Fuel starvation due to the pilot’s inadequate fuel system management.
Piper’s new owner sees ‘significant potential’
Piper Aircraft‘s most recent owner, American Capital, has sold its entire stake in the iconic, 72-year old company to Imprimis, a corporate finance and investment management firm operating from offices in Bangkok, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam, Piper announced on May 1. The new owners have pledged to keep Piper’s headquarters, production and product development facilities […]
WASP seek support for Congressional Gold Medal
The Women Airforce Service Pilots, the legendary WASP, are the subject of a Senate bill that would award them a Congressional Gold Medal for their service during World War II. The surviving WASP, now in their 80s, are asking for support from the public to get the bill passed. The intent of the WASP program […]
Aviation industry suffering in Kansas
The aviation manufacturing industry in Kansas has been hit hard by the recession but, at least so far, employment hasn’t fallen to the levels it reached after the 2001 terrorist attacks, according to a May 3 Forbes.com report. Aviation manufacturing employment has declined by about 20% since November of 2008, the report said, while in […]
Portable toilets help pilot survive crash
A Cessna 182 crashed shortly after taking off from Thun Field, in Washington State, but the pilot’s life was saved when he landed in a field full of portable toilets, which cushioned the impact. Fortunately for all concerned, the potties were not in use but merely were being stored in the field. Apparently the Cessna […]
Bird encounter aborts takeoff
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff. The goose was a factor.
Wasilla man wins Husky
R.C. Cline of Wasilla, Alaska won the Alaska Airmen’s Association 2009 raffle aircraft. The Aviat Aircraft Husky A-1B has lots of equipment that make it a great backcountry aircraft. Cline was supposed to be out on a flight, but was able to juggle his schedule to make it to the May 2-3 trade show and […]
Pacific Aviation Museum offers hands-on WW II experience
By Syd Jones & KT Budde-Jones The Pacific Aviation Museum’s newly-restored World War II aircraft maintenance shop is giving visitors hands-on experience with wartime maintenance and current aircraft restoration projects. The museum’s Ford Island location, in the middle of Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor, certainly is one of the most historically significant sites in America. The hangars […]
Adventure, excitement, exotic surroundings
If you’re ready to leave it all behind and join the Foreign Legion, wait a minute. Flightglobal.com may have just the job for you. Flightglobal is looking for someone to “manage the day to day outbound operations and to assist and support the Operations Controller” at Kabul’s airport in Afghanistan. The job being offered is […]