Sporty’s Garmin G1000 Checkout Course is now available in an online format with new interactive features. “You get everything included with the DVD version, plus some,” says Sporty’s Academy President Eric Radtke. The Garmin G1000 Checkout is a perfect complement to in-aircraft training with an instructor, covering everything you need to know to be safe, […]
Retired pilot publishes memoir
“The Rogue Aviator: In the Back Alleys of Aviation” was recently published. Writing under the pen name Ace Abbott, the retiree tells tales of his life as a pilot, which began in 1965 when he began his career as an F-4 Phantom pilot in the Air Force. He returned to the civilian world in 1971, […]
Yay! Planes lands at Amazon.com
Yay! Planes, touted as a DVD for kids who love airplanes, is now available at Amazon.com. In the DVD, preschoolers get to learn about the shapes that make up an airplane from hosts Argyle & Jim, two socks who live in lost luggage. Children will learn the ABCs using the words that pilots use for […]
CigPen ashtray converters available
Now available at Aircraft Spruce is the CigPen ashtray converters. CigPen installation is easy: Pull the ashtray out, peel the double stick tape, insert and press in CigPen. CigPen was designed to hold two standard pencils or pens along with a Mini Mag Lite AAA. Fits C-150, 172, 182, and Cardinals. A Cessna 150 door […]
Cessna comes up short on approach
The proper touchdown point not obtained by the pilot and the inadequate supervision by the instructor during landing. A contributing factor was the rough terrain encountered during landing.
Thun family honored
The airport may be officially named Pierce County Airport but to anyone who has ever been around the airport it is Thun Field and Friday, Sept. 18, Pierce County dedicated a plaque to the man, John Thun, who built the airport on Puyallup’s South Hill and ran it for about 20 years before selling it […]
NextGen: Will it cause more problems for GA than it solves?
Air traffic control has been ground based since its beginning, but under the FAA’s Next Generation (NextGen) program it will be out of this world — and it may cause general aviation some out-of-this-world problems. Air traffic control began in 1929 at St. Louis Lambert Field when Archie League was hired to direct the movements […]
The fuel of the future
As all pilots know, you go to Oshkosh to find out what is new in aviation. But if you want to know what’s new in aviation fuels, you go to an ASTM meeting. ASTM is the organization that is in charge of the specifications for just about everything. If you buy a gallon of Jet […]
Cheetah XLS newest SLSA
The Cheetah XLS has received its Special-Light Sport Aircraft certification. Midwest Sport Aviation, LLC has been designated as the U.S. assembly center and distributor for the Cheetah XLS by Rainbow Aircraft (Pty) Ltd. of South Africa. The Cheetah XLS is a high-wing tube and fabric aircraft. It is available Ready to Fly at prices beginning […]