Aircraft: Cirrus SR22. Injuries: None. Location: Pittsburgh, Pa. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: According to the pilot, ATC instructed him to taxi from the FBO to the runway. After reaching the runway, [Read more...]
Time warp
January 13, 2013 by 26 Comments
By DAVID NIXON
Many of us in aviation today are guilty of the sin of “the way it used to be-itis.”
I’m a second-generation general aviation pilot who spent many a Saturday and Sunday out at the airport in the 1970s with my folks and their friends. The airport was a busy place on weekends in those days. People would barbeque at the hangar or have fly-outs to the coast for picnics. Cubs, Champs, and Cessnas, new and old, were common and affordable. Our local municipal airport even had a campground for pilots. I have many great memories from those days. It is why I fly.
Some may say those days are gone forever. [Read more...]
Fan blade coffee table, anyone?
January 13, 2013 by 2 Comments
Looking for a Boeing 727 engine fan blade coffee table? How about a bi-plane desk? If so, swing by the GenAvi Aircraft Art website and poke around. Selection is fairly limited, so far, as Mike Mike Rosentrater, GenAvi Aircraft Art’s owner, only got started about seven months ago.
NAFI webinar to discuss group’s future
January 13, 2013 by 10 Comments
Bob Meder, the new chairman of the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) will hold a webinar Wednesday, Jan. 16, to discuss the future of the organization.
Cub Day at Sebring LSA Expo
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Thursday, Jan. 17, has been designated “Year of the Cub Day” at the Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo. All Cubs have been invited to participate, as honored guests. Pilots flying in that day will receive:
Production begins on Citation M2
January 13, 2013 by 1 Comment
Cessna’s Citation M2 has begun its initial production run in the company’s Independence, Kansas facility.
VCT flight school earns Part 141 certificate
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VICTORIA, Texas — Calhoun Air Center at Victoria Regional Airport (VCT) was recently issue a Part 141 certificate.
PAST buys Piper Plastic
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TYLER, Texas — Premier Aerospace Services and Technology (PAST) has purchased Piper Plastic [Read more...]
Bad landing, bad news for student pilot
January 13, 2013 by 2 Comments
Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: None. Location: Lebanon, Tenn. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The student pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings. After the third landing he thought the airplane’s left main tire felt flat, [Read more...]
American Angel
January 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Angels have been part of aviation myths since the early days of flight — so much so that two successful Hollywood movies, “A Guy Named Joe” and the 1989 remake “Always,” were centered on a pilot turned angel who comes to the rescue of fellow pilots. John and Patti Stahr from Eugene, Ore., enthusiastically embraced that angelic connection with their RV-8 “American Angel.”
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