The commercial pilot was conducting a personal flight in a Quest Kodiak 100 near Sheridan, Wyoming. Two witnesses saw the airplane lift off in an extreme nose-high attitude, level off, and then re-enter a nose-high attitude before it descended and hit the ground 1,500 feet south of the runway. The pilot was seriously injured in […]
General Aviation
Winning wings
The National Aviation Heritage Invitational, held in conjunction with the California Capital Airshow Sept. 9-10, recently unveiled its winners. The Grand Champion Neil A. Armstrong National Aviation Heritage Trophy was awarded to the 1954 Grumman Albatross owned by Joe Duke of Ponte Vedra, Florida. Winners in other categories: CLASSIC: Paul E. Garber Trophy: 1944 Beechcraft D17S, Historic […]
How airplanes became aerial ambulances
If World War I showed the nations of the world how the airplane could vault over ground emplacements to strike at an enemy, the combatants also came to appreciate the efficacy of using aircraft as ambulances to surmount obstacles and save precious time flying away from the fray. During that war, U.S. Army aviation devised […]
Video: What to expect at the Texas Antique Airplane Fly-In
Smitty Smith at FunPlacesToFly.com put together a “preview” video of what you can expect at this year’s Texas Antique Airplane Association Fly-In slated for Oct. 13-14, 2017, in Gainesville, Texas. “Here’s a taste of what you will see: antiques, classics, warbirds, replicas and homebuilt airplanes that will be on display throughout the event,” Smitty Smith […]
Museum adds Fighting Falcon to its collection
HONOLULU — Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor has added an F-16A Fighting Falcon (serial number 80-0498) to its collection of modern jet fighters with a dedication Sept. 27, 2017, in Hangar 79. The museum received the F-16 on loan from the National Museum of the United States Air Force in July 2016, and since that time, […]
Search crews discover Avro Arrow in Lake Ontario
TORONTO — Sonar imagery and underwater video footage confirms a free-flight Avro Arrow model has been discovered on the floor of Lake Ontario. “We are very pleased and tremendously proud to announce we have discovered the first example of one of the free-flight Arrow models,” says John Burzynski, Raise the Arrow expedition leader and CEO […]
AOPA’s Tampa Fly-In good to go
The Aircraft Owners and Pilot’s Association (AOPA) Fly-In at Peter O. Knight Airport in Tampa, Florida, will continue as planned Oct. 27 and 28. “Officials at our host airport Peter O. Knight called AOPA soon after Hurricane Irma passed through the state to confirm that the airport did not sustain any major damage and that […]
CX-3 Flight Computer debuts
New from ASA is the CX-3 Flight Computer. The CX-3 performs a multitude of aviation functions and may be used on all FAA and Canadian pilot, mechanic, and dispatcher knowledge exams. Solve for time, speed, distance, heading, wind, fuel, airspeed, altitude, weight and balance equations and more. A calculator, clock, timer and stopwatch are also […]
Bad landing bends 180
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped Cessna 180 planned to land at a mountain airport situated in a valley near McCall, Idaho. He overflew the airport and observed the windsock, which indicated the wind was out the north and then entered the left downwind for Runway 19, which has an uphill slope. While on downwind, the […]