American Legend Aircraft Company said on April 22 that it has selected the O-200-D engine from Teledyne-Continental Motors to power future models of its Legend Cub light sport aircraft. The O-200-D is a lighter engine than the similar one used since the Legend Cub was introduced in March 2005. It will give the airplane a […]
Pilot crashes after getting lost
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing on the grass airstrip. The pilot’s getting lost, poor fuel management and lack of experience on grass runways were factors.
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Sporty’s, EAA working on ‘What’s Next’
At an EAA chapter leadership ice cream social at the end of the first day of the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In, EAA‘s Tom Poberenzy and Sporty’s Hal Shever’s informally introduced a joint effort to help Young Eagle‘s flight recipient’s take a next step. Details will be provided at a Thursday press conference, but in general, […]
WxWorx OnLine debuts
WxWorx introduced today at Sun ‘n Fun WxWorx OnLine, an interactive graphical weather software for daily weather monitoring and pre-flight weather analysis across the United States and Canada. Providing timely and accurate weather information directly to a user’s PC, WxWorx OnLine connects to the Internet and delivers high-resolution NEXRAD radar coverage, winds aloft, METARs, lightning […]
Civil Air Patrol: Serving, mentoring the local community
While most local teenagers are enjoying a relaxing spring break, Charlie Wolff and Zack Legate are hard at work at the regional airport. Cadet 2nd Lt. Wolff and Cadet Airman Legate are members of the Civil Air Patrol‘s Jackson County Composite Squadron, wrote Kevin Chandler, public affairs officer for the 97th Air Mobility Wing at […]
NTSB wants tighter standards for light sport aircraft
The National Transportation Safety Board says that ASTM design standards used by the Federal Aviation Administration as the basis for certificating its light sport aircraft are “deficient,” according to a report by John Croft in Flight International magazine. Along with asking the FAA to ground one particular LSA model, Zenith’s Zodiac CH-601XL, the NTSB is […]
Aviation cap-and-trade debate takes off
The movement to cap emissions of “greenhouse gases” is well under way in Europe, but the debate now is shifting to Washington, where two powerful lawmakers are aiming to fast-track legislation that could have a costly price tag for aviation, according to a report in Aviation Week and Space Technology. Reps. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), […]
A Sport Pilot camp for high school students
The US Flight Academy at Denton, Texas, plans to offer high school students an unusual concept for a summer camp: at the end of three weeks, participants will go home with a Sport Pilot license in their pockets if they are 17 or older. If they are younger than 17 they will be invited to […]