According to an FBO employee who was a witness to the accident in Angel Fire, N.M, the weather at the time of the accident included strong, gusting winds from the west. The employee asked the pilot of the Mooney M20E about his intention to fly. He noted the pilot seemed “confident” about his ability to […]
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Picture of the day: A Turkish homebuilt
Ali Hikmet Senturk sent in this photo of the Arzu-1, a plane he built in 1977 in Adapazarı, Turkey.
Flying in to a fly-in
By AMELIA REIHELD. Some people say you’re a real pilot the day you solo. Some insist you have to have that airman’s certificate in your pocket. But those who have flown into Oshkosh, Wisconsin, during the famous AirVenture Fly-In say there’s no more triumphant sense of arrival as a pilot than landing three-to-a-runway at OSH […]
Testimony begins on Wright brothers bill
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Testimony began March 24 in favor of an Ohio bill that would repudiate the claim that Gustave Whitehead flew a powered airplane in Connecticut two years before Ohio’s Wright brothers flew in North Carolina. National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) Executive Director Tony Sculimbrene testified in a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing in […]
Solar-electric RPA goes into production
DENVER – Silent Falcon UAS Technologies (SFUAS), a former subsidiary of Bye Aerospace, has begun initial production of the Silent Falcon remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) to fill its first commercial orders. “Silent Falcon is the first solar-electric aircraft to enter commercial production,” noted John Brown, president of SFUAS. The patent-pending Silent Falcon is a solar-electric, all composite, modular small […]
Aircraft maintenance rating tool now free
Asset Insight now offers its Baseline Maintenance Rating tool free of charge online. Individuals interested in buying or selling an aircraft will find this to be a useful tool, allowing them to evaluate and compare airplanes based on an aircraft’s most significant financial “wild card” – its maintenance condition, according to company officials. The Baseline Maintenance Rating […]
G1000 upgrade now available for King Air
Garmin reports new capabilities for the G1000 on the King Air C90 are available through the latest software upgrade. The latest update offers new features including NextGen components such as Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) compliance and user-defined holding patterns. New NextGen features include: Barometric Vertical Navigation (Baro-VNAV) approach capability; ADS-B Out Compliance; and Area Navigation (RNAV) capability that includes […]
Crosswind crimps Cessna
The student pilot was flying a Cessna 172 on his first solo cross-country flight to Bardstown, Ky. The wind at the destination airport was from 120° at 6 knots. He chose to land on Runway 20. When the airplane was abeam the intended point of landing, he reduced power, added 10° of flaps, and obtained […]
Picture of the day: WACO at sunrise
Peter Bowers of WACO Aircraft Corp. sent in these photos taken on an early morning “with the new Great Lakes by WACO in Sebring, Forida. The photos were taken a few weeks ago while on a barnstorming sales tour around the state.” Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? […]