The private pilot conducted a 20-minute local flight in the Eros 1600, an experimental, amateur-built airplane, after installing a new ignition coil on the two-stroke, two-cylinder engine. He then returned to the airport in Lebanon, Tennessee, where he landed the airplane, back-taxied on the runway, and initiated a second takeoff. Witnesses reported that, shortly after takeoff, […]
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Picture of the day: A chilly start to 2018
Rob Stapleton sent us this photo, taken at sunset at Merrill Field in Anchorage, Alaska, in the early days of January 2018. “We have been having lots of ground fog and what you see on the prop of this Mooney is hoarfrost from the fog,” he explains.
Transferring a dream
By JOHN WEBER On Dec. 21, 2017, several members of Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 534 were involved with transferring a dream. Members traveled from the chapter’s hangar at Leesburg International Airport (KLEE) in Florida, to the home of an 87-year-old gentleman in The Villages. There, they picked up a project from Harry Farmer, who admitted […]
Vulcanair V1.0 certified
The FAA issued a type certificate on Dec. 20, 2017, for the Vulcanair V1.0. Company officials note they promised at AirVenture 2017 that Vulcanair would have certification before the year’s end, and that goal was met. The Vulcanair V1.0 is a four-seat, single-engine aircraft with an IO-360 180-hp Lycoming engine, and equipped with a full […]
Registration opens for Air Race Classic
Registration is open for the 42nd Air Race Classic (ARC), the annual all-women cross-country airplane race. More than 100 women pilots from around the world are expected to compete in this year’s ARC, which begins Tuesday, June 19, 2018, in Sweetwater, Texas, and ends Friday, June 22, 2018, in Fryeburg, Maine. The oldest race of […]
Garmin begins shipping GFC 500 autopilot
Garmin has received FAA Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for several aircraft models for the GFC 500 autopilot, including a wide range of Cessna 172 and 182 aircraft. Intended for less complex piston single-engine aircraft, the GFC 500 integrates with the G5 to provide pilots with an economical autopilot and modern flight instrument, according to Garmin […]
Aerobatic flight in Yak ends fatally
The pilot was conducting a local aerobatic flight with a pilot-rated passenger occupying the rear seat of the Yak 52, which was equipped with flight controls. The pilot’s son was flying another airplane, returning to the home airport after a local sightseeing flight near Alpine, Wyoming. The airport was at the southeast corner of a […]
Picture of the day: Simply wonderful
Jonathan Milne of Sidney, Maine, sent in this photo. “Each year volunteer pilots meet at the Lighthawk.org annual fly-in. 2017 found many of our pilots (and planes) at Basin Harbor, Vermont. This photo was taken early in the morning on Oct. 23, 2017, just as the sun was rising over the 3,000′ grass strip on […]
A century’s passion lost and found
Because I’m a bit weird, I found myself reading through a stack of newspapers from the early 20th Century recently. In those pages I found something that I hadn’t seen in a while, something almost foreign to the American public in our current time. It was this: Absolute wonder and unrestrained excitement at the idea […]