TUCSON, Arizona — Guardian Avionics has received the first FAA approval to install manufactured products into certified aircraft as “Non-Required Safety Enhancing Equipment” (NORSEE) under the requirements outlined in PS-AIR-21.8-1602. This new authorization allows all models of the Guardian Avionics iFDR Panel Mount line for iPad and iPhone and all iFDR Power 150 and 250 […]
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National Flight Academy expands youth programs
PENSACOLA, Florida — The National Flight Academy is now offering a new three-day Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)-focused Cruise program for 5th-12th grade students as an introduction to their flagship six-day deployment program. Students will live aboard the virtual aircraft carrier, Ambition, where they will perform search and rescue missions, navigate aircraft through obstacle […]
Second Annual Planes N Paws Expo set for Oct. 15
The Commemorative Air Force Minnesota Wing and Sierra Hotel Aero will be hosting the Second Annual Planes N Paws event at the CAF Museum, Fleming Field Airport (KSGS) in South St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 15 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. This event is to raise awareness of various organizations and the things they are accomplishing not only […]
Flight review ends in crash
The flight instructor was conducting a flight review for the private pilot/owner of the Piper PA-28-140. The pilot departed from the 5,008-foot runway in Toccoa, Georgia, performed a touch-and-go landing without incident, and entered the traffic pattern for a simulated short-field landing. While on short final, the plane struck a berm that was located just […]
Pictures of the day: Globe-trotting homebuilt
Millie Santiago and Galin Hernandez of PuertoRicoFlyer.com recently sent in these photos with a short note: “The first photo was taken on Nov. 23, 2009, after we landed our KIS Cruiser TR-4 (N819PR) in Panama, the southern most country on the North American Continent and put the Panamanian flag on our airplane. “The second was taken a few […]
Back to Blakesburg and back to basics
The weather was so delightful this year that there were a record number of airplanes — close to 400 — that flew to Antique Airfield at Blakesburg, Iowa. Aircraft from 37 states were in attendance, and Classic Aviation of Pella, Iowa, stayed busy pumping fuel from its fuel truck, selling more than 3,000 gallons. The fly-in started on Wednesday, Aug. 31, […]
Wright Company factory draws students from China
DAYTON, Ohio — The Wright Company factory showed its potential to draw international travelers Wednesday, Sept. 28, when a group of 22 students from China and their chaperones toured the West Dayton buildings that launched America’s aviation industry. The 17 students, ages 7 to 11, and five adults walked in the footsteps of Wilbur and […]
Video documenting flood’s damage recognized
Just a week shy of the anniversary of a catastrophic “thousand-year” rain in South Carolina, Woolpert’s video on its groundbreaking disaster relief efforts employed immediately following that event has been recognized. “Aerial Imagery Assists Flood Disaster Response in South Carolina, and in Record Time,” a video by Woolpert Project Director Brian Bates, received an Interactive […]
Airforms moves to new facility
WASILLA, Alaska — Airforms has moved to a new facility on the Wasilla Airport (PAWS) in Alaska. Construction on the building began in early May with the pouring of the concrete pads, and the company completed the move July 17. “This new building was engineered with efficient manufacturing as a key component of the design,” said President Lee […]