The FAA dedicated its new National Airport Pavement & Materials Research Center at the William J. Hughes Technical Center at Egg Harbor Township, N.J., Aug. 27. The research center allows FAA engineers to use a custom-designed vehicle simulator to test asphalt and other pavement materials at very high tire pressures and temperatures. Airport pavement temperatures […]
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Midwest LSA Expo set for September
Plans are underway for the upcoming Midwest LSA Expo, being touted as “the place to be for Sport Aviation this fall.” The Expo is slated for Sept. 10-12 at Mt. Vernon Outland Airport (KMVN) in Illinois. Admission and parking are free. According to organizers, attendees will be able to see more than 40 Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA), including […]
Baffle kit now available for Mooneys
BIG LAKE, ALASKA —Airforms‘ line of replacement engine baffles now includes components for Mooney M20B/C/D aircraft. Airforms’ engineering department received a new PMA (Part Manufacturing Approval) recently through its work with the FAA Anchorage Aircraft Certification Office. The new Mooney baffles add to an existing product line of near 60 FAA PMA engine baffle kits for a […]
Aircraft Spruce launches headset buy-back program
Aircraft Spruce has launched a new headset buy-back program. After inspection of your used headset, credit will be applied to your account, which can then be used towards the purchase of a new headset (valued at $650+).
Vinson named UAA executive director
AUBURN, Alabama — Dawn Vinson has been named the new executive director of the University Aviation Association (UAA). She takes up the responsibilities of Interim Executive Director Cassandra Bosco, who was appointed to the position after Executive Director Carolyn Williamson retired in November of 2014. Bosco led the association through the strategic planning and search […]
iFlightPlanner integrates real estate with flight planning
iFlightPlanner has incorporated Hangar Network’s real estate data into its flight planning tools. Now hangars and airport properties that are for sale, lease or available as transient space are viewable as an interactive layer in all of iFlightPlanner’s web-based mapping interfaces. An industry first, these new tools allow pilots to see all the space available […]
Failure to remove rudder gust lock kills two
The pilot/owner purchased the Aeronca 7AC about a month before the accident and was flying near Taunton, Mass., with a pilot-rated passenger who owned a similar model airplane. A witness reported that the airplane accelerated and climbed normally to an altitude of about 50 to 100 feet above the ground. It then entered a slow […]
Picture of the day: A memorable experience
Hardath Laloo submitted this photo, with a brief note: “Your first IFR250 is always a very memorable experience, and paves the way to time building. Florida is definitely a beautiful place to get your training! Lake Okeechobee was just asking me to get my seaplane rating!
Development continues on Burt Rutan’s SkiGull
Burt Rutan always draws a crowd at his AirVenture forums, especially when introducing a new aircraft design. And since his current project, the SkiGull amphibian, may be the “retired” 72-year-old designer’s last homebuilt, the standing-room-only crowd at this year’s Oshkosh was all ears as he broke his long-standing rule of keeping a new design under […]