The Air Power Museum (APM) at Antique Airfield in Blacksburg, Iowa, has added a rare and historic deHavilland Super Chipmunk, once owned by airshow great Harold Krier, to its collection. Todd and Jo Peterson, well known aerobatic and airshow pilots from El Dorado, Kansas, gave the Chipmunk to the museum. The Chipmunk and related artifacts […]
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Ohio freshman wins scholarship
DAYTON, Ohio — The National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) has awarded its annual Mitchell Cary-Don Gum Memorial Aviation Scholarship to Alex Hackney, 15, son of Paul and Rebecca Hackney of Jamestown, Ohio, where Alex is a freshman at Greeneview High School. The scholarship provides $1,500 in financial assistance for a student working toward a light-sport or private […]
Duncan Aviation updates free ADS-B Straight Talk Book
Duncan Aviation has updated its free Straight Talk book on Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), one of the FAA’s mandated NextGen upgrades. Originally written in February 2015 and periodically updated by a team of Duncan Aviation’s avionics professionals, the Straight Talk book is intended to provide practical information about all aspects of ADS-B for aircraft owners. […]
New book chronicles Legacy Hornets
Schiffer Publishing has released “Legacy Hornets: Boeing’s F/A-18 A-D Hornets of the USN and USMC,” by Brad Elward. The 112-page book is an illustrated history of the US Navy and Marine Corps’ most versatile jet strike fighter, the Boeing F/A-18 A-D Legacy Hornet. Presenting a historical perspective of the Legacy Hornet from its origins through […]
Pilot’s improper maintenance leads to fatal crash
The private pilot conducted a 20-minute local flight in the Eros 1600, an experimental, amateur-built airplane, after installing a new ignition coil on the two-stroke, two-cylinder engine. He then returned to the airport in Lebanon, Tennessee, where he landed the airplane, back-taxied on the runway, and initiated a second takeoff. Witnesses reported that, shortly after takeoff, […]
Picture of the day: A chilly start to 2018
Rob Stapleton sent us this photo, taken at sunset at Merrill Field in Anchorage, Alaska, in the early days of January 2018. “We have been having lots of ground fog and what you see on the prop of this Mooney is hoarfrost from the fog,” he explains.
Transferring a dream
By JOHN WEBER On Dec. 21, 2017, several members of Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 534 were involved with transferring a dream. Members traveled from the chapter’s hangar at Leesburg International Airport (KLEE) in Florida, to the home of an 87-year-old gentleman in The Villages. There, they picked up a project from Harry Farmer, who admitted […]
Vulcanair V1.0 certified
The FAA issued a type certificate on Dec. 20, 2017, for the Vulcanair V1.0. Company officials note they promised at AirVenture 2017 that Vulcanair would have certification before the year’s end, and that goal was met. The Vulcanair V1.0 is a four-seat, single-engine aircraft with an IO-360 180-hp Lycoming engine, and equipped with a full […]
Registration opens for Air Race Classic
Registration is open for the 42nd Air Race Classic (ARC), the annual all-women cross-country airplane race. More than 100 women pilots from around the world are expected to compete in this year’s ARC, which begins Tuesday, June 19, 2018, in Sweetwater, Texas, and ends Friday, June 22, 2018, in Fryeburg, Maine. The oldest race of […]