The IMC Club and iFlightPlanner have formed a new strategic partnership that will result in the availability of “enhanced resources for pilots who are committed to maintaining the highest standards of instrument flying proficiency,” according to officials. iFlightPlanner and the IMC Club will work together to enhance iFlightPlanner’s integrated, digital logbook with features that will […]
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Florida Sonex Association slates fly-in
The Florida Sonex Association will hold its first Spring Sonex Fest fly-in on Saturday, April 13, at Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in Zephyrhills, Fla. The event, which will be held from 10 am to 5 pm, is “a great opportunity for SUN ’n FUN attendees interested in Sonex Aircraft to experience a grassroots Sonex builder event, […]
Pilot shop opens at Deer Valley Airport
Phoenix — TeeBird Air recently hosted the grand opening for its new pilot shop at Deer Valley Airport (DVT). James Modeste is the president and CEO of TeeBird Air, as well as an instructor pilot for Airline Training Center Arizona. A Lufthansa Company. To expand the services of his small, minority-owned business, he responded to […]
AeroLEDs introduces SunSpot 46 landing/recognition light
BOISE, Idaho — AeroLEDs has introduced a larger, more powerful light that can be used for landing, recognition and taxi purposes. Though it only consumes 70 watts maximum in power, the SunSpot produces 4,000 lumens, company officials said. The legacy lights it replaces, like the GE4553 which draws 250 watts, develop 3,750 lumens when new, […]
Unlicensed pilot uses closed airport
Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: 2 Serious. Location: Welch, W.Va. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot, whose student pilot certificate was expired, was practicing landings with a tailwind in the traffic pattern at a closed airport in an unregistered airplane. According to FAA records, the airplane was registered to an individual in Georgia, but […]
NextGen: Where do we go from here?
By JEFFREY BOCCACCIO. Over this past year this series has covered just about all aspects of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) and what it will do for General Aviation. In addition, we went even further, delivering an historical perspective of the entire National Airspace System. We believed it was necessary to remind each […]
FAA administrator tells Congress how agency is preparing for sequestration
WASHINGTON, D.C. — FAA Administrator Michael Huerta told a Congressional subcommittee Wednesday, Feb. 27, the agency has put in a hiring freeze, cut travel and is preparing for furloughs of employees as sequestration appears certain to become effective March 1. Cuts in spending under sequestration take the FAA back to its level of spending in […]
Go negative…or work together?
It is true that a pilot of one type aircraft may not know much about nor (therefore) care much about another type aircraft. Ultralight pilots and turbine pilots may not seem to have much in common. Sailplane pilots and crop dusters, likewise. Powered parachute enthusiasts seem on the opposite side of the spectrum from airline […]
Fatigue, human error, bad management?
By DALE FORTON. Recently the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a statement regarding the December 2011 air tour helicopter crash near Las Vegas. The NTSB states the crash was the result of the operator’s “improper reuse of a degraded self-locking nut in the servo control input rod and the improper or non-use of a […]