Texas Sport Aircraft Co. recently completed its first international customer delivery of a Texas Sport aircraft kit. The Texas Sport kit is an amateur-built aircraft based on the widely recognized Cub aircraft. The kit was delivered to Luiz Claudio Gonçalves, general manager of Flyer Indústria Aeronáutica Ltda., an experienced amateur aircraft builder in Sao Paolo, […]
Hangar 10 breaks tradition at MKC
Work recently begun on the construction of Hangar 10, an aviation services complex at the Kansas City, Mo., Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (MKC). The new facility features overnight pilot’s quarters and a fitness center incorporating separate locker rooms for men and women. When completed, the 91,000-square-foot complex, designed by Atlanta-based Dye Aviation Facilities, will […]
Avemco recognized by A.M. Best
Avemco Insurance Co. has earned recognition in the Anniversary BestMark Program by the A.M. Best Co. This new program was created to distinguish insurance companies with at least a 25-year history of being rated “A” or higher. According to officials at A.M. Best, these companies have continuously maintained an “excellent” ability to meet their ongoing […]
Seven reasons to “Stop LASP”
An organization of pilots and business aviation interests called Stop LASP is working to end the Department of Homeland Security‘s Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP) plans to limit – severely – the use of aircraft for business and recreation. Stop LASP is urging strong responses to the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), posted in […]
CFI falls asleep on approach
The student’s failure to maintain the proper glidepath and clearance from terrain and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action. The flight instructor’s fatigue was a factor.
A bit of nostalgia: the 1947 Cleveland Air Races
If you’d like to return to the glamorous days of yesteryear to see some people who later became aviation icons and their now-rare or vanished airplanes, go to the following Web site, sit back, and enjoy photographs from the 1947 Cleveland Air Races. http://www.airrace.com/1947%20NAR%20.html
Winners of 2009 Aviation Art Contest announced
The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) and the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) have announced the U.S. winners of their 2009 International Aviation Art Contest, held at the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. The contest, sponsored by NAA and NASAO in cooperation with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), is […]
NASA video reveals icing’s affect on tailplanes
If you think you know a lot about the effects caused by ice on an airplane’s wings, click on the link below to watch a 23 minute video from NASA concerning tailplane stalls due to icing. You might be surprised as it reveals the differences between ice on wings and ice on tailplanes, tells how […]
ASTM fuel manual available
An updated edition of Manual 5, Aviation Fuel Quality Control Procedures, is now available from ASTM International. The manual provides a complete explanation of several common procedures used by fuel handlers to assess and protect aviation fuel quality. New features of the revised edition include: Rewritten API gravity section that includes the latest information on […]