The German town of Ulm and the Messe Friedrichshafen have joined forces to stage the Berblinger Flight Competition 2011. The technical part of the flight competition for the Berblinger Prize will take place on April 15, 2011, during the AERO Global Show for General Aviation in Friedrichshafen. The prize is valued at 100,000 Euro. The […]
Laboda named to Campers Association board
Amy Laboda has joined the American Air Campers Association advisory board. American Air Campers Association (AACA) is a new association founded by Don Abbott to promote, protect and preserve the combined freedoms of flying and camping in America. Laboda, who has been flying since 15, holds Airline Transport Pilot, glider and gyroplane ratings, and is […]
An ‘easy’ way to train
The Easy Flight 12-Day Sport Pilot Training Program provides immersion training for powered parachute student pilots at Greenville Municipal Airport (GRE) in Illinois. Immersion Training is a way of learning that is almost a completely opposite approach to how most students and instructors approach aviation flight training, according to school officials. Most students — and […]
New series of How-To DVDs available
Wicks Aircraft Supply is now offering a new series of DVDs designed to make aircraft construction and maintenance an easier process. Eight different DVDs cover everything from scratchbuilding with metal to choosing an experimental powerplant in the 80-120 hp range. “Scratch Building Basics for Metal Aircraft” is a Metalworking 101 program that starts with reading […]
AVSeminars cuts prices on CFI renewals
AVSeminars has cut prices on its CFI renewals to $96 from $169. The price reduction came about because of AVSeminars President Bruce Micek’s “deep concern” about CFI attrition. “These are economic times when we’re all reassessing expenditures. We’re hearing from growing numbers of CFIs who simply aren’t renewing their CFI licenses because of renewal costs […]
How flight manuals are developed
A July 17 lecture at The Museum of Flight in Seattle looks at how flight test programs are undertaken to develop aircraft flight manuals, and how the information in a flight manual is used to determine aircraft airfield performance and cross-country flight planning in a light, twin-engine aircraft, using the Beechcraft P58 Baron as an […]
Low level flight ends badly
This July 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: RV-6A. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Sierraville, Calif. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The pilot had logged 167.8 hours total flight time, including 68.8 […]
Is new technology worth the investment?
Q: I am about to change my Alfa Romeo boxer engine to a Lycoming O-360A1F1 on my experimental Glastar aircraft. I read your answer recently to a question if LASAR is really useful (Will my engine benefit from new technology? Jan. 12 issue). Its actual price is $2,500. Do you think that it is really […]
D-Day pilots featured at DC-3 reunion
At a DC-3 reunion slated this month, The Last Time will host pilots of Douglas C-47s that flew in the D-Day invasion of Europe in World War II — and they will fly to the event in the very airplane that one of these gentlemen actually commanded on that fateful day. Thousands of transport aircraft […]