Craig Fuller, president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, recently responded to an invitation from Recreational Aviation Foundation President John McKenna to Montana’s Russian Flat. “This airstrip is a wonderful example of how a local pilots organization like the Montana Pilots Association, in conjunction with the Recreational Aviation Foundation, can work to bring a […]
Summer camp gives students hands-on training at 2,500 feet
Standing just inside the flightline gate, Rhonda Hall waited patiently for her son to arrive by bus to Jacksonville’s Craig Airport as part of the Organization of Black Airline Pilots (OBAP) Aviation Career Education (ACE) Academy. “I’m so excited for my son” said Hall, as she held her disposable camera. “He’s loved aviation since he […]
Overloaded airplane crashes
The pilot’s inadequate performance planning and failure to abort the takeoff.
Have we hit the bottom?
After a monthslong free fall, it feels like the business jet market is starting to stabilize, Jack Pelton, head of Cessna Aircraft, tells Molly McMillin in a story in “The Wichita Eagle.” “At some point there, we’ll be able to call the bottom,” Pelton, the company’s chairman, president and CEO, said of the drop in […]
Epic Flight Academy installs True Flight sim
Epic Flight Academy in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, recently installed a state-of-the art Level 5 advanced training device. The simulator includes a 220 degree panoramic visual display. For more information: EpicFlightAcademy.com.
Harrison Ford’s next big challenge: Promoting general aviation
Actor and pilot Harrison Ford said at Oshkosh that after he steps down as honorary chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) Young Eagles program later this year, he plans to take a more prominent role to help those in Washington and other decision makers understand GA issues. At the annual Young Eagles Awards dinner, […]
Smyrna Air Center tapped for King Air conversions
GE Aviation has named the Power 90 as a GE Preferred Engine Conversion for the King Air 90 aircraft. Additionally, Smyrna Air Center has been named a GE Designated Engine Installer for the Walter M601E engine on King Air 90 aircraft. Smyrna Air Center of Smyrna, Tennessee, holds the rights to the Power 90 conversion […]
The unstoppable growth of LSA
SPLOG By DAN JOHNSON As this is written, the aviation world is again buzzing about Oshkosh, or as EAA now prefers, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The LSA world was exceedingly well represented at the big show. With the significantly new grounds layout, things don’t look exactly the same — and that’s a good thing. Once the […]
Go paperless with Honeywell’s AV8OR ACE
Honeywell introduced at AirVenture its AV8OR ACE, a new 7-inch touch screen handheld Global Positioning System (GPS). The Bendix/King by Honeywell AV8OR ACE, offered at introductory price of $1,999, provides geo-referenced FAA charts, eliminating the need for general aviation pilots to carry paper charts, according to company officials. “The AV8OR ACE is able to display […]