The Robotow Portable Towbar is a new, all-weather, electric powered unit that has been added to the growing list of products offered by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty. Lightweight (under 30 pounds) and portable, the Robotow can easily be stored and transported in the Beech, Cessna, Pipers, T28s, Navions and Commanders it was designed to move […]
Approach Systems releases new version of its “glass cockpit” software
Approach Systems has released the third generation of its Approach Integrated Cockpit Software (APIC). The unit combines the power of advanced glass cockpit functionality with the latest in satellite weather and GPS navigation for handheld, tablet, laptop and panel-mounted systems. APIC features include primary flight display, moving map, 2D-terrain depiction, terrain awareness and avoidance, VNAV […]
AirVenture 2005 highlights available on video
Highlights from EAA AirVenture 2005, including the arrivals of SpaceShipOne/White Knight and Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer, to brand new very light jet models, are available on video and DVD. Such well-known aviators as Chuck Yeager and Burt Rutan are part of the 2005 event, as well as internationally known personalities Harrison Ford, Paul Allen and […]
Add Wipaire floats to any Cessna 172
All models of the Cessna 172 can now be floated on Wipline floats. Wipaire, Inc., of South Saint Paul, Minn., has received Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for the addition of straight or amphibious floats for all Cessna 172 aircraft ever built, except for the military and Franklin engine models. In addition, the STCs allow owners […]
Robert E. Bush, 79
Robert E. Bush died Nov. 8 near Olympia, Wash. He was 79. He earned the Medal of Honor during World War II fighting on Okinawa, where he lost an eye – and nearly his life – while treating a wounded Marine Corps officer and holding off charging Japanese troops at the same time. He was […]
Slick Goodin, 82
Chalmers H. “Slick” Goodlin, a Bell test pilot originally set to become the first man to exceed Mach 1, died of cancer at his home in West Palm Beach, Fla., Oct. 20. He was 82. Goodlin made 26 subsonic flights in the rocket-powered Bell X-1-1 and X-1-2, reaching Bell’s contractual speed of Mach 0.8. When […]
Pole-topole flight scrubbed
A contaminant found in the fuel of Gus McLeod’s Firefly appears to be sabotage. The mysterious incident has forced further postponement of McLeod’s planned pole-to-pole solo flight around the world. “After an analysis of the contamination, and cutting the tanks open for inspection, the verdict is inescapable,” the Maryland pilot said. “The fuel was contaminated with a […]
Bobbing for aircraft: The USS Macon exhibit in Monterey
One of the most popular exhibits at the Maritime Museum of Monterey was never intended to go into the ocean. The USS Macon exhibit, which will be on display through December, features the airship that crashed off the California coast in 1934. “It’s a big part of the local history,” notes Tim Thomas, a museum […]
Sharing more than a love of aviation
Wing walker Teresa Stokes and her business partner and boyfriend, air show pilot Gene Soucy, share more than the love of aviation. They also share a kidney. In 2003 Stokes donated one of her kidneys to Soucy, who was living with a progressive kidney disease. They now tout organ donation during their performances at air […]