Kitfox has introduced another option for its S7 Super Sport design. Recently designed, and flown to EAA AirVenture, is a NEW STi (STOL Inspired) retrofittable wing option, which cuts takeoff and landing ground roll by more than 150 feet, and reduces cruise speed by less than 25 mph, according to company officials. Even though S7 Super […]
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‘Reunited’ documentary celebrated at film festival
“Reunited,” the short documentary of Arizona resident and veteran Barney Wasowicz, will be celebrated at the 2015 Prescott Film Festival as an “Official Selection” on Sunday, July 26. Produced by Guidance Aviation in early 2015, the film portrays the untold true story of a World War II pilot being reunited with one of the nation’s remaining B-26s, the […]
Quest Aircraft to double production facility
Quest Aircraft Company plans to add approximately 75,000 square feet to its Sandpoint, Idaho, KODIAK production facility. Construction is slated to begin in August, with a targeted completion by the end of the year. “We are very pleased that the increased worldwide demand for the KODIAK necessitates the need to increase our production capacity,” said Sam Hill, Quest CEO. […]
BendixKing taps Western Aircraft for first AeroVue flight deck on King Air
OSHKOSH, Wis. — BendixKing, a division of Honeywell Aerospace, has tapped Western Aircraft in Boise, Idaho, to install the new BendixKing AeroVue integrated flight deck for a Beechcraft King Air B200 aircraft. This installation will then serve as the certification basis aircraft for the Supplemental Type Certificate of the AeroVue product on the King Air B200 […]
Garmin upgrades GTN 650/750
Garmin has released expanded features and new enhancements for the GTN touchscreen avionics. New capabilities include customer-requested features, such as creating and executing customized holding patterns, search and rescue patterns, as well as animated NEXRAD weather imagery from a variety of weather sources. The GTN 650/750 incorporate enhanced navigation functions that are commonly found within Garmin Integrated Flight […]
Retracting flaperons too early brings down floatplane
The pilot reported that he took off from the surface of the lake in Wurtsboro, N.Y., in an FPNA A-22 Valor into a 9-knot wind. Once the light-sport floatplane climbed above the treetops, the pilot initiated a left turn and retracted the flaperons “simultaneously.” At that time, the control wheel rotated left, and the pilot […]
Picture of day: Eastern Oregon flying
Alex Wells sent in this photo, explaining: “Eastern Oregon flying: Over Lake Billy Chinook looking southeast toward Culver, Ore., and Smith Rock State Park in the distance.”
SocialFlight adds destinations, aerial tours
SocialFlight, the aviation industry’s web and mobile app for finding events and interesting places to fly, kicked off opening day of AirVenture with the introduction of SocialFlight HotSpots. SocialFlight HotSpots include hundreds of flying destinations such as aviation attractions, museums, aviation-accessible beaches and much more. Examples include a fly-in visit to the Rock & Roll Hall of […]
ICON delivers first customer A5 to Young Eagles
On opening day of AirVenture, ICON Aircraft CEO and Founder Kirk Hawkins handed the keys of the first customer A5 to EAA Young Eagles Chairman and aerobatic pilot Sean Tucker, who accepted the aircraft on behalf of the organization, alongside EAA Chairman Jack Pelton. The aircraft, Aircraft Serial Number 001 (ASN-001), will participate in Young Eagles […]