Satcom Direct has added graphical weather to its FlightDeck Freedom (FDF) service for aircraft equipped with Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 Integrated Flight Information System (IFIS). Aircraft that use Pro Line 21 include the Bombardier Challenger 300 and 605; the Cessna CJ1+, CJ2+, CJ3, CJ4, Encore+, and XLS+; the Gulfstream G150; and the Hawker 750, […]
Get a Ford Tri-Motor rating
Most people travel to the Grand Canyon for the view or the outdoor recreational activities. For pilots, a trip to the Grand Canyon could bring the opportunity to get type-rated in a Ford Tri-Motor. That’s right. A Ford Tri-Motor. “The Ford Tri-Motor paved the way to fly passengers safely in transcontinental air travel,” says Bryan […]
10,000 miles in an LSA, 10,000 to go
With the total distance traveled at nearly 11,000 miles, Michael Combs has piloted his Remos Light Sport Aircraft beyond the halfway point of The Flight for the Human Spirit, designed to inspire people to never give up on their dreams. At the 79th stop in 19 flying days of a 50-state journey, Combs was greeted […]
Luscombe ‘Win Me’ winners chosen
The Luscombe Endowment’s “WIN ME” promotion kicked off in 2008, with pilots buying tickets for the chance to win a variety of prizes, including the grand prize: A Luscombe T8F. In a drawing held June 7, Moiya Linden of Wickenburg, Ariz., won the grand prize. The official presentation of her prize is tentatively slated at […]
Pilots to AirNav: Please add Mogas Octane to Listings
Submitted by Dean Billing VAN’s RV-12 aircraft are being completed at an accelerating rate and it is now beginning to dawn on the owners that there are very few airports that have mogas, and of the ones listed in AirNav there is no distinction between regular and premium gas. These new RV-12s are powered by […]
Kirk would be proud
Icon Aircraft’s Kirk Hawkins would be proud. While in a Tacoma-area Apple Store this past weekend to buy a graduation gift, I struck up a conversation with one of the store employees. When I told him I published General Aviation News, in response to his asking what I did for a living, he immediately asked, “Have […]
Rochester Wings Expo prepares for takeoff
Avemco Insurance Company President Jim Lauerman is the featured speaker for the Rochester Wings Aviation Expo at the Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) in New York June 18-19. Lauerman will address the issues of risk management in the cockpit that go beyond training and technology in his presentation titled, “We Have Met the Enemy, and […]
Like button added to site
I went to a birthday party my son was invited to on Sunday at Pump It Up in Tacoma. While speaking with the grandfather of the birthday boy, he mentioned being friends with my father on Facebook. While Facebook is (or seems to be) everywhere, it is still a little strange to hear someone a generation older […]
Modified LASP expected later this year
A rewrite of the Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP) is underway by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials, according to a report by Aviation International News, which quotes TSA Assistant Administrator John Sammon: “The regulation is being written as we speak and hopefully we’ll get [a notice of proposed rulemaking] out on the street sometime this […]