Red Bull Air Race pilot and Carbon Cub owner Luke Czepiela recently landed a specially modified Carbon Cub on a 78-foot helipad on the top of the 56-story Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai.
Aircraft
Sheltair FBO at KLZU to open in April
Sheltair Aviation will open its new FBO at Gwinnett County Airport-Briscoe Field (KLZU) in Lawrenceville, Georgia, just north of Atlanta, in April 2023.
Picture of the Day: Evening flight home
John Memmer submitted this photo and note: “Sunset from 8,500 feet just southwest of Piedmont Triad International Airport (KGSO) in Greensboro, N.C., on the way home to Greenville Downtown Airport (KGMU) in South Carolina in my 1963 A55 Baron.”
Risk mitigation 101
How did a fatal mid-air collision happen? The answer to that question is not casual query. In a very real sense, our lives depend on finding the likely answer and including that knowledge in our future flying.
What do honeybees have in common with pilots?
They both fly, of course, but a new study finds that honeybees navigate the same way the earliest pilots navigated: By following landmarks on the landscape below — sometimes referred to IFR: I follow roads.
Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight returns to Oshkosh
One of the most emotional and poignant moments of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh returns in 2023 as 100 Vietnam War vets will take a Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., on July 28 as part of AirVenture’s annual salute to veterans.
Picture of the Day: Lone Kitfox
Glenn Brasch, the man behind AirportCourtesyCars.com, submitted this photo and note: “A lone Kitfox sits among the wildflowers in summer 2022 at the Recreational Aviation Foundation’s Ryan Field (2MT1) in Montana.”
Top 10 best-selling turboprops in 2022
The list of top 10 best-selling turboprop airplanes in 2022 is similar to the top 10 list in 2021, with the Pilatus PC-12 once again taking the top spot, while Air Tractor claims four spots on the list.
Task-based experimental flight test guidelines published
The task-based Phase I flight testing program is an alternative to the standard 25 or 40-hour flight testing requirement for amateur-built aircraft, replacing the hours-based test period with a list of tasks to complete, according to officials with the Experimental Aircraft Association.