Serengeti is now offering seven sunglasses models featuring Drivers Gradient lenses, which have “the perfect tint and combination of advanced features” to make the sunglasses “an essential choice for pilots,” company officials say. Models include the Large Aviator Velocity, which feature a unique shade of amber-brown Drivers lenses engineered to create the right balance for […]
Crosswind bends Beech
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: Beech Sundowner. Injuries: None. Location: Schaumburg, Ill. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot was practicing landings in a crosswind. Several went well, […]
Book review: ‘Hearts of Courage’
In January 1943, an Electra piloted by Alaskan bush Pilot Harold Gillam crashed in foul weather on its way from Seattle to Anchorage. Gillam died trying to find help for the survivors. One other passenger also died after a couple days. Miraculously, four others survived nearly a month in the wilderness with little to eat, […]
Misconceptions about the 100LL replacement conundrum
There are a number of media reports, websites and blogs here and there about the transition process to an unleaded 100 octane avgas, which illustrate two serious misconceptions of the aircraft owners who must have 100 octane avgas. Until these misconceptions are addressed honestly, GA is going to tear itself apart. Misconception 1: The amount […]
Poker Run raises funds for special needs kids
More than $1,550 was raised during a recent WHAS Crusade for Children Aviation Poker Run, sponsored by GlobalAir.com and Eagle Aviation. Planes flew out of Bowman Field (LOU) in Louisville, Kentucky, making stops throughout north-central Kentucky at airports in Frankfort (FFT), Lebanon (6I2), Bardstown (BRY) and Elizabethtown (EKX) before returning to Louisville. At each stop, […]
Five things we must to do to recover
If ever there was a friend to the aerospace industry on Capitol Hill, it is Representative Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), a Republican leader on the powerful House Appropriations Committee and a candidate for the U.S. Senate in the 2010 elections, according to a report in the July newsletter of the National Aeronautic Association. Tiahrt, who worked […]
Ohio GA rally draws crowds
More than 500 general aviation employees, 50 state and local officials and many industry leaders gathered at Lunken Airport (LUK) near Cincinnati today for the Ohio General Aviation Forum. The event, held at the Air10 Jet Center, was organized by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) in partnership with GE Aviation and Hartzell Propeller. Senator […]
WACO debuts Barnstormer Edition
WACO Classic Aircraft has introduced the 2010 WACO YMF-5C Barnstormer Edition. Certified for commercial activities, the new model features: Dual magneto R755 B2 (275 hp) engine featuring a 1,400 hour TBO; vinyl interior and rubber floor covering; basic VFR instrumentation, including Garmin avionics; traditional analog engine instrumentation; Goodyear 8.5 x 10 flight custom tires; hold […]
Final Red Bull Air Race cancelled
The final round of the 2010 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, which was to be held in Portugal Sept. 4-5, has been cancelled due to the unexpected delays in reaching a revised host city agreement, according to race officials, who note negotiations with Tourism Portugal and the cities of Lisbon, Porto and Gaia was […]