By MATT FERRARI Step back in time and think back to when you were the one looking over the airport fence. The whole world on the other side of the fence seemed so intimidating, yet so inviting. You might remember the feelings of excited anticipation on your way to the airport, and then the apprehensive […]
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G1000 Training Course now an app for general aviation pilots
Now available as an app is Sporty’s G1000 course. In addition to nearly two hours of video content, the app also includes Garmin’s complete Cockpit Reference Guide, two G1000 Training Course Outlines (student and instructor versions), G1000 simulator software for download, and a review quiz. The included review quiz provides instant feedback on your score […]
First responders and pilots
Pilots are bold, confident people for the most part. We train to maintain our cool under pressure, be technologically adept at dealing with the machine entrusted to us, and maintain a state of safety consciousness above all else. Yeah, we’re cool. Barney Fife was not a pilot. The character portrayed so expertly by Don Knotts […]
Aging Gracefully, Flying Safely
The AOPA Foundation’s Air Safety Institute has released a new interactive online course called “Aging Gracefully, Flying Safely.” While no one has a choice about getting older, choices can be made on how to deal with it. The new course focuses on giving pilots practical advice on the effects of aging, the possible impact on […]
Time machine: David Marco’s Lockheed 12A
“Have you seen that beautiful twin?” This phrase was repeated numerous times at this summer’s AirVenture and you can be sure the airplane in question belonged to David Marco of Atlantic Beach, Fla. Marco’s Lockheed 12A occupied a place of honor off ConocoPhillips Square next to the ConocoPhillips display tent. The airplane, also known as […]
In the pink: Judie Betz’s one-of-a-kind RV-12
I was shooting photos of a vintage airplane at AirVenture when a man came up to me and asked if I was the owner of the RV-12 in homebuilt parking. “What makes you ask if it is mine?” I asked, thinking it was one of the stranger questions I have been asked at AirVenture. “Because […]
Zenith builders to learn about engine choices
Two engine seminars will be held at Zenith Aircraft Co.’s 20th annual Open Hangar Day and Fly-In next weekend, Sept. 16-17) at its kit manufacturing facility in Mexico, Missouri. In addition to looking at Zenith’s planes and touring the factory, visitors will be able to learn about engine choices for powering the two-seat LSA-class Zenith […]
Jurassic airplanes
By DAVID NIXON Maybe there is a little bit of the Stone Age hunter in me that makes me always on the look-out for airplanes in out-of-the-way places. I don’t really want another project. I have enough to keep me busy, but you never know if you’ll find something that someone else needs. I become […]
Aviation Fuel Club takes off, as AOPA chief’s number don’t add up
The GAfuels Blog is written by two private pilots concerned about the future availability of fuels for piston-engine aircraft: Dean Billing, Sisters, Ore., an expert on autogas and ethanol, and Kent Misegades, Cary, N.C., an aerospace engineer and aviation journalist. The 2011 Sport Aviation EXPO in Sebring is now history, and if you have read […]