The National Aircraft Resale Association (NARA) has appointed Sabrina M. Prewitt to the board of directors. Daughter of founding NARA member Jack Prewitt, Sabrina Prewitt brings more than 30 years of business aircraft transaction experience to the NARA board, according to NARA officials. Sabrina has been elected to fill the recently vacated board member seat […]
General Aviation
Lean mixture results in departure crash
Aircraft: Piper Pawnee Brave. Injuries: None. Location: Cambridge, Neb. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot was departing on the first agricultural application flight of the day. As he was taxiing he noticed the engine temperature rising, so he leaned the mixture. He completed his engine run-up and took off. As the airplane was […]
Pilot offers advice on Alaska flying
By BILL WALKER Air charter company owner Will Johnson built a successful business over the past three decades flying tourists, hunters and fishermen around Alaska. And, in the process, the 20,000-hour pilot, who operates Yute Air Taxi in Fairbanks, has had plenty of time to formulate advice for aviators contemplating their first trip to his […]
FAA could solve mogas confusion
My co-author, Kent Misegades, recently wrote an article about the confusion of some in airport management about allowing mogas operations on an airport. Sad to say, it isn’t just a few airport managers. There is widespread ignorance about mogas use in aviation that permeates the FAA bureaucracy, the aviation alphabets, aviation media, state aviation departments […]
Delays in NextGen to be focus of hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Subcommittee on Aviation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), will hold a hearing next Wednesday on the ongoing delays in the FAA’s air traffic control system modernization program, known as NextGen. More than a decade ago, Congress, the federal government, and the aviation industry began working on a program to […]
Lowell Farrand to receive Tony Bingelis Award at Oshkosh
Lowell Farrand of Ligonier, Ind., has been selected as the 2013 recipient of EAA’s Tony Bingelis Award, recognizing his involvement in the homebuilt aviation community. He will be honored Aug. 1 at the EAA AirVenture Fly-In in Oshkosh. Farrand was a part of the original EAA designee program in the 1960s working alongside of EAA […]
Colorado governor declares July General Aviation Appreciation Month
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s has proclaimed July “General Aviation Appreciation Month.” This proclamation is the third of its kind by Governor Hickenlooper, who also named June 2011 and 2012 “General Aviation Appreciation Month.” The industry contributes $2.1 billion each year to Colorado’s economy. “This proclamation helps to raise awareness about the important role of general […]
ForeFlight introduces digital visual navigation charts in Canada
ForeFlight has unveiled the availability of digital navigation charts and information for Canada. The complete set of NAV CANADA charts is optimized for display on the iPad and provides pilots mobile access to Visual Navigation Charts (VNC), Visual Terminal Area Charts (VTA), and the Canadian Flight Supplement (CFS). “We are happy and fortunate to have […]
Southeast Aero appointed US distributor for Extra
Extra Aircraft has appointed Southeast Aero as the US distributor for its aerobatic aircraft lineup. Manufactured in Germany, Extra is world-renown for the EA300-series performance aerobatic models. Based in St. Augustine, Florida, Southeast Aero was previously Eastern US dealer for Extra. The two companies have worked together since 1992. Southeast Aero is also an authorized […]