The pilot’s inadequate decision making and failure to maintain control during cruise flight. Contributing to the accident were the pilot’s inadequate preflight planning, the darkness and poor weather conditions.
Micro Aerodynamics celebrates 20 years
In the past two decades, Micro AeroDynamics has earned STCs on more than 500 different models of aircraft, shipped out thousands of VG kits, and received more than 60 phone calls and letters from pilots who claim they owe their lives to the vortex generators. Still going strong, the company continues to expand the list […]
Fly before you buy
The e-Go aircraft may not be in production yet, but you can try it now. e-Go aeroplanes has developed an x-plane simulator that anyone can download for free from its website at www.e-Go.me. (You also need a copy of the x-plane package, which is $39 from www.x-plane.com). The simulation, which features a 3D cockpit and […]
FFC earns AS9100 certification
Floats and Fuel Cells, Inc., a Memphis fuel tank manufacturer, recently achieved AS9100 Aerospace Quality Standard Certification. National Quality Assurance (NQA) presented the company with both the AS9100 and ISO9001:2008 certifications after successfully completing a rigorous Quality Management Systems Audit. The ISO 9001:2008 is the latest revision, and the AS9100 was designed to enhance this […]
Carry the right chart case
The problem with most hard-sided pilot cases is that they were not designed for aviation use, but rather for lawyers and other executives who have to carry voluminous documents, according to the officials at Sporty’s Pilot Shop, who note that pilots require special storage options. That’s why Sporty’s team of pilots and CFIs designed its […]
New course helps transition to glass
A new course from ASA helps pilots transitioning from conventional “round dials” to the Technically Advanced Aircraft (TAA) glass cockpit environment. The Complete Avidyne Course is a four-hour, narrated, computer-based tutorial providing an orientation to the TAA glass cockpit environment, specifically the Avidyne-Entegra PFD, MFD, audio panel, GNS430 GPS, autopilot, and transponder. Written by Mike […]
AOPA comments on DHS IG’s GA security report
Craig Fuller, president and CEO of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, commented quickly on the June 18 release of a report by the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security in which general aviation was declared a “limited and mostly hypothetical” threat to national security. Said Fuller: “The report issued by Richard L. […]
Bounced landing bends airplane
The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed and misjudged flare during landing.
Centennial of Naval Aviation to be celebrated
Stand by, my fellow Naval Aviators. Our service will be a century old on 8 May 2011 – less than two years from now. Pensacola will be the focal point, although the year-long celebrations will be nationwide. On 8 May 1911 Captain Washington Irving Chambers, USN, signed the requisition for the Navy’s first airplane, which […]