Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 534, based at Leesburg International Airport (KLEE) in Florida hosted a group of kids for a Young Eagles day on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. It was a beautiful morning to fly with nary a cloud in the sky. On this day the chapter provided four fixed-wing aircraft, one helicopter and five […]
General Aviation
Putting the Blue Angels on a pedestal
SEATTLE — On Nov. 17, 2017, the Museum of Flight‘s Navy F/A-18C Blue Angel was relocated from a corner in the Aviation Pavilion to its new home on free display atop a pedestal near the museum’s south lawn entrance. Canted skyward to a height of almost four stories, the plane is a tribute to the […]
Drone restores Puerto Rico cell service
The FAA has approved the first unmanned aircraft operation of its kind to help restore cellular service in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. The Flying COW (Cell on Wings) drone, developed by AT&T, functions like a cell tower in the sky, restoring voice, data and internet service. It flies up to 200 […]
Sim expansion gets FAA nod
SEATTLE — one-G simulation has received FAA certification for additional variants of its Cessna 172 flight simulator, including precise emulations based on the Garmin G1000 and GNS430 panel configurations. The one-G Foundation is approved as an Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD). It is available in four primary configurations: Standard panel with 1G-650, standard panel with 1G-430, […]
New hangar in the works at KECP
PANAMA CITY BEACHES, Florida — Sheltair Aviation has received approval to build a new 20,000-square-foot, $2 million hangar at Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (KECP). With construction expected to begin in December, the nine-month project will provide a hangar that can accommodate 28-foot-tall aircraft tails. In addition, the design will offer the option of additional […]
Bird hits Cessna 525
The pilot reported that while climbing through 3,000 feet mean sea level (MSL), a flock of birds was seen immediately in front of the Cessna 525. About a second after seeing the flock of birds, a single bird hit the leading edge of the right wing. The pilot returned to the airport in Monroeville, Alabama, and […]
Picture of the day: SeaStar
James Hancock sent in this photo of a Dornier SeaStar CD-2 push-pull configured amphibious aircraft as it taxis to the runway at Jersey Airport (EGJJ) on the Channel Island of Jersey in the United Kingdom in September 2017.
All plastics are not created equal
In a recent email, a pilot related a problem he had with his aircraft: He needed to drain the fuel tanks so that he could repair the wing. He drained the 100LL out of the tanks into two plastic drums. The fuel sat in his hangar for several weeks and then outside in the sun […]
Springfield-Branson Airport revitalized
A grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation to revitalize about 10 acres of property at Springfield-Branson National Airport (KSGF) has served as a catalyst for improvement projects to meet increased demand. According to a report on the No Plane, No Gain website, the project included removing unused parking lots and old buildings to build […]