Sectionals, headsets, kneeboards — all are appropriate gifts for the pilot in your life. If the pilot in your life also has a seaplane rating, gifts appropriate to watercraft operations come into play. One of the most popular items, say veteran seaplane pilots, are constant-wear life vests. These are less bulky than the ones normally worn on boats, […]
General Aviation
Got questions about ADS-B?
Starting in 2020, aircraft must be equipped with ADS-B-Out to fly in most controlled airspace. Will you need to equip? It depends on where you fly. You can find out at FAA.gov/go/equipADSB, a new resource launched last week.
Aviation tax exemption passes in New York
After more than a decade of advocacy, an aircraft sales-and-use tax exemption has passed the New York legislature as part of a new state budget. The legislation now goes to Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his signature. “We’ve fought hard for this aviation sales-and-use tax exemption because it will help boost aviation, create jobs and spur […]
Planning underway for 51st Hayward Air Rally
The Hayward Air Rally is celebrating its 51st anniversary in 2015 with a one day Air Rally to Bend, Oregon. Over the 50 year history of the Hayward Air Rally, originally known as the Hayward-Las Vegas Air Race, the event has been a single day of flying and competition. The exception was the 2014 50th […]
Blue Grass Airport opens Westside GA development
Kentucky’s Blue Grass Airport (KLEX) has opened its Westside General Aviation development. The new 100,000-square-foot Westside general aviation development is situated on a 25-acre site adjacent to crosswind Runway 9-27. The new facilities blend into the scenery, while the design of the new T-hangars recall the look and feel of the rural landscape, according to airport officials. […]
Sporty’s IPC and Flight Review apps now available for Android
Sporty’s Instrument Proficiency Check and Flight Review Apps are now available for Android. Using a visual menu system, the Instrument Proficiency Check app is divided into six subject areas and 27 individual video segments. Based on Sporty’s Instrument Rating Course, the IPC app contains more than 160 minutes of 3D animations and in-flight video. The […]
Dynon debuts remote magnetometer
Dynon Avionics has introduced a Remote Magnetometer for SkyView, plus an upcoming SkyView 12.2 software release. “The New Remote Magnetometer adds additional installation flexibility for customers building SkyView into their aircraft,” says Michael Schofield, marketing manager. SkyView’s ADAHRS provides pilots with all their primary flight instruments in a package barely bigger than a deck of cards. In some […]
Gust and bounce bad combo for Cessna
The pilot of the Cessna 182 was practicing touch-and-go landings at the airport in Colorado Springs. He was on his sixth approach when the tower air traffic controller requested that he do a short approach. The pilot stated that he was landing with full flaps, and the wind was 180° at 5 knots gusting to […]
Picture of the day: Dropping in
David Gaines sent in this photo, explaining: “Dropping in with my KitFox IV Speedster to visit with friends!”