Adventure Pilot LLC has released its Version 4 Software Update, which provides expanded capabilities on the iFly 700 Moving Map GPS. New features and user enhancements include adding Terminal Area Charts to GPS Mode and multiple user interface features. The Version 4 Software Update is also available for existing users to download via an Update […]
Dick Rutan stars in Fly Right Films
Here’s an idea for the pilot on your gift list: The Aviator Series, produced by Fly Right Films, which includes Volume One, “Attitude Flying with Dick Rutan” and Volume Two “Decision Making.” The pair constitute a masters program for serious pilots, say the producers. “Our mission is to change the culture of aviation and flight […]
Plane Power introduces replacement alternator
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 […]