Rocky Mountain Airshow Advertising

Wanna go for a ride?

| Aircraft, Airshows & Fly-Ins, General Aviation News, Touch & Go | May 17, 2012

40C_airborne

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Whenever someone asks…”Do you wanna go for a ride?”… I hope your default answer is yes. AeroMark‘s Thomas Hoff grabbed my elbow, pointed at Addison Pemberton’s Boeing Model 40C on his ramp and asked, “You wanna go for a ride?”. Uh, YEAH…

Continue Reading »

Dornier Seastar CD2 on world tour

| Aircraft | May 16, 2012

DornierSeaplane

Dornier Seaplane Co. recently landed its Seastar CD2 seaplane in Germany after a U.S. and Canadian demo tour. The tour encompassed more than 220 flight hours, 184 landings on land, and 154 water landings.

Continue Reading »

The resurrection of ‘Weisse Eins’

| Aircraft | May 15, 2012

Fw190_3Qviews

By J. DOUGLAS HINTON

Prologue: Luftwaffe Unteroffizier (Corporal) Heinz Orlowski was shot down Feb. 9, 1945, over Nazi-occupied Norway’s Fordefjord during an Allied raid of 32 Beaufighters, 10 Mustangs, and two search and rescue aircraft intent on destroying the German destroyer Z33 and support ships holed up in the fjord. Pitting his Focke Wulf 190F-8 “White One” against an RAF Mustang, both aircraft took hits.

Continue Reading »

Pipistrel’s Alpha Trainer takes off

| Aircraft | May 14, 2012

PipistrelAlpha

After the successful conclusion of its test flight program, Pipistrel has released its newest aircraft, the Pipistrel Alpha Trainer.

Continue Reading »

First flight for Hawker 400XPR engine test article

| Aircraft | May 8, 2012

Hawker 400XPR Engine Flight

The successful first flight of the Hawker 400XPR engine test article was made May 7. This was the first flight of an upgraded aircraft with new Williams International FJ44-4A-32 engines.

Continue Reading »

Biplane Comet hits 100 — Lycoming coming

| Aircraft, Splog | May 6, 2012

fk12

Fk Lightplanes in Germany recently celebrated the production of Number 100 of its fascinating model, the Fk12 Comet. This snappy handling, steady flying, folding wing biplane has no competitors in the LSA space, even with 123 total models winning Special LSA approval. At airshows here in America, Hansen Air Group has been showing the Comet to substantial interest.

Continue Reading »

FarWest Aviation becomes Tecnam service center

| Aircraft | May 3, 2012

FarWestAviation

FarWest Aviation has become a factory-certified service center for Tecnam Light Sport Aircraft. Located at historic Flabob Airport (RIR) in Riverside, Calif., the company also recently earned the designation of Independent Rotax Service Center.

Continue Reading »

Cessna inks deal with Chinese company for Caravans

| Aircraft | May 3, 2012

CessnaCaravan

Cessna Aircraft Co. has signed an agreement with the China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Company Ltd., (CAIGA) and the Shijiazhuang Municipal Government, the next step in an eventual joint venture for the final assembly, sales, and customer support for the Cessna Caravan in China for the Chinese market.

Continue Reading »

Alliance formed to promote education worldwide

| Aircraft | May 2, 2012

fly-to-learn-logo

ThinkGlobalFlight.org is around-the-world flight to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (S.T.E.M) education, aviation and aerospace. Students will participate in “educational challenges” developed by Fly To Learn, the educational component of X-Plane. ”No aviation experience is needed nor do you need special equipment. Teachers and administrators will find Fly To Learn fun to teach”, stated Fly to Learn’s Randy Witt, also a partner in X-Plane. Think Global Flight’s Judy Rice will be flying a Guidance Aviation-supplied Cirrus SR20 G3 on the flight, which is set to kick off in the Fall of 2013. 

Air Journeys founder donates Baron to Bahamas Habitat

| Aircraft, Associations, General Aviation News | May 1, 2012

Thierry Pouille, president of Air Journey in Jupiter, Fla., has donated a Beechcraft Baron E55 to Bahamas Habitat for use in its mission work.

Continue Reading »

Welcome to General Aviation News

Register for an account to place classified ads can placed on the General Aviation News website free of charge.

Join Now! Log In

Free Daily Newsletter

From the editors of General Aviation News, The Pulse of Aviation is for all of us grassroots aviators.

Flight Line Radio