With more than 20 years of experience in the aviation industry, pilot and freelance writer Vincent P. Caire chronicles Louisiana’s history of flight in nearly 200 vintage and contemporary photographs, many never-before published. Photos of early aviation pioneer John Moisant, air racing champion General James Doolittle, barnstormer Roscoe Turner, aircraft designer James Wedell, and founder of Delta Airlines C. E. Woolman reflect Louisiana’s zeal for aeronautics.
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New book captures the history of Louisiana aviation
Filed Under: Books, News, Products Tagged With: Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
Tecnam’s design juggernaut: Do these guys sleep?
Tecnam already released news about its new Sea-Sky Hydroplane option of straight or four-wheel composite amphibious floats for the Echo Classic or Eaglet models. For the Echo, also known as the P92 (referencing 1992), this represents the sixth generation of that model. The in-house-designed Sea-Sky Hydroplanes (pictured) should be present for Sun ’n Fun, according to importer Tecnam North America.
As late-night TV ads shout, “But there’s more…!” Tecnam also introduced its brand-new taildragger version of the venerable Echo, done in what Phil Solomon calls a “retro style,” with a wood panel and other touches. [Read more...]
Filed Under: Splog Tagged With: Aviation News, Dan Johnson, flying, General Aviation, Light Sport Aircraft, LSA, Pilots, sport pilot, sport pilot blog
Ethanol: It will get you coming and going
Recently, reader Frank Klein asked if he should be concerned about filling up containers of auto gas for his plane if the previous customer pumped 10% ethanol fuel from a pump island that uses a common dispensing hose for several grades of auto gas.
When I do some rough calculations, I figure that the amount of fuel contained in the hose and meter would give you close to a gallon of fuel, so if you are using a five-gallon container, you would have close to 20% ethanol-containing fuel.
Filed Under: Visser's Voice Tagged With: avgas, Aviation Fuel, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
EAA Chapter 1128 hosts aviation events for local youth
Two Harbors Chapter 1128 of the Experimental Aircraft Association, in collaboration with Two Harbors High School and Lake Superior School District Community Education, recently hosted a two part aviation event for local youth.
Filed Under: News Tagged With: Aviation News, EAA, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
Do you remember your first air show?
Do you remember going to your first air show? Were you a kid or was it just last year? Was it when you took your kids for the first time? There are almost as many stories as there are air show fans.
Over the last year, LiveAirShowTV has been asking people in the air show industry about their first show. [Read more...]
Filed Under: Airshows & Fly-Ins, News Tagged With: Airshow, airshows, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
Maverick Aviation Group opens HND facility
Maverick Aviation Group has opened a new 37,000-square-foot facility at the Henderson Executive Airport (HND) in Henderson, Nevada.
Filed Under: FBO, News Tagged With: Aviation News, FBO, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
GA Security Blog debuts
This is the first post of our new GA Security Blog, written by Dave Hook, an expert on general aviation security:
With the Barefoot Bandit now doing hard time behind bars, you might think that the risk of aircraft thefts is diminished. But you’d be wrong. Late last month local law enforcement officials in Utah announced the arrest of two students who planned to use backpacks filled with explosives and detonate them during a school assembly. Their escape plan: Fly away in a stolen airplane from a nearby airfield. Sound crazy?
Filed Under: News Tagged With: Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, general aviation security, Pilots
Northwest Aviation Show prepares for takeoff
Special to General Aviation News from the Washington Aviation Association
Just when the short winter days and grounded planes become too much to bear for aviators at the end of February, there’s a sign of happier airborne days ahead. For many, the annual Northwest Aviation Conference & Trade Show marks the end of winter in the Northwest.
The 29th annual Northwest Aviation Conference & Trade Show will be held Feb. 25-26 at the Blue Gate of the Western Washington Fairgrounds in Puyallup, Wash.
Filed Under: Airshows & Fly-Ins, Associations, News Tagged With: Airshow, Aviation News, fly in, flying, General Aviation, Northwest Aviation Conference & Trade Show, Pilots, sport pilot
Who needs legs when I have wings?
The folks at Pipistrel sent along a link to a story about Jan Hercek, a paraplegic who dreamed of flying since he was 8. It’s a long story, but well worth the read, as he details the struggles he went through to finally get his wings. Many pilots will appreciate the hurdles he had to overcome just to get a medical. Read it here.
Filed Under: News Tagged With: Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, handicapped, Pilots
Flying Musicians at Heli-Expo
The Flying Musicians Association will be in Dallas for the 2012 Heli-Expo Feb. 12-14.
Filed Under: Airshows & Fly-Ins, Associations, News Tagged With: Aviation News, Flying Musicians Association, General Aviation, Helicopters, Pilots
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