KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Hangar Ten Aviation Services complex, located at the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (MKC), is responding to pent-up demand for new hangar space by adding an 11,000 square-foot multi-use facility. The planned structure will feature a large bay, capable of hangaring aircraft the size of a Citation X, as well as […]
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BirdWize enhanced
Xsight Systems has launched a new runway detection enhancement to FODetect that allows airports to track and reduce ground-level bird-related threats. Bird strikes cost the aviation industry hundreds of millions of dollars a year. The FAA receives more than 9,000 reports of bird strike incidents every year. More than 40% of all avian-related incidents occur […]
Fly-Around Dine-Around Fundraiser features Apollo astronauts
HUTCHINSON, Kansas — The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center’s annual end-of-summer fundraising event is celebrating its second year on Aug. 24. The Cosmosphere will welcome Apollo astronauts Buzz Aldrin (Apollo XI, Gemini XII), Walt Cunningham (Apollo VII), Joe Engle (Backup LM Pilot for Apollo XIV, STS-51I), Richard Gordon (Apollo XII, Gemini XI) and Fred Haise […]
Jeppesen teams with Piper
OSHKOSH — Jeppesen will now provide flight data to owners of new Piper aircraft as part of the aircraft purchase process. Delivery of new purchased Piper aircraft will now include Jeppesen NavData and digital charts onboard and ready for use in flight, Piper and Jeppesen officials announced on opening day of AirVenture. Piper aircraft equipped […]
Heavy airplane, density altitude bad combo
Aircraft: Cessna 206. Injuries: 1 Minor. Location: Arcadia, Fla. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The density altitude at the time of the accident was calculated to be about 2,300 feet. The pilot, who was attempting a water takeoff, used 10° of flaps to get the airplane off the water. It climbed to about 400 feet but would […]
The extra-Solar Impulse stunt
Let’s get the obvious out of the way right from the start. The Solar Impulse is gangly, goofy-looking, slow, fragile, and can’t possibly carry the entire family in luxurious comfort to Aunt Sally’s house for the holidays. That pretty much covers what it’s not, a topic which seems to have gotten a fair amount of […]
Deliveries and billings up for GA
WASHINGTON, DC — Figures released today by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) show that in the first half of 2013, total worldwide general aviation airplane shipments rose 8.9% over last year, from 931 shipments to 1,014 shipments. Billings worldwide reached $10.4 billion, up 26.4% from the same period last year, when they totaled $8.2 […]
Final figures released for AirVenture
OSHKOSH — More than 500,000 people attended last week’s AirVenture, according to officials with the Experimental Aircraft Association. That’s about the same as last year, officials note. “First, it was a safe AirVenture, which is always our top priority, plus we were blessed with a week of nearly perfect weather,” noted EAA Chairman Jack Pelton. […]
Emberland honored as AirVenture controller of the year
OSHKOSH – Each year, the team of volunteer air traffic controllers who work throughout the week of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh nominate one of their peers to be the recipient of the AirVenture Controller of the Year Award. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association congratulates NATCA member Greg Emberland on receiving this prestigious award. “It’s an […]