During a recent meeting of the Arizona Business Aviation Association (AZBAA), members were told that scholarship donations have increased the organization’s education fund by more than $12,000. Since AZBAA’s inception, the group has provided more than $80,000 for college scholarships, helping students at Arizona colleges and universities pursue careers in business aviation. At the same […]
Hangar 10 opens at MKC
The new Hangar 10 aviation services complex at the Kansas City, Mo., Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (MKC) has officially opened for business. The first aircraft fueled was a Citation Sovereign operated by Cessna Aircraft Co. Hangar 10, which broke ground in January on a 91,000-square-foot aviation services complex, is operating from a temporary facility […]
Flight training hits Internet radio
The Finer Points of Flying is now collaborating with Flight Line Internet Radio. Episodes from The Finer Points of Flying’s audio programming can now be heard four times a day on Flight Line Internet Radio, at 0510, 1110, 1710 and 2310 Zulu/GMT, and include The Finer Point’s Safety Sessions, industry interviews, instructional lectures and TFP […]
Classic Fighters of America sets formation clinic
The Spring Classic Fighters of America Formation Clinic has been scheduled for June 13 at the Ramona, California, airport (KRNM). Those invited are owners of T-6s, T-28s, Yaks and fighters of all kinds. This is a formation clinic, intended to provide proficiency, practice and upgrade, according to CFA’s Julie Clevenger. Check pilots will be available […]
Density altitude thwarts pilot
The pilot’s failure to obtain and maintain an adequate airspeed that resulted in a stall/mush.
Sam Lyons’ Cub print gets a winning name
In case you didn’t know, Lyons Studio had a “Name the Painting” contest at Sun ‘n Fun in April. People visiting the booth could submit up to three suggestions for artist Sam Lyons’ newest painting, which was finished just days before the event. Sam and Mindy Lyons then chose from hundreds of entries. “It was […]
NASA names high school Supersonic Research Contest winners
Airplanes shaped like huge darts and rocket ships. That’s what the future of supersonic passenger travel may look like, according to high school students from eight states and 11 foreign countries, taking part in a competition sponsored by NASA. The students were asked to write well-documented research papers describing what needs to be accomplished to […]
Floatplane to the rescue
Mark Wisdorf was kite surfing at Turnagain Arm, Alaska, when things turned bad, leaving him and his kite floating in the water for nearly an hour and a half before his friend, a seaplane pilot, attempted “a somewhat unconventional rescue,” according to a May 18 AVweb on-line report. The waters of Turnagain Arm meet Cook […]
Texas TV station reports flaws in FAA approval of mechanics
An investigative report, broadcast May 16 by a Texas television station with the ironic call letters WFAA, claimed it had revealed serious flaws in the way the FAA licenses airplane mechanics. “There is evidence of years of problems in testing these mechanics,” the Dallas-Fort Worth station stated. “There is also evidence that hundreds of mechanics […]