The National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) has launched a remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) safety campaign to raise awareness and prevent accidents between RPA operators and low-altitude manned aircraft. The first public outreach tool in the safety campaign is a “safety stuffer” designed for aerial applicators to share with farmers and other agricultural stakeholders. Sized to fit into a […]
General Aviation
Avidyne updates sim software
Avidyne reported at AirVenture that a new version of its IFD-Series FMS/GPS/NAV/COM PC-based Simulator software is now available for download from the company’s website. The updated PC simulator provides fully-interactive, free-play demonstration capability for the IFD540 and IFD440, including all the features of the recently-certified Release 10.1 IFD software.“In addition to adding all the other R10.1 features, this […]
L-3 Lynx NGT-9000 receives AML STC
L-3 Aviation Products reported at AirVenture that its Lynx NGT-9000 MultiLink Surveillance System (MSS) models are now included in the Approved Model List Supplemental Type Certificate (AML STC) for a large number of aircraft. With STC SA02444AK, the Lynx NGT-9000 joins the Lynx NGT-2000/2500 as a certified solution that enables General Aviation aircraft to comply with the […]
MT-Propeller gets FAA nod for Piper turbo-prop
MT-Propeller has received an FAA STC for the next generation Quiet Fan Jet 5-blade scimitar composite propeller on the PA-46-310P/-350P powered by PT6A-21/-34/-35. The Installation is already certified by EASA. MT-Propeller Vice President Martin Albrecht says, according to the certification flight tests, the new 5-blade propeller installation provides performance improvement with 10% shorter takeoff distance, 10% better climb […]
Carb ice brings down Flight Design CTLS
The pilot reported that as the Flight Design CTLS was descending through about 4,700 feet mean sea level, the engine began to run rough and eventually lost complete power. He noted that the engine monitoring system indicated that there was no fuel flow, despite the airplane having about 16 gallons of automobile fuel still available. Several […]
Pictures of the day: First taste of flying
Rafael Cortes sent in these photos taken while flying over Culebra Island in Puerto Rico. “One of the World’s Top 5 Beaches as ranked by CNN Travel is Flamenco Beach, which can be seen in one of the pictures,” he notes. “Did I mention this is where I am originally from?! That’s where I had […]
FAA hiring: Fly the diversity-friendly skies
By WILLIAM HAMILTON Satire: Just as your aircraft reaches, say, 30,000 feet on your airline flight, say, from Denver to Chicago, the Captain says, “Hello. This is your Captain speaking. Welcome aboard Olympic Mountain General Airlines. Okay, I know some of you call us: OMG! But, seriously, passengers who studied urban sociology in college may […]
AirVenture exceeds expectations
About 550,000 people attended this year’s AirVenture, a jump of about 2% from last year, according to officials with the Experimental Aircraft Association. “AirVenture 2015 exceeded our expectations on many levels,” noted EAA Chairman Jack Pelton. “With near-perfect weather for the entire event, we filled Wittman Regional Airport and our convention site to capacity with […]
Amazon makes its case for drone highways in the sky
Much of the talk around the feasibility of Amazon’s Prime Air drone delivery service is rightly centered around how the vehicles can be safely squeezed into US airspace, according to a post at GizMag. But Amazon officials have a plan, where drones would get exclusive access to that chunk of airspace between up to 400 feet. The first 200 […]