How did you spend the first summer after you graduated from college? Jared Aicher from Boise, Idaho, spent the first part of his summer flying around the lower 48 states giving rides to Young Eagles. Ideally, he wants to do a world tour giving flights to some 400 kids between the ages of 8-17. The […]
UAVs to help Smokey Bear
Here’s another reason to avoid the TFRs over forest fires: Some of the aircraft up there may be unmanned. The United States Forest Service, taking a cue from other federal agencies, is exploring the idea of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to fight forest fires. The Forest Service is testing UAVs at a NASA facility […]
Drunk pilot faces charges in two states
A student pilot who allegedly stole a single-engine Cessna in Connecticut and flew it while drunk is facing criminal charges in two states. Philippe Patricio, 20, of Bethel, Conn., faces a felony charge of circumventing airport security in Danbury for the theft of the Cessna 172 used during the June 22 incident. Patricio told authorities […]
There’s a what loose where?
If you’re flying in the vicinity of South Bend Regional Airport (SBD) in Indiana and see what looks like a kangaroo on the ground…well, it might be a kangaroo. On June 27, local animal control officials got a report of a kangaroo wandering in a wooded area near the airport. “When we got the call […]
Angel Flight puts out call for pilots
As hurricane season heats up, Angel Flight Southeast (AFSE) is looking for pilots with experience flying emergency missions. Last year, AFSE became the first organization to use private pilots to fly emergency air missions, including the delivery of water and blood after Hurricanes Jeanne and Ivan, as part of the Homeland Security Emergency Air Transportation […]
Air show pilots collide off Delaware coast
Two airplanes practicing for an air show collided over Delaware Bay July 10, leaving one pilot dead and the other still missing at press time. The two were part of a six plane group that took off from Sussex County Airport (GED) at Georgetown, Del., earlier in the day. They were members of the Vultures […]
Air show pilots Franklin and Younkin killed
Well-known air show pilots Jim Franklin and Bobby Younkin were killed July 10 when their airplanes collided during a performance in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The fiery crash happened in front of thousands of people. No one on the ground was injured. Spectators reported that it appeared the planes’ wings clipped each other. The air show […]
Vimy replica recreates first Atlantic flight
If you think the first flight across the Atlantic was Charles Lindbergh’s, think again. His was the first solo flight. Two British aviators, Capt. John Alcock of the Royal Flying Corps and his navigator, Lt. Arthur Whitten Brown, did it in June of 1919. This month, pilot Steve Fossett and navigator Mark Rebholz did it […]
Another camshaft recall for Lycoming
In what some may see as “déjà vu all over again,” Lycoming has issued a mandatory service bulletin recalling what appears to be 1,227 crankshafts, some installed, some shipped as spares. Engines that have complied with Service Bulletins 552 or 553 are not affected. The affected engines are O-540, IO-540, AEIO-540 and TIO-540s rated at […]