This November 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: Piper Tomahawk. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Smithfield, R.I. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The private pilot had logged more than 1,400 hours, including […]
Aviate to recreate
AOPA‘s Aviation Summit is the end of our fly-in/event season. Phew. I’m glad we’ve wrapped for the year. Being last in our schedule, however, certainly doesn’t make Summit least. Not in my opinion anyway. This year a Flight Training Summit kicked things off the day before opening day. A lot of data — enough to […]
Van’s of feather flock together
By JACK E. NEUBACHER, For General Aviation News The skies over the Rowan County Airport (RUQ) in Salisbury, N.C., dazzled during the weekend of Nov. 12-14th with an assault of Van’s RVs. More than 35 were attending a Formation Flight Clinic organized by Ron “Smokey” Schreck, with the help of other members of the famed […]
So long GPSMAP 496, Hello aera!
Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on Light Sport Aircraft. Over the years, Garmin has become a staple of LSAs. Stick your head inside the cockpit of virtually any SLSA and you’ll probably see a Garmin 296, 396, 496, or 495. The handheld gizmos are ubiquitous, often nestled securely […]
AWOS installed at N40
Belfort Instrument Co. installed its DigiWxTM Automated Weather Observation system (AWOS) at the Sky Manor Airport (N40), in Pittstown, N.J. The AWOS AV provides real-time wind speed, wind direction, temperature, relative humidity, dewpoint and altimeter setting and visibility information on a graphical displaying the FBO office, over the airport’s Unicom radio, via dial-in telephone, and […]
Limited openings for Houston SportAir workshops
A limited number of openings remain in several EAA SportAir Workshop courses in Houston on Dec. 4-5. EAA SportAir Workshops, supported by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co., is a national series of programs offering insight and information on building and restoring aircraft. Aviation Institute of Maintenance will host the weekend program at its Houston Campus, […]
Air Zoo unveils expansion plan
Thanks to a grant, the Air Zoo is expanding with a 50,000-square-foot exhibit hall addition to its Main Campus beginning this month. The addition will provide space for new and current exhibits, aircraft, a 4,000-square-foot archive and an expanded library. Construction is estimated to be completed in mid-2011. The extension is part of an expansion […]
Record-setting skydiver keynote speaker at Wright brothers banquet
Joseph Kittinger Jr., who holds records for having the highest, fastest and longest skydive, will be the featured speaker at EAA’s annual Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet on Friday, Dec. 17. The banquet, held in the EAA AirVenture Museum’s Eagle Hangar in Oshkosh, will commemorate the 107th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first powered flight at […]
First R-9-equipped Matrix delivered
The first Piper PA-46 Matrix aircraft to get the Entegra Release 9 upgrade, which includes dual IFD5000 integrated flight displays and dual FMS900w WAAS-capable flight management systems (FMS), has been delivered to its owner in Ohio, according to officials at Avidyne, which manufactures the avionics suite. “The Matrix is a terrific cabin-class aircraft and the […]