TEMECULA, Calif. — When Quicksilver Manufacturing became Quicksilver Aeronautics earlier this year, the ownership change triggered a requirement to prove the company’s kits meet the provisions of Experimental Amateur Built category. Quicksilver officials report that several kits received a letter... Continue Reading →
Autopilot approved for WACO
Posted on November 1st, 2012 by Janice Wood
WACO Classic Aircraft has won FAA approval of the S-TEC System 55X autopilot STC for installation in the WACO YMF-F5C and 5D. Continue Reading →
GAO calls for GA to report flight hours, as well as data on recurrent training
Posted on October 31st, 2012 by Janice Wood
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is calling for the FAA to start collecting flight hours for all general aviation aircraft, collect data on recurrent training, and set “specific safety improvement goals for individual industry segments using a data driven,... Continue Reading →
Fly away in an RV-12
Posted on October 30th, 2012 by Janice Wood
Van’s Aircraft has launched a new program to build completed, fly-away, RV-12s. Van’s has inked a working agreement with Synergy Air of Eugene, Ore., to manufacture the airplanes in the U.S.A. Continue Reading →
Active winglets for Citations debuts
Posted on October 30th, 2012 by Janice Wood
At the 2012 NBAA Convention, which opens today, Tamarack Aerospace Group introduced its new Active Winglet technology for Cessna Citation jets. Continue Reading →
Burt Rutan’s Boomerang flies with UAV Navigation avionics
Posted on October 29th, 2012 by Janice Wood
OSHKOSH — UAV Navigation reports that Burt Rutan’s Boomerang twin-engine, asymmetric plane has been fitted with an Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) which runs on the company’s AP04OEM2 Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS)/Inertial Navigation System (INS). Continue Reading →
CenTex Aerospace receives STC for King Air 200 gross weight increase
Posted on October 29th, 2012 by Janice Wood
WACO, Texas — CenTex Aerospace has received approval for its Halo 250 STC conversion for King Air 200s, which raises the maximum takeoff weight from 12,500 to 13,420 pounds, resulting in a 920 pound increase in payload capacity. Continue Reading →
Learning to fly in a Cub
Posted on October 25th, 2012 by Charles Spence
As a student pilot flying a Piper J-3 Cub, on any beautiful Sunday afternoon it was not unusual to be 8th to 10th on downwind at Zahn’s Airport at Amityville on New York’s Long Island. The year was 1954. Finally,... Continue Reading →
Celebrating 75 years
Posted on October 25th, 2012 by Janice Wood
Piper Aircraft will wrap up a year of celebrations for the Cub’s 75th anniversary at a fly-in at the factory in Vero Beach, Florida, the weekend of Nov. 9-11. The weekend will feature a welcome reception, vendor exhibits, an aircraft... Continue Reading →
Rare bird to be featured at Copperstate
Posted on October 24th, 2012 by GAN Staff
One of the world’s only Aero Vodochody L-39 ZA Czechoslovakian fighter jets will take to the skies this week in Casa Grande, Ariz., at the 40th annual COPPERSTATE Fly-In & Aviation Expo. Continue Reading →
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