
Can autogas cause ‘varnish’ in carburetors?
The GAfuels Blog is written by two private pilots: Dean Billing, Sisters, Ore., an expert on autogas and ethanol, and Kent Misegades, Cary, N.C., an aerospace engineer, aviation sales rep for U-Fuel, and president of EAA1114. Recently, the owner of a 1936 Boeing Stearman PT-13 with a 300-hp Lycoming radial engine contacted us regarding the […]
CAP wins World Peace Prize
Civil Air Patrol will be awarded a World Peace Prize during a June 14 ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. Chief Judge of the World Peace Prize and retired U.S. Rep. Lester Wolff announced CAP will be honored as the World Peace Corps Mission’s “Roving Ambassador for Peace” at the ceremony in Washington, D.C., which will […]
Cessna honors 100th anniversary of Clyde Cessna’s pursuit of flight
Cessna Aircraft Co. is commemorating the 100th anniversary of its company founder learning to fly and building his first airplane. “It’s a source of pride for all Cessnans to know we are carrying the torch for a company started by a man with such a pioneering and tenacious spirit. One hundred years ago, Clyde Cessna […]
Carter moves to new facility
Carter Aviation Technologies has completed a long-awaited move to a new facility in Wichita Falls, Texas. Since 1994 Carter has been housed in two small industrial buildings that accommodated their machine and composite shops and a small fabrication area. Both buildings encompassed less than 3,000 square feet of work area and for most of the […]