Lyon Air Museum, a Santa Ana, California, showcase for vintage military aircraft and automobiles, is scheduled to host dozens of rare and luxury high performance sports cars as part of “Cars & Cockpits,” Sunday, Jan. 23, from 10 a.m. to noon at the museum, located at John Wayne Airport in Orange County. The vehicles — […]
America’s youngest licensed pilot featured in DVD
The true story of the youngest licensed pilot in American history soars high with a DVD and Blu-Ray release of the award-winning movie “Pearl.” Produced by the Chickasaw Nation, the film focuses on the adventurous teen years of the late aviatrix Eula “Pearl” Carter Scott. Pearl, portrayed by California actress Elijah DeJesus, develops a love […]
Get-there-itis kills two
This January 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 205. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Flagstaff, Ariz. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The weather was IMC at the time of departure. The […]
A Call Air made to share
One of the first rules of a fly-in is don’t touch the aircraft. Seeing an airplane on display with a PLEASE TOUCH sign on it makes you wonder if you’ve fallen through the Looking Glass and are about to have tea with the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat. But that’s what David Denton of […]
Get out and fly
Winter got you down? Our good friend Mark Priglmeier of EAA Chapter 551 in Minnesota says winter provides some “wonderful flying opportunities.” He shares some of his flying adventures from his week-long vacation: I spent most of my vacation time at my folk’s lake located in Aitkin, Minnesota. I plowed myself a nice ice runway […]
10 tips to deice your airplane
With most of the country in a deep freeze, deicing your airplane is of paramount concern as even a light coat of frost can reduce lift as much as 40%. These photos were taken earlier this month at Clover Park Technical College in South Hill, Washington, just east of Tacoma. The area received a few […]
What’s next for PiperSport?
The news yesterday that Piper Aircraft Inc. is terminating its business relationship with Czech Republic-based Czech Sport Aircraft to market that company’s Light Sport Aircraft under the PiperSport name may worry some PiperSport owners, but Piper officials say they are intent on working out a deal so those owners will continue to get the service […]
Now that’s a cross country
Paul Leadabrand, owner of the Boise, Idaho-based Stick & Rudder Aviation, is flying a factory-built Kitfox S-LSA to the Jan. 20-23 U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida. The 2,100-mile flight will be flown VFR, of course, using only a Dynon SkyView and an iPad for navigation. Paul says, “since I will have come all […]
SkyVision Xtreme debuts ADS-B display
Now available is SkyVision Xtreme’s new ADS-B traffic and weather display, with 3D traffic, subscription-free weather, and control inputs for the UAT (Universal Access Transceiver). The “Xtreme Vision” display system can collect and display all information provided by the ADS-B system (through connection with an ADS-B UAT). This information includes highly accurate traffic, allowing it […]