Learn to Fly Week returns May 13-18, 2024, with 15 free webinars. New topics for 2024 include getting started with helicopters, aircraft options for flight training, and training with FAA-approved flight simulators. All webinars are free to attend, but online pre-registration is required, according to EAA officials.
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ForeFlight unveils Reported Turbulence
The Reported Turbulence feature gives near real-time reports of turbulence and smooth air actually encountered by pilots flying with ForeFlight’s Sentry or Sentry Plus devices.
A cleaner way to change your oil filter
“The tool’s sole purpose when used along with manual or pneumatic vacuum pumps, is to extract fluids such as engine oil, diesel fuel, and hydraulic fluids from spin-on filters prior to removal.”
New plaques celebrate pilots
Sporty’s has launched a new line of Pilot License Plaques, designed to commemorate the significant milestones achieved by aviators worldwide.
Living in era of technological breakthroughs
For all the fear, negativity, and derision we hear in the news and on social media, I continue to believe we live in amazing times. Our lives are immeasurably improved by access to increasingly inexpensive, more reliable, more capable technologies.
First flight: Solar-powered Skydweller
Skydweller, an uncrewed solar-powered aircraft that has a wingspan greater than a 747, completed its first flight April 4, 2024. According to company officials, the aircraft, took off, flew, and landed by itself, without humans on board or in control, from Stennis International Airport (KHSA) in Bay St Louis, Mississippi.
Fundraising campaign launched to preserve historic photo collection
The Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame has launched a fundraising campaign to support the digitization and preservation of the Leo J. Kohn Aviation Photography Collection.
Tecnam unveils next generation P2006T
The new TECNAM P2006T NG (Next Generation) is the result of more than 300 improvements of the current P2006T MkII, company officials noted.
New FBO provider at KSDM
Air Center San Diego has acquired San Diego Jet Center’s FBO assets at Brown Field Municipal Airport (KSDM). Work has already begun on a new FBO building.