Our friends at The HD Pilot sent in this video of Flying Aerobatics in an Extra 330LX [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUl2VpCaAGw&w=560&h=315]
General Aviation
GARD air traffic recording now at GA airports
Invisible Intelligence reports that its G.A.R.D. (General Audio Recording Device) is now providing air traffic recording at airports in 12 states, with Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont on board with 100% funding. The GARD software generates reports showing hourly, daily, monthly, yearly traffic patterns and more, company officials note.
PilotMall sweepstakes to award ride-along with Aeroshell Aerobatic Team
LAKELAND, Florida — Aviation retailer Pilot Mall is sponsoring a sweepstakes, with the prize a ride with the Aeroshell Aerobatic Team at this year’s SUN ‘n FUN. “We wanted to do something extra special this year,” said Neil Glazer, founder and president of Pilot Mall. “The Aeroshell Aerobatic Team has been a superstar of the […]
New book explains how to wire experimental aircraft
Now available is “The Aircraft Wiring Guide,” a new book for the aircraft homebuilder that explains the ins and outs of wiring a modern experimental aircraft.After talking to thousands of fellow homebuilders and giving many presentations at fly-ins around the country, the author, Marc Ausman, said he realized there was a need for information to design and […]
Rudder pedal snags pilot’s foot
The pilot of the Cessna 170 reported that after a normal landing at the airport in Livermore, Calif., the tailwheel-equipped airplane began to drift right. He applied control inputs to counteract the drift, then the airplane started to veer to the left. He applied right rudder to stop that movement, however his foot became entangled […]
Good intentions
Before I could qualify for my helicopter private pilot license in the Robinson R-22, I had to watch an R-22 fall out of the sky. It was part of Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR 73) training. The training also involved viewing a video of the wreckage close-up. In it, I could plainly see a pair […]
Are you forgetting these preflight tasks?
GlobalAir.com blogger Sarina Houston’s latest post about preflight tasks notes that general aviation pilots going on a familiar flights often do a preflight that’s “quick and dirty,” sometimes including only a brief check of weather and a quick walk-around of the aircraft. But there are required items in a preflight — familiar with the acronym […]
Wipaire’s Florida location named Viking service center
Viking Air Limited, of Sidney, British Columbia, has added Wipaire’s Leesburg, Florida, service center to its network of Viking Factory Endorsed Service Centers (FESC). The Leesburg service center joins Wipaire’s headquarters facility in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, as a Viking FESC. “Wipaire and Viking have had a longstanding relationship, working together to support the Twin […]
FAA administrator to testify at reauthorization hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. — FAA Administrator Michael Huerta will testify at an Aviation Subcommittee hearing next week on reauthorization of the agency. The current FAA law expires at the end of September, and a new authorization is one of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s highest priorities this year, according to officials. Huerta, the only scheduled witness for […]