Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: None. Location: Bardstown, Ky. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The CFI and student pilot had practiced various maneuvers during the training flight and were returning to the airport. The airplane was about 2,500 feet AGL and within gliding distance of the airport when the flight instructor turned the fuel selector to the “OFF” […]
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Video: Jamie Beckett’s Ice Bucket Challenge
As always, our Politics for Pilots columnist looks at things just a bit differently…Here’s his take on the challenge:
AOPA’s Bruce Landsberg to retire
One of general aviation’s most prominent safety advocates has announced his retirement after 22 years in leadership roles at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). As president of the AOPA Foundation and executive director of the AOPA Air Safety Institute, Bruce Landsberg has led the association’s fundraising, charitable, and safety efforts for more than […]
AvNav releases an Android alternative for EFBs
AvNav EFB now offers pilots an Android solution for flight planning and navigation with many features that previously were only available to iPad and iPhone users. “Android today runs on 80% of phones and growing number of tablets. Yet there are few Electronic Flight Bags that meet expectations of pilots. We are happy to introduce a […]
ProAdvantage now available for King Airs
Beechcraft will begin offering ProAdvantage product support programs to the global Beechcraft King Air turboprop fleet. ProAdvantage is a legacy support solution, previously exclusively available for Cessna Citation customers, comprised of a number of programs providing life-cycle maintenance and spare part support for aircraft airframes and avionics, engines and, when applicable, auxiliary power units, company […]
ETC to upgrade FAA altitude simulation chambers
SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. — Environmental Tectonics Corp. has won two separate contracts for the upgrade of two altitude simulation chambers originally provided by ETC to the FAA and used for training and research at its Oklahoma City facility. The original contracts were for the sale of two altitude simulation chambers to the FAA in 1996. The most recent contract awards […]
Natalie Bingham Hoover wins NAFI’s Laslo Writing Award
Natalie Bingham Hoover has won the National Association of Flight Instructors 2014 Laslo Writing Award. NAFI Editor David Hipschman presented the award at the annual NAFI Member Breakfastat EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Bingham-Hoover is the Assistant Chief Flight Instructor at Air Venture Flight Center at KOLV in Olive Branch, Mississippi. She has more than 5,500 hours total […]
CFIT for Super Cruiser
Aircraft: Piper Super Cruiser. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Rye, Colo. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: At the time of the accident, the pilot, 64, had logged more than 900 hours, including about 140 hours in the Super Cruiser. The pilot’s girlfriend said he flew frequently in the mountainous areas of Colorado, including near the Lake Isabel area […]
Hayward Air Rally celebrates 50th anniversary
By MIKE CITRO The Hayward Air Rally, which has tested pilot planning, navigation and flying skills on the West Coast for a half century, celebrated its 50th anniversary this year in a big way, with a final destination of Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture in Oshkosh. The rally was conducted over three days, with scoring from […]