Smitty Smith of FunPlacesToFly recently attended EAA Chapter 1246‘s monthly pancake and sausage fly-in. “There we saw Jimmy Doolittle’s totally restored 1938 Stinson Reliant aircraft,” he reports.
General Aviation
Design contest for Reno Air Races launches
The Reno Air Racing Association has launched a design contest for the official poster and T-shirts for the 54th National Championship Air Races. “The Reno Air Racing Association is looking for fresh and new designs that represent the spirit of air racing to place on our collectible posters for the 54th National Championship Air Races,” Mike Crowell, […]
Hayward Air Rally names scholarship winners
HAYWARD, California — The Hayward Air Rally, the longest continually-held proficiency flying event in North America, has selected two teenagers to receive scholarships, including tuition and roundtrip airfare to the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) Advanced Air Academy summer 2017 program. In partnership with local chapters of the EAA, the Hayward Air Rally picked Avery Apple of Redding, Calif., […]
Mastery training on Avidyne IFD 540 slated
MELBOURNE, Florida — Avidyne Corporation has teamed with Master Instructor Gary Reeves and PilotSafety.org to host a two-day hands-on Mastery Training Course on Avidyne’s IFD440/540 FMS/GPS/NAV/COM systems. The training, limited to 20 pilots, will be held at the Hilton Rialto Place hotel in Melbourne, Florida, on March 31 and April 1, 2017. “This two-day training course will […]
Hard landing breaks balloon passenger’s ankles
The balloon pilot reported that, halfway through the flight, he determined that the wind aloft was higher than anticipated and that the original planned landing destination was no longer suitable. While the Ultramagic SA N210 balloon was between 3,000 and 4,000 feet mean sea level, he started looking for another landing area and noted that the […]
Financing your flight training
Most of us who fly came to the decision organically. Nobody forced us to fly. We wanted to. We yearned for the opportunity. We flew in our dreams and looked up to the heavens whenever the sound of an engine passed overhead. The decision was ours and we pursued it, each in our own way. […]
A man and his plane
Paul Adrien is a soft-spoken man, so much so that you would not realize he has a wealth of aviation knowledge and experience when you first meet him unless you happen to mention planes. A retired optometrist who hails from New Hampshire and Massachusetts, he moved to the Grand Island section of Eustis, Florida, with his […]
Lending Tree helps finance flight training
LendingTree now offers people considering flight school the possibility to receive personal loan offers from multiple different lenders with a single form. The interest rates on these loans are almost always lower than credit cards and most people receive the money directly in their bank accounts within a matter of days, according to LendingTree officials. […]
Flamingo Air partners with Forestry Service to find avionics techs
CINCINNATI, Ohio – Flamingo Air’s Airline Ground Schools is now working with the United States Forestry Service to aid it in recruiting avionics electronics technicians. “The United States Forestry Service currently has a significant need for avionics electronics technicians with an FCC General Radio Operators License (GROL) Endorsement Certificate,” said Flamingo Air’s President Captain Dave MacDonald. […]