WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FAA has finalized a federal rule, effective Nov. 19, designed to enhance safety by separating low-altitude, local aircraft flights over the Hudson River from flights flying through the river airspace. “These changes will define separate corridors for aircraft operating locally and those flying along the Hudson River area,” said FAA Administrator […]
AOPA, MTSU partner to grow aviation
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) have reached an accord to help students in that school’s burgeoning aviation program. AOPA will fund an annual scholarship worth $7,500, and will provide membership to every student in the aviation program. “Membership in AOPA provides benefits that can be especially helpful […]
21 win PennDOT’s Aviation Art Contest
Twenty-one students have been selected as division winners in the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s “The History of Flight” aviation art contest. “We received more than 1,000 entries and were very pleased with the creative, insightful work the students produced,” said PennDOT Secretary Allen D. Biehler, P.E. Entries were judged in two divisions: first through third […]
Able Flight scholarship winners to train at Purdue
Able Flight, which provides scholarships to handicapped people to help them learn to fly, and Purdue University’s Department of Aviation Technology have partnered for a joint flight training project next summer. Beginning in late May or early June, between two and four Able Flight scholarship recipients will live in accessible university housing and be trained […]
5,000-foot runway opens at FCM
After years of planning and months of development, the south parallel runway at Minnesota’s Flying Cloud Airport (FCM) reopened Nov. 13 with an extended length of 5,000 feet. “Improvements to Flying Cloud Airport represent an important investment in the future of the region,” said Jack Lanners, chairman of the Metropolitan Airports Commission. “A 5,000-foot runway […]
Flying Tigers nurse Jane Hanks dies
By THOMAS F. NORTON Jane Hanks, who at 25 was a nurse in Kunming, China, tending to pilots and crews of the Flying Tigers, died Oct. 17 at her home in Oxford, Maryland. She was 93. Emma Jane Foster was one of just two women who joined the 120-member AVG in 1941, at a time […]
First SkyCatcher to be delivered this year
Cessna will deliver the first Model 162 Skycatcher Light Sport Aircraft to the first customer of the model later this year. The customer, Rose Pelton, wife of the company’s chairman, president and CEO, will use the LSA to pursue her private pilot’s license. “When I first saw the Skycatcher mockup at Oshkosh in 2007, I […]
Avidyne unveils new autopilot
Avidyne Corp. has unveiled the DFC90, its new attitude-based Digital Flight Control System and Entegra Release 8.0 as an upgrade specifically for Cirrus SR20 and SR22 aircraft with Avidyne’s Entegra Flight Deck Systems. The DFC90 adds the precision of an attitude-based flight control system and Avidyne’s safety-enhancing Flight Envelope Protection capability, according to company officials, […]
EZ Flap now available
Aircraft Spruce and Specialty now offers the “EZ Flap” FAA STC-PMA manual flap handle assist device, allowing pilots with the old ”Johnson Bar” flap control to easily reach the flap handle without leaning down in the cockpit or taking their focus off of flying the airplane. The device is FAA approved for Cessna 170-185 aircraft, […]