Red Hen Systems has released its first High-Definition Video Mapping System. The new VMS-HD combines Red Hen’s VMS technology with the smallest HD Digital Video Recorder available today, designed by Convergent Design of Colorado Springs, Colorado, according to company officials. Weighing in at 1.4 pounds, the device records to two removable compact flash cards and […]
Power Flow offers rebate
Power Flow Systems, Inc. has initiated a special three-month rebate offer. Anyone ordering a tuned exhaust system before March 31 will receive a $400 rebate. Power Flow tuned exhaust systems make engines run more efficiently, allowing the engine to develop more power for an increase in cruise speed by as much as 7 knots, or […]
Hard landing bends gear
This January 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 Cardinal. Location: Picayune, Miss. Injuries: None. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The 35-hour student pilot, who was practicing landings when the nose […]
A family affair: The Culver Cadet is this family’s airplane
You’ve probably heard that the aviation gene runs in families. Very often it manifests as a preference for a particular aircraft. For the Morris family of Poplar Grove, Ill., the Culver Cadet is the “family” airplane. The two-place, low-wing aircraft, designed by Culver Aircraft employee Al Mooney circa 1939, has a semi-monocoque fuselage instead of […]
Donate cost of flight to help in Haiti
What can GA pilots do to help in Haiti? In a special message at AOPA.org, Aircraft Owner and Pilots Association President Craig Fuller notes that while all GA pilots want to jump in their aircraft and fly down to help, government officials and disaster experts say that’s not the best way to help right now. […]
Washington State eyes new aircraft tax
Washington State aircraft owners are rallying the troops to fight a new tax that could add hundreds — or even thousands — of dollars a year to their fixed costs. The proposed tax would levy a 1% excise tax based on the value of aircraft. Under the measure, a plane worth $100,000 would be taxed […]
DHL to donate former hub to Ohio community
Deutsche Post DHL and the Clinton County Port Authority (CCPA) have reached a preliminary agreement for the donation of DHL’s former principal U.S. express hub to the community of Wilmington, Ohio, for redevelopment and future use of the site as an airport/commerce park. DHL and local officials hope to close the transaction before the end […]
Wind turbine installed at O1G
WindTamer Corp., a developer and manufacturer of patented new wind turbine technology, has completed the installation of one of its wind turbines at the Perry-Warsaw Airport (01G) in New York. The installation of the turbine required FAA approval, which was received late last year. Gerald Brock, chairman and CEO of WindTamer, said that FAA approval […]
Alton Bay ice runway opens
The ice runway at the Alton Bay Seaplane Base (B18) in New Hampshire opened for the season Jan. 9 — two weeks earlier than last year, thanks to colder temperatures, Paul LaRochelle, the airport’s volunteer manager, said in a report at AOPA.org. The ice runway at the south end of Lake Winnipesaukee has been plowed […]