While YouTube is great for entertaining videos, it also offers a slew of aviation training videos — at just the right price: Free. Check out this one from the FAA that discusses weather planning and inflight weather decision-making.
SilverWing at Sandpoint prepares for takeoff
SilverWing at Sandpoint continues to move forward with the airpark development at the Sandpoint Municipal Airport (SDZ) in Idaho. The model unit was completed in December and several interested buyers are currently in negotiations, according to developers, who add multiple lots, along with a shell building, also have entered escrow. “We have been very pleased […]
Tax software package offered
Wolcott & Associates, P.A., an aviation CPA tax and accounting firm, is offering an aviation business-use flight tracking tax software package with training, support and tax advice to aircraft owners, flight departments or CPAs and lawyers with aviation clients operating business aircraft. A few of the main features of this service include: Record business-use flights […]
AirNautic debuts Swiss-made pilot’s watch
The AirNautic Watch Co. has released the AN-24M, a 24-hour watch that marries the functionality of a pilot’s watch with the strength of a diver’s watch, according to company officials. Designed from the ground up to incorporate the best features of both types of watches,the watch is hand made by Swiss watchmakers and is offered […]
Latest Master Instructors named
Master Instructors LLC and its Board of Review recently accredited eight CFIs as Master Instructors. The Master Instructor designation is a national accreditation recognized by the FAA and industry that is earned by a candidate through a rigorous process of continuing professional activity and peer review. Much like a flight instructor’s certificate, it must be […]
Miller expands Arc Armor line
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. has extended its Arc Armor line of welding protection products with the release of two new welding helmet cooling accessories designed to reduce heat stress, according to company officials. The two new Arc Armor Heat Stress accessories include the CoolBand, an integrated headgear cooling system that fits into most Miller Arc […]
Crosswind gets better of Cessna pilot
This March 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: Cessna 140. Injuries: None. Location: Dayton, Tenn. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot, who was practicing crosswind landings, told investigators that when […]
A dream realized
By BILL WALKER, For General Aviation News Roland Gilliam’s dream was a familiar one for pilots: He wanted his own airport. In 1994, at age 54, he stopped dreaming and built 5NC3, Gilliam-McConnell Airfield at Carthage, N.C. Since then, his personal airport has developed into a business enterprise that will not stop growing. It all […]
Senate starts FAA reauthorization debate
After two years and 11 temporary extensions, the Senate has begun debating reauthorization of the FAA, calling for improvements in the air traffic management system. The bill, cosponsored by committee chairman Sens. John (Jay) Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), and Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), reauthorizes FAA’s four major accounts for two years, through fiscal year […]