Nearly 200 Civil Air Patrol cadets from across America will learn to fly at a National Flight Academy (NFA) this summer. CAP is holding eight national flight academies this year, each specifically designed for cadets who want to learn to fly either powered aircraft or gliders. The first NFA, a glider academy, is already underway […]
Growing the next generation
Chesapeake Sport Pilot Flight School, and Annapolis EAA Chapters 532 and Laurel Chapter 4, recently partnered to present a one-day aviation workshop and Young Eagles Rally for 68 local Boy Scouts. The workshop was held at the Bay Bridge Airport (W29) in Stevensville, Md. The Youth Aviation Adventure program was started in Ohio in 1997 […]
NextGen lab opens
The NextGen Integration and Evaluation Capability (NIEC) display area at the FAA’s William J. Hughes Technical Center opened June 7. The NIEC is a research platform where scientists will use simulation to explore, integrate and evaluate NextGen concepts, including area navigation (RNAV), trajectory-based operations, flying unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the national airspace system (NAS), […]
Showalter caters to SimCom customers
Showalter Flying Service at Orlando Executive Airport (ORL) in Florida has unveiled a new program, the SimCom Advantage Plan, designed to help save SimCom customers money. Showalter, located minutes from the SimCom Orlando headquarters, has dedicated three covered hangars, which can store everything up to and including a Lear 35, for SimCom training customer’s exclusive […]
Rare aircraft to be showcased at OSH
Rare vintage aircraft will be on hand to showcase the early years of flight at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010 on July 26-Aug. 1 at Wittman Regional Airport (OSH). Among the pioneering aircraft present will be an original Hamilton H-47 Metalplane, plus replicas of a 1909 Bleriot XI, Avions Caudron C.460, and five warbirds from World […]
PiperSport lands at First Landings Aviation
First Landings Aviation, a sport pilot flight school founded by two young entrepreneurs in May 2009 at Apopka Airport (X04) in Orlando, has taken delivery of a 2010 PiperSport LTD. The addition of the PiperSport allows the school to offer both low-wing training in the PiperSport and high-wing training in a Remos G3 600. Both […]
Satcom Direct adds weather to FlightDeck Freedom
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 […]