What’s your favorite destination?
Posted on May 16th, 2013 by General Aviation News Staff
Where are the best places to fly? We’re asking our readers to share their favorite destinations in our next print issue. Don’t just tell us where you fly, but why it’s your favorite. What makes it special? When is the... Continue Reading →
Virginia meets goal of 100% participation in AOPA’s Airport Support Network
Posted on May 21st, 2013 by General Aviation News Staff
The Commonwealth of Virginia has become the first state in the nation to have 100% participation in the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Airport Support Network (ASN), a program that encourages volunteers to act as liaisons between local communities,... Continue Reading →
Friends, volunteers hope to recover B-25 from Alaska sandbar
Posted on May 21st, 2013 by Ben Sclair
Patrick Mihalek and Todd Trainor, long-time friends, and a handful of volunteers will be in Alaska next month to prepare a 70-year-old North American B-25J Mitchell for rescue. The B-25, nicknamed “Sandbar Mitchell” sits on a sandbar in the Tanana River... Continue Reading →
‘Aircraft’ should delight readers
Posted on May 21st, 2013 by Ben Sclair
Are you on the hunt for a new history of aviation book? If so, “Aircraft: The Definitive Visual History” should pique your interest. The 300+ page book is full of more than 800 color pictures, divided into 10 chapters. Each... Continue Reading →
Who turned out the lights?
Posted on May 21st, 2013 by Ben Sclair
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – Mylar balloons stuck in power lines caused a power outage for 5,800 north Idaho Falls residents, including all of us in the AeroMark hangar, home to the 3rd annual Idaho Aviation Expo. Everyone took the power outage in stride and... Continue Reading →
Stanton Sport Aviation signs on as Flight Design distributor
Posted on May 21st, 2013 by Ben Sclair
South Woodstock, CONN. – Stanton, Minn.-based Stanton Sport Aviation, led my Kent Johnson, was recently elevated to Distributor status with Flight Design USA. Continue Reading →
Flight school this summer at Pacific Aviation Museum
Posted on May 21st, 2013 by General Aviation News Staff
HONOLULU — Flight School for sixth to eighth grade students will be in session again this summer at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor. The program introduces middle school students to the history and science of flight on three consecutive weekdays. Continue Reading →
Foundation names scholarship winners
Posted on May 21st, 2013 by General Aviation News Staff
The National Air Transportation Foundation (NATF) has named the winners of its Dan L. Meisinger Sr. Memorial Learn to Fly Scholarship and its Pioneers of Flight Scholarship. Continue Reading →
Open House slated at L45
Posted on May 21st, 2013 by General Aviation News Staff
EAA Chapter 71 will hold its annual Open House and fly-in Saturday, June 1, at Bakersfield Municipal Airport (L45). Continue Reading →
Poor fuel management brings down Mooney
Posted on May 21st, 2013 by Meg Godlewski
Aircraft: Mooney M20R Injuries: 3 Serious. Location: Ravenna, Ohio. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: According to the pilot and pilot-rated passenger, the airplane’s engine lost power while in level flight. The pilot switched fuel tanks and attempted to restart... Continue Reading →
Protect yourself from ‘get-there-itis’
Posted on May 20th, 2013 by General Aviation News Staff
By BRENT OWENS It’s a fancy name for “get-there-itis” — plan continuation bias, which is an unconscious cognitive bias to continue the original plan in spite of changing conditions — and it can be deadly for general aviation pilots. Continue Reading →
FAA administrator: Sequestration not over yet…
Posted on May 20th, 2013 by General Aviation News Staff
FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said at a hearing that while he is grateful for the law Congress passed to end air traffic controller furloughs and stave off contract tower defunding, it “does not end the sequester. We will not enjoy... Continue Reading →
Their favorite week of the year…
Posted on May 20th, 2013 by General Aviation News Staff
The folks at Calhoun Air Center in Texas have posted a video on their favorite week of the year…check it out here. WOAW 2013 from Jasmine Gordon on Vimeo. Continue Reading →
New Orleans FBO hosts B-17
Posted on May 20th, 2013 by General Aviation News Staff
NEW ORLEANS – Hawthorne Global Aviation Services, an FBO at Lakefront Airport in New Orleans, will host the Texas Raiders, an authentically restored World War II B-17 Bomber owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force, on the weekend of... Continue Reading →
Pilot asks for help to publish children’s book
Posted on May 20th, 2013 by General Aviation News Staff
Georgia pilot Michael Badger has launched a new project on Kickstarter to fund publishing of “Pilot Tails High Flying Adventures for Kids,” a children’s book set during the 1930s Golden Age of Aviation. Continue Reading →
Arlington Flight Services upgrades
Posted on May 20th, 2013 by General Aviation News Staff
ARLINGTON, Wash. — Arlington Flight Services, Inc. – the Avfuel-branded FBO at Arlington Municipal Airport (AWO), approximately 50 miles north of Seattle – is seeing an uptick in business as it and the airport continue to invest in improvements, including... Continue Reading →
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