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 […]
General aviation gets a positive report
General aviation activity in the Hudson River Valley and Long Island Sound areas is slower than it was a year ago, but remains “higher than expected,” according to Ken Valenti, a reporter for The Lower Hudson Journal News, who learned a lot about GA by flying with Larry Gottschamer, director of operations for Performance Flight, […]
Business Aviation gets increasing blog attention
The House of Representatives is expected to begin debate in the next few weeks on a sweeping new energy bill that would call for new aircraft emissions and fuel standards, reports the April 21 issue of The Weekly of Business Aviation. The debate will come from the April 17 Environmental Protection Agency Friday proposal to […]
FAA may let unmanned aerial vehicles fly
During this tornado season, emergency responders may have a new tool to respond should disaster strike: an unmanned aerial vehicle, wrote Molly McMillin in The Wichita Eagle on April 21. The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to issue a certificate, soon, that would allow a small Aerosonde UAV to operate in restricted airspace, enabling emergency […]
Oklahoma’s aviation sector produces most jobs
While it was relatively clear skies and flat terrain that made Oklahoma an ideal location for the aviation and aerospace industries, the people and their work ethic have made it the state’s top employer, said an April 21 report in The Norman [Oklahoma] Transcript newspaper. The director of the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission told business leaders […]