A city sponsored ballot initiative — Measure LC — has passed in Santa Monica, Calif., leaving the future of Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) in the hands of the City Council. The measure passed with 59% of voters saying “yes” with 90% of precincts reporting Tuesday. At the same time, voters rejected a separate measure — […]
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Two Bearhawk aircraft receive workmanship awards
Bearhawk Aircraft reports two award wins for customer-built Bearhawk airplanes. Bearhawk co-owner/builders Hatcher Ferguson and Don Aldridge of Virginia, and Mark Scott of Connecticut, were awarded Outstanding Workmanship for fabrication of two separate aircraft at recent fly-in events. The awards recognize the builders for their craftsmanship, technique and level of finish on their completed aircraft. […]
New president for NASAO
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) has named Greg Principato president and CEO of the 83-year-old organization. Principato, who most recently served as president and CEO of ACI-NA from 2005-2013, was a trade and transportation specialist at Hunton & Williams from 1991-2005 and served as executive director of the National […]
New self-serve fuel facility opens at 3CK
A new above ground fuel facility offering pilots the ability to refuel their own aircraft has opened at the Lake in the Hills Airport (3CK) in Illinois. The facility, which allows the airport to offer fuel sales at any time of the night and day, consists of two 10,000-gallon steel double-wall tanks which weigh in at […]
Mercy Flight Southeast Golf Tournament prepares for takeoff
LEESBURG, Fla. — Space is still available for golfers to participate in the Mercy Flight Southeast 18th Annual Golf Tournament, sponsored by the Harper Family Charitable Foundation, to be held at Arlington Ridge Golf Club in Leesburg, on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11. For the second year in a row, the Harper Family Charitable Foundation is the […]
FltPlan app now works with a variety of ADS-B receivers
The free FltPlan Go iPad app now works with five ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast) receivers: Sagetech Clarity, Dual XGPS170, Flight Data System’s Pathfinder, iLevil AW, and the Sky Radar DX. The company plans to add the same ADS-B flexibility to its FltPlan Go Android app in the near future, officials noted. “Why get locked into one […]
Aviation Custom Carts debut
PilotMall has launched its new line of Aviation Custom Carts, electric vehicles optimized for FBO, airport and airpark use. The line includes aviation-themed four-seat “California Custom Roadsters” (reminiscent of 1950s “Hot Rods”) and eight-seat “Estate” versions modeled on the GM Hummer H-3 or Cadillac Escalade. FBOs and flight departments can use the carts for passenger transport, baggage […]
Short field, low airspeed bad combination
Aircraft: Luscombe 8E. Injuries: 2 Minor. Location: West Bend, Wis. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot was attempting to take off from a grass 1,500-foot runway. The airplane lifted off, but the pilot felt it was not climbing fast enough to clear power lines at the end of the runway, so he aborted the takeoff and […]
Progress comes at a cost
At this very moment there is a team of highly skilled professionals who are out of sight and largely out of mind, yet they have been tasked with solving an almost unimaginably difficult puzzle. They work for the NTSB and their charge is to figure out exactly what went wrong last week aboard SpaceShipTwo, the […]