Aircraft: Piper Cherokee. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Mountain Home, Idaho. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The non-instrument-rated pilot was on a VFR cross-country flight over mountainous terrain. Weather radar for the area at the time of the flight showed rain/snow showers. There was an AIRMET in the area for mountain obscuration and the reported freezing level was […]
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USA Today goes anti-GA
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On June 18, the national publication USA Today published an article titled Unfit for Flight. It painted general aviation as a dangerous activity and the manufacturers of aircraft as contributing to general aviation accidents. This is not new. Anti-general aviation material has been printed and broadcast in the past. Two things make this time different. […]
Are you ready to share the sky with drones?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Unmanned aerial systems (UAS), better known as drones, are moving fast in development. General aviation pilots are starting to delve deeper into the subject as FAA expects as many as 30,000 UAS to be flying in U.S. airspace by 2020. Here’s why pilots are looking at what they are sharing the airspace […]
California passes aviation-friendly amendment
SACRAMENTO — Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law Senate Bill 1072, which amends the California Recreational Use Statute (RUS) to include recreational aviation. Since the RUS now protects landowners from liability arising from recreational use of their property, airstrip owners will likely be more receptive to transient pilots. California becomes the 24th state to include […]
Floridians in flight: New reports shows aviation maintenance vital to state
MIAMI – The aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) community is critical to Florida’s transportation economy. According to the 2014 Global MRO Market Assessment released by the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) and TeamSAI Consulting, more than 16,000 Floridians go to work in contract repair stations every day. These businesses will pump close to $1.8 […]
EAA’s Young Eagles to receive ‘Spirit of Flight’ award
Every year, the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) presents the Milton Caniff “Spirit of Flight” Award to a group or organization in recognition for its exceptional contributions to the advancement of flight. Receiving the 2014 honor will be the Young Eagles Program of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). Since its inception in 1992, Young […]
Sporty’s Airspace Review now an online course
Sporty’s Airspace Review has been updated and is now delivered as an online course that includes more than 30 minutes of all-new HD video with 3-D graphics and animations. “Our goal with this program is to demystify the complex types of airspace,” says Sporty’s Vice President Bret Koebbe. “We describe and explain the various classes of […]
Lightspeed Aviation launches Zulu PFX
Lightspeed Aviation has introduced the Zulu PFX, its new top-of-the-line ANR aviation headset. The headset was first revealed at Oshkosh in 2013, and has continued in development since. “We promised that we would take the time to develop something very special before we released it for sale, and field tests with over 50 pilots in dozens […]
AERO-Classics offers new FAA-PMA Oil Coolers for Grumman AgCat
AERO-Classics Heat Transfer Products now manufactures a factory new all-aluminum oil cooler that is FAA-PMA for installation on the Grumman AgCat. The new P/N 8001819 oil cooler from AERO-Classics is a lightweight aluminum replacement for the original equipment 8-inch diameter brass oil cooler that originally came on the AgCat (and many other aircraft). In addition, […]