Sporty’s Pilot Shop has developed a new app for AOPA Aviation Summit, to be held in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 22 through 24. Available for the first time ever, the app contains maps, guides and schedules. It will also provide all the latest announcements from the show, according to AOPA officials. The official AOPA Summit app […]
Aircraft Spruce offers LSA products
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co., which has been a distributor of homebuilt and certified aircraft parts and materials since 1965, now also distributes Light-Sport Aircraft products. Products available include DVDs, books, eBooks, avionic items, instruments, along with the entire SkySports line, which Aircraft Spruce acquired in 2009. SkySports produces its own line of single and […]
Windward Aviation expands with new GM
Windward Aviation, a general aviation maintenance and repair facility in Southern Florida, has a new General Manager, Michael Gillow. Gillow’s addition allows Windward Aviation to expand its maintenance and repair services beyond larger piston twins (Navajo, Cabin-Class Cessna) to turboprops, such as the Cessna Caravan, Pilatus PC12, Beechcraft King Air and Piper Cheyenne. Prior to […]
Defective aircraft proves fatal for pilot
This September 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: Avid Catalina. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Inks lake, Texas. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The amphibian had a known history of taking on […]
Aboard Flight 93: GA’s man on 9/11
I have the feeling that few GA pilots know “one of ours” was up there on United Flight 93, capable of bringing that 757 back had passengers overcome cockpit hijackers. He was a college classmate of mine. Donald Freeman Greene was the name. I only bumped into him briefly freshman year in the dorm. He […]
The case for the corporate jet
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Corporate jets are getting a bum rap here since the deficit and budget have erupted into major political battlegrounds. But it is not jets alone that are the target — the use of any aircraft is being painted as a plum of the rich. While many in the aviation community may think […]
Pilot and actor Cliff Robertson dies at 88
Cliff Robertson, passionate about aviation and flying since his teenage years, died Sept. 10 in Stony Brook, New York, a day after his 88th birthday, according to a report at AOPA.org. Read the full obituary here.
New name for EFD to reflect big changes at the field
Except for a big annual air show and the occasional roar of military jets, the Houston landmark long known as Ellington Field mostly has flown under the radar, obscured by Houston’s other two city-owned airports. According to a report in the Houston Chronicle, EFD is about to climb higher, though, with a new control tower, […]
Air Zoo plane on display at Oakland County International Airport
Guests traveling through Michigan’s Oakland County International Airport’s new main terminal will notice the Air Zoo’s Pitts Special flying high above their heads. The 1973 Pitts Special, which is suspended from the lobby ceiling, is on long-term loan to the airport from the Kalamazoo aviation attraction. “The Pitts Special biplane displayed inside the terminal is […]