Earlier this fall, the TBM Owners and Pilot Association (TBMOPA), made up of EADS Socata TBM 700 and TBM 850 owners, held a record-breaking annual convention in Cœur d’Alene, Idaho. More than 70 TBM aircraft — representing almost 24% of the privately owned TBM fleet — flew in for the event, making it the biggest […]
Missing the big picture: GA organizations react to NY crash
WASHINGTON, D.C. — There was quick reaction here when a single-engine plane owned by New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle struck an apartment building on East 72nd Street in New York City. Phil Boyer, president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), immediately gave television interviews to the networks from the association’s new satellite-connected […]
Why are there increased levels of copper in my oil?
Recent oil analyses seem to be showing increased levels of copper coming from my XP-360. Could you help with a diagnosis? Steve Glasgow-Cappy via email I’ll shoot from the hip on this one because I need more specific information to answer your question, but let’s see what we can do. How about I just throw […]
What if my plane is filled with the wrong fuel?
Ray Woodmansee from Porterville, Calif., has a problem. His Cessna 195 was accidentally fueled with a mixture of 100LL and ethanol-containing auto gas. He has drained all of the fuel out of the aircraft and was wondering what he could do with it. Ray Woodmansee from Porterville, Calif., has a problem. His Cessna 195 was […]
Poor pre-flight, full flap take-off lead to fatal LOC accident
The pilot’s inadequate preflight preparation, which resulted in an attempted takeoff with full flaps, and subsequent loss of control.
Take the guesswork out of establishing proper holding patterns
A leading cause of students failing IFR check rides is the inability to enter and maintain a holding pattern correctly. Aircraft Spruce now offers an aid designed to assist with visualizing a holding pattern and ascertaining how to enter it correctly. Called a Holding Pattern Aid (HPA), the transparent gyro overlay has a printout of […]
Tomlinson Aviation opens second location in North Carolina for helicopter training
Tomlinson Aviation, Inc., a school in Ormond Beach, Florida, that specializes in helicopter flight instruction, will open a second location at Elkin Municipal Airport in North Carolina. Flight instruction will be offered in a Schweizer CBi series helicopter. Elkin Municipal Airport, about 40 miles northwest of Winston Salem, offers a 4,003-foot long runway. For more […]
Marathon Flight Services opens new hangar at ISM
Marathon Flight Services, an FBO at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) in Florida, recently opened its new 16,500-square-foot corporate hangar, which can accommodate corporate aircraft up to a Gulfstream G500. Marathon’s additional facilities include a 13,000-square-foot terminal that features the only aircraft canopy in Central Florida, a pilots’ lounge, catering services, on-site rental cars, meeting rooms […]
Pilot-friendly GPS map 496 manual released
ZD Publishing, Inc. has added a new pilot-friendly manual to its inventory for the Garmin GPSmap 496 unit. The manual is designed to teach pilots how to configure the unit to their liking and access its many features. The manual was written by John Dittmer, who has been a flight instructor since 1968. This is […]