iFlyWhere, from AeroCharts, is a free app (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) that allows users to map all available airports in any radius from any airport. The user inputs the home airport identifier along with the minimum and maximum distance radius desired and iFlyWhere drops a pin on every airport. Airports may be selected to zoom […]
FAA issues warning on water contamination and Cessna fuel tanks
The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin about hazards associated with water contamination of fuel tank systems in Cessna Model 100, 200, or 300 series aircraft, which warns that pilots should “assume some water exists in the fuel tank system on the airplane.” The SAIB also includes more than 10 recommendations on how […]
Air Force officials visit Oshkosh to increase awareness of ‘remotely piloted aircraft’
Members of the Air Force Safety Center attended this year’s Airventure 2010 in an effort to increase awareness among the general aviation community about the service’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) efforts. Partnering this year with the FAA, the goal of Safety Center officials was to build awareness among the general aviation community about ongoing efforts […]
LSAs and immersion training
Learning to fly a powered parachute can be challenging. Weather needs to be nearly perfect. Some folks have been discouraged, especially if they travel a long way only to be frustrated by Mother Nature. Easy Flight has the answer: Immersion Training. The Greenville, Illinois-based company has August and October sessions of its concentrated 12-Day Sport […]
New LSA: Predator powered parachute
Another one managed to slip by my radar. I follow LSA closer than most, yet I can barely keep track of all the approvals. No wonder I frequently get calls asking me to unravel the puzzle of LSA makes and models. Better late than never, welcome the Predator powered parachute to our SLSA List of […]
LEX opens new GA runway
Officials at Blue Grass Airport (LEX) in Lexington, Kentucky, were joined Aug. 4 by Governor Steve Beshear, Mayor Jim Newberry, Kentucky Department of Aviation Commissioner R. Winn Turney, and the FAA’s Doug Martin for a ribbon cutting ceremony of the airport’s new crosswind runway, Runway 9-27. This new 4,000-foot runway will be used by general […]
Got an older plane?
From accident reports to FAA maintenance alerts, the new Aging General Aviation Education & Training website provides a single access point to type-specific aging general aviation maintenance information. The goal of the site is to provide the general aviation community with the information needed to maintain the safety of older general aviation airplanes, say developers, […]
Air Campers Association presents ‘Award of Excellence’ to EAA
American Air Campers Association (AACA) Founder and President Don Abbott presented the first AACA “Award of Excellence” to the Poberezny family and Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) at AirVenture 2010. EAA President and CEO Tom Poberezny accepted the award that recognizes the Poberezny family’s long-standing efforts to encourage family togetherness through aviation. Abbott notes, “Contributions made […]
Donaldson receives PMA approval for filters
Donaldson Aerospace & Defense, a division of Donaldson Company, a manufacturer of filtration systems and parts, has received FAA-PMA approval for three new dry media inlet air filters for normally aspirated Piper Aircraft models including the Aztec, Comanche, Cherokee/Warrior/Archer, Arrow, Dakota, Cherokee Six, Saratoga/Lance, Seneca and Seminole. These new general aviation engine air filters take […]