NBC Sports is slated to air a one-hour special on the National Championship Air Races in February 2016. The one-hour special is being produced by JM Associates, an Emmy Award-winning production company and leader in content development for sports and outdoor broadcasts. “We’ve been producing niche sports for over 40 years and when we were invited […]
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ASA introduces pink pilot logbook
ASA’s Standard Pilot Logbook is now available in pink. This brightly colored logbook has the same page and column layout as ASA’s black logbook — it just looks different on the outside. Designed to comply with the FAA’s record keeping requirements, recording columns include aircraft make and model, identification, points of departure and arrival, aircraft category, type of […]
Flight Outfitters introduces pilot bags for the tablet age
Flight Outfitters has introduced its third flight bag, the Flight Level Bag, which is designed specifically for professional pilots. The bag and the optional Pro Pack accessory are for pilots flying with tablets instead of large chart binders, company officials noted. “We’ve been working on this design for nearly a year, in close consultation with airline and […]
Pilot mistakenly retracts landing gear
The Cessna T310R pilot reported that during the landing roll of his second uneventful landing at San Luis Obispo, Calif., the right main landing gear started to shimmy. He slowed the plane and proceeded towards the nearest taxiway. Before exiting the runway, he went to retract the flaps when he inadvertently raised the landing gear […]
Pictures of the day: Seaplane adventures
Frequent contributor Mike Kincaid sent in these photos from his recent seaplane adventures. “The first is of a Super Cub beached in front of a log cabin at Priest Lake, Idaho,” he explains. “The second is where we dropped in for breakfast with a Beaver in Sandpoint, Idaho.”
Dick Merrill, Atlantic double-crosser
Merrill’s flying career began in 1920 when he purchased a war-surplus Curtiss Jenny for $600.
Tours of original Wright factory buildings slated through end of year
DAYTON, Ohio — The National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) has scheduled free monthly tours of the Wright Company factory buildings through the end of 2015. Tours of the two historic buildings will take place on the third Thursday of each month — Sept. 17, Oct. 15, Nov. 19 and Dec. 17. Each tour will begin […]
Keeping firefighters supplied with fuel
EPIC Aviation, a fuel supplier to the general and commercial aviation industries, reports it has dispatched more than 2 million gallons of aviation fuel since the beginning of July to FBOs and fire bases supporting aerial firefighting operations in the Western United States. Aviation fuel and ground-support resources used in aerial firefighting operations have been in […]
Judges named for EAA Founder’s Innovation Prize
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — Some very well-known names from the aviation world will be the judges as the Experimental Aircraft Association invites innovators to enhance aviation safety for amateur-built aircraft through its Founder’s Innovation Prize competition. The competition will begin accepting entries Oct. 1. The competition will use the best ideas from EAA members […]