Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) has received FAA and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Type Certifications for the new Beechcraft King Air 350i turboprop. Deliveries of the aircraft have begun. The King Air 350i is the first business aircraft on the market equipped with the new Rockwell Collins Venue cabin management system (CMS). The system supports […]
Florida air show hosts Wings of Freedom Tour
The Colling’s Foundations “Wings of Freedom Tour” returns to the Wing of Dreams Air Show, Feb. 19-22, for the fourth consecutive year. “The Wings of Dreams Air Show will honor heroes who served and defended freedom in World War II,” said Bob Oehl, co-founder of the Wings of Dreams Aviation Museum and the annual air […]
‘The Story of Amelia’
Dr. Tom Crouch, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum Senior Curator of the Division of Aeronautics, recalls the life of Amelia Earhart during a Jan. 30 program at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. The 2 p.m. program is one in a series of Earhart-related events presented in conjunction with the museum’s temporary exhibit, In […]
Avian Plus deters birds with pleasant scents
Bird-B-Gone, Inc. introduces Avian Plus, a bird hazing system that uses natural scents to deter pest birds from enclosed and semi-enclosed areas such as hangars. Avian Plus is a small wall mounted unit that emits a non-toxic, non-allergenic scent into the air that is pleasing to humans, but unbearable to birds. The scents make pest […]
Inadequate look-out leads to midair at fly-in
This January 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: Piper Cherokee, Glastar. Location: Sonoma, Calif. Injuries: None. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: Both pilots were attending a fly-in at the airport. The […]
Waiting for a letter from OKC to fly again?
Why does it take so long to get a special issuance? It’s not as bad as it was a few years ago, but if you are grounded waiting to hear from the FAA doctors in Oklahoma City about your special issuance, the waiting can seem interminable. But if you take a peek at the inner […]
GA and the Haiti crisis
The general aviation community has a long history of providing flights and other support to help people and communities in the aftermath of natural disasters. Following this week’s earthquake in Haiti, the National Business Aviation Association has heard from many aircraft owners and pilots wanting to volunteer aircraft, supplies and personnel to support earthquake relief […]
Is Fantasy of Flight haunted?
For years visitors to Fantasy of Flight, Kermit Weeks’ aircraft collection in Polk City, Florida, believed that the only specters of the past they’d encounter would be the collection of 40 fully restored vintage aircraft. But as stories of unexplained occurrences such as unidentifiable noises, temperature changes and the detection of mists and shadows drifted […]
Historic photo collection donated to museum
The Oakland Aviation Museum, which is at Oakland International Airport’s historic North Field (OAK) in California, recently acquired the Will Dale Auerbach photographic collection. Auerbach was a local contract photographer for United Airlines, the Boeing School of Aeronautics and the Port of Oakland in the mid-1930s. The collection documents a pivotal time in aviation history […]