Plane Power Partners, Ltd. has introduced its latest FAA-PMA approved lightweight alternator kit, the AL24-FS60, which is approved for installation on most 360 and 540 series Lycoming engines on 28 volt Cessna 172 and 182 aircraft with multigroove belt/pulley drive systems. The newest Plane-Power alternator provides owners of recent era (1996-current) Cessna 172R, 172S and […]
GMU slates open house
Several companies based out of South Carolina’s Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) will host an open house on Saturday, Dec. 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is free, open to the public and kids are welcome. Tours of aircraft maintenance facilities, hangars, airplanes, fuel provider facilities and the airport’s control tower will be […]
Platinum Aviation VP receives special instructor designation from Cirrus
Kerry Hackney, vice president of South Florida-based Platinum Aviation, has been named by Cirrus Aircraft as a Cirrus Platinum Training Partner. The new Cirrus Platinum Training Partner program was created by Cirrus Aircraft to inform their customers which instructors among the Cirrus Standardized Instructor Pilot (CSIP) network are the most experienced and dedicated of the […]
Pilot loses control in wind gusts
This December 2008 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 Traveler. Injuries: None. Location: Brunswick, Ga. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The wind at the time of the accident was 40° to […]
Safety in Motion takes flight
It is said that the better the training, the better the pilot. In 2000 Brandon Kanning, a student pilot at Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood, Wash., realized the value of his training when the throttle cable disconnected in his Cessna 172. “I was on my third solo flight, at low altitude and too far […]
Is 172 with H2AD engine a good buy?
Paul McBride, an expert on engines, retired after almost 40 years with Lycoming. Q: Hi, I am a Mexican looking for my first plane. I found a 1980 Cessna 172 with an H2AD engine that has just 100 hours since overhaul. The serial number ends in 76T; I had read about 76A. Is it OK? […]
All-Things Garmin
Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on Light Sport Aircraft. Tim Casey is just plain full of it. Garmin‘s jovial, well-recognized manager of the instrument company’s aviation hand-held and LSA line of avionics products is one knowledgeable character. In fact, he is so full of information that his one-hour […]
Electric Waiex achieves first flight
The Sonex Aircraft, LLC E-Flight Initiative proof-of-concept electric-powered Waiex aircraft achieved its first flight Dec. 3 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. Piloted by Sonex Founder and E-Flight team leader John Monnett, N270DC made a short hop on runway 27, intended to be a conservative non-pattern flight to break ground-effect and analyze in-flight system performance […]
UL91 to be renamed NLA
The GAfuels Blog is written by two private pilots concerned about the future availability of fuels for piston-engine aircraft: Dean Billing, Sisters, Ore., an expert on autogas and ethanol, and Kent Misegades, Cary, N.C., an aerospace engineer and aviation journalist. One unleaded aviation fuel that gets little press coverage is UL 91, approved by ASTM […]