Blackhawk Modifications of Waco, Texas, has named Executive Flight Training of Beaufort, South Carolina, as an authorized pilot training center for all twin-engine aircraft models for which Blackhawk provides PT6A engine upgrades. Executive Flight Training will be able to teach pilots how to get the most from their new PT6A engine upgrades with instruction specifically oriented […]
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Airforms launches online instruction
BIG LAKE, ALASKA — The engineering group of Airforms has released an online presentation, “Using DERs for Major Repairs and Alterations.” The presentation, available on the newsfeed at the company’s website, outlines how aircraft owners, operators and maintainers can take advantage of the FAA Designated Engineering Representative (DER) system in support of improved safety and reduced operating cost. […]
Unmanned flight demos part of new Aviation Gateway Park at Oshkosh
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — The latest innovations, including unmanned aircraft demonstrations, are part of the new Aviation Gateway Park that makes its debut at this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015, July 20-26 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. The new area builds upon the success of the College Park innovation/education area launched in 2014, […]
Go-around goes bad for twin
A lineman who spoke with the pilot/owner of the Beech E90 before its departure from Casa Grande Airport in Arizona reported that the pilot stated that he and a flight instructor were going out to practice for about an hour. The owner had a multiengine certificate and approximately 663 hours in multiengine airplanes, including 112 […]
Picture of the day: Chicken Strip, Part 2
Nancy Bradshaw sent in this photo, simply title: “Found it, Chicken Strip! Pretty epic flying adventure.” It’s the second Chicken Strip photo we’ve gotten from readers.
A type club for the light-sport crowd
You don’t need to own a vintage airplane to benefit from a type club or aircraft owners group. The owners of Flight Design CTs have one of the most active owners associations in existence — not bad for an airplane that arrived in the United States on the first wave of the Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) rule […]
Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2 introduced
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2 (PBOR 2), legislation to expand the third class medical exemption for recreational pilots and broaden the protections provided in the original Pilot’s Bill of Rights signed into law in 2012, was introduced today in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe […]
Northwest Aviation Conference attracts crowds
If it is the third weekend of February in the Pacific Northwest that means you’ll find a good portion of the aviation population at the Northwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show, held at the Puyallup Fairgrounds southeast of Tacoma. This year the event spanned Feb. 20-22. The three day conference began with an aviation career […]
F-22 headlines Wings Over North Georgia Air Show
The USAF F-22 Raptor, the GEICO Skytypers and country music legend The Charlie Daniels Band will headline the 2015 Wings Over North Georgia airshow and Smoke-n-Thunder BBQ Classic Oct. 3-4 at Rome’s Russell Regional Airport (KRMG). Last year’s airshow featuring the USAF Thunderbirds attracted more than 75,000 airshow attendees, resulting in a North Georgia economic impact […]