The Pulse of Aviation will not publish Monday, Sept. 6, as the General Aviation News offices will be closed for Labor Day. Look for The Pulse to return to your e-mail boxes Tuesday, Sept. 7.
‘Thank you for flying Ancient Airlines’
There are some airplanes that you are just meant to own and to share with others. That’s how Ed Escallon from Elwood, Ind., feels about his 1940’s-era Fairchild PT-26. The airplane is painted classic primary trainer yellow and has a grinning shark mouth. “A shark mouth on a trainer?” I asked when I caught up […]
A raging debate: IFR, IMC, VMC, and LSA
In the last month, I’ve received many calls and e-mails from more than a dozen flight schools. Here, I will try to reduce the confusion — and some alarm — regarding IFR (flying by instrument reference) and LSA. ASTM’s F37 committee is comprised of people with technical knowledge and they have done the nearly-impossible: Start […]
All-electric Cri-Cri has maiden flight
The all electric Cri-Cri, jointly developed by EADS Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintonge and the Green Cri-Cri Association, made its official maiden flight at Le Bourget airport near Paris on Thursday, Sept. 1. This Cri-Cri is a four-engined all-electric aerobatic plane, which was first shown at the Green Aviation Show at Le Bourget in June. […]
‘The Aviators’ premieres
After almost two years in the making, aviation enthusiasts, pilots, and everyone fascinated with the wonder of flight will finally have their chance to see the new weekly magazine-style television series “The Aviators” broadcast for the first time. The show will premiere on Canadian network television Saturday morning, Sept. 4, at 11:30 a.m. and will […]
LoPresti First Saturday
LoPresti’s First Saturday event on Saturday, Sept. 4, at Sebastian Municipal Airport (X26) in Florida will host Richard Snook of Missionary Flights International, an “airline for missions” in Haiti and the Dominican Republic September’s charity breakfast event begins at 9 am. with coffee and full breakfast. The presentation will follow from 10-11:30 a.m. Charity donation […]
K-State Aviation hires Hinchee
Kansas State University at Salina has hired Lowell James Hinchee as a full-time aviation instructor. In addition to teaching in the classroom, Hinchee will help oversee flight training operations. Hinchee is a Master Certified Flight Instructor-Aerobatic with nearly 8,000 flight hours and more than 30 years of aviation experience. He has served as an assistant […]
Bizjet lands at Colorado college
West Star Aviation in Grand Junction, Colo., has donated a Learjet Model 35A airframe to Colorado Northwestern Community College in Rangely. The donated aircraft will be used by the college to allow Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) students to develop the skills they learn in school on a real aircraft. According to Larry McNutt, director of […]
MT-Propeller FAA certified on Baron
MT-Propeller recently received an FAA STC for the next generation 4-blade scimitar composite propeller MTV-14-D-C-F/CF188-30g propeller on the Beech Baron Model 95-C55, E55, D55, 58, G58 with the TCM IO-520 and IO-550 engines. The propeller installation is improving the overall performance and provides best vibration damping characteristics for almost vibration free propeller operations; reduces the […]