Cirrus Aircraft has received FAA certification for Cirrus Perception, a special mission platform tailored specifically for both the Cirrus SR22 and SR22T models. This new multi-mission, adaptive Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft offers performance capabilities suitable for airborne traffic and law enforcement operations, aerial surveying, mapping and photography, search and rescue missions, disaster management and […]
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Epic Aircraft launches inaugural Odyssey World Tour
BEND, Ore. — Epic Aircraft has successfully launched its inaugural Epic Odyssey World Tour, an around-the-world journey traversing nine countries and 20 cities in 21 days, covering 15,000 nautical miles in 50 flight hours. A 26-person team comprising Epic owners, Epic Aircraft staff, pilots, guests, and photographers arrived in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 6 in six […]
EAA chapter presents scholarship
During its annual pancake breakfast in DeKalb, Ill., EAA Chapter 241 Vice President Wes Lundsberg introduced Ian Curtis as this year’s recipient of the EAA Chapter 241 Flight Training Scholarship. Ian is a senior at Rochelle Township High School and also attends the Kishwaukee Education Consortium aviation program under director Bruce Griffith. Ian plans on attending […]
Student’s solo flight ends in fatal crash
The student pilot departed on a local, solo instructional flight in the Cessna 172. According to the flight instructor, the student was briefed to complete three takeoffs and landings and to stay in the airport traffic pattern. Instead, he completed one takeoff and landing and then departed the airport traffic pattern. Witnesses reported seeing the […]
Picture of the Day: Life’s a beach
Texas is not always know for its beaches, but Port Aransas is a general aviation friendly beach. Ken VeArd of Pilot Partner takes off and flies over the beach on the way back home in his Bonanza A36TC.
Fit to fly
By TOM DOUGLAS Seventeen minutes without a heartbeat set Jim Poling off in a new and life-fulfilling direction. “They say you can only survive 19 minutes with a shut-down heart, so it was a close call,” Jim related recently. “Even so, a stroke suffered on the operating table left me blind in one eye.” The […]
Drone pilots reminded to respect wildfire operations
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Know Before You Fly campaign is reminding operators of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to respect temporary flight restrictions (TFRs) over and around wildfires as this year’s wildfire season makes an early start. Wildfires or other hazardous conditions often lead to authorities putting in place TFRs, which allow first responders to do their […]
N.C. county allow private airstrips in residential neighborhoods
A news story in the Rocky Mount Telegram by Lindell John Kay reports that Nash County in North Carolina now allows private airplane landings strips in the county’s residential neighborhoods. The Nash County Board of Commissioners approved an amendment to the county’s unified development ordinance that allows airstrips almost anywhere provided provisions of a special use permit […]
Guardian Avionics introduces line of USB power solutions for GA
TUCSON, Arizona — In response to growing demand for USB power in general aviation cockpits as the use of tablets and smartphones becomes more common, Guardian Avionics has unveiled a new line of USB power solutions for both panel mounted and remote mounted applications. The new iFDR Power 250 series provides power conversion, bringing 9 […]