Dennis Parks is Curator Emeritus of Seattle’s Museum of Flight. Starting in 1908 and 1909, aviation began to have an impact on the public conscience and imagination, evidenced by its appearance in popular culture of the day, including music, books and films. Tens of thousands of people saw the Wrights fly at Ft. Myer in […]
Inside the Master Instructor program
By RICH STOWELL, MCFI-A, For General Aviation News The Master Instructor program offers a national accreditation for aviation educators based on advanced professional standards and rigorous peer review. In the words of former FAA Administrator Marion Blakey, this program “singles out the best that the right seat has to offer.” Since 1997, 650 aviation educators […]
First flight of Lycoming O-233 LSA powerplant
Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on Light Sport Aircraft. October brought the first flight of the Lycoming O-233 in a Falcon Light-Sport Aircraft. This adds the famed Lycoming nameplate to a stable of LSA powerplant brands including Rotax, Jabiru, and Continental, plus the CubCrafters CC340 engine. To these, […]
U-Fuel names Misegades sales rep
EAU CLAIRE, Wisc — U-Fuel, an aviation fuel systems provider, has named Kent Misegades its Aviation Sales Representative. U-Fuel introduced self-service fuel stations to aviation in the 1980s. Misegades has worked as an aerospace engineer for three decades and is an award-winning aviation speaker and writer. He is an authority on aviation fuels and co-author […]
Apache Longbow at Copperstate
Copperstate Fly-In, slated for Oct. 21-23 at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport in Arizona, will feature the Air National Guard AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter among the aircraft on display at its 38th annual fly-in. The Longbow will be on static display during the fly-in and the soldiers who fly and maintain it will be available […]
GA: The largest airline in the world
Small airports often make big business possible. That was the message delivered by Victor Bird, director of the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission, at the Norman Chamber of Commerce’s annual Aviation Breakfast, held inside the OU hangar at Max Westheimer Airport, according to a report at NewsOK.com. During his talk, he compared general aviation to “the largest […]
Ghosts of aviation’s past to haunt Air Zoo
On Oct. 30 the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Mich., will be taken over by dark and eerie spirits during Ghosts of Aviation’s Past — a night full of haunts and howls. From 7-10 p.m., guests will be able to come face-to-face with ghosts from aviation’s past, including Amelia Earhart and the Red Baron. They’ll also […]
Code of Ethics unveiled by Flight School Association
The Flight School Association of North America (FSANA) has released a new Code of Ethics. This code will help flight school owners, operators and managers to advance the business of flight training at their respective firms, association officials said, adding the Code of Ethics is the starting point for the FSANA Flight Training Accreditation Program […]
ChartBook-S cleared for takeoff
FlightPrep has released its latest Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) platform, the ChartBook-S. An all-in-one portable EFB and TabletPC, the ChartBook-S offers flight planning and in-flight navigation capabilities. A Class I and II EFB, the ChartBook-S allows pilots to replace their paper charts and fly paperless with FlightPrep’s geo-referenced electronic charts – placing Sectionals, TACs, Enroutes, […]