Gary Bipes submitted this photo and note: “Test flying my Sky Raider with the smoke system. I use it in the pattern of an airport. It makes a slow plane stand out. I start short bursts on downwind, then on base, and while on final, do short bursts, so other planes see me. We have many aerial applicators using our airport. They say it gets their attention. I get comments from other pilots, ‘is there something wrong with the engine? It is smoking very heavy.”
Aircraft
Fly in, drive off: New website brings recreational vehicles to the ramp
A new website lets you rent an RV for a family vacation, with the RV delivered to the airport so it’s waiting for you when you land.
Tips to keep your aviation insurance premium low
Factors that affect your insurance premium range from your experience and time in the aircraft you want to insure, what ratings you hold, and whether your airplane is kept in a hangar.
Tax break in the works for Iowa airplane owners
A new law will exempt aircraft parts and labor from sales taxes. It’s estimated Iowa airplane owners could save up to $10 million.
Lift-Monster tug introduced
The new tug is designed for tailwheel and nosewheel aircraft up to 8,000 pounds.
Picture of the Day: 12 years in the making
Scot Cox submitted this photo and note: “My friend Mike Shade and I have built this Rose Parrakeet on Saturdays over the last 12-plus years. Thanks to Ed and Edith Fisher in Belle Center, Ohio, for the space in their shop to make this happen.”
When animals at the airport are a good thing
There are times when a flying bird around an airport is a good thing.
Aerox Aviation Oxygen Systems buys Sky-Ox
“Sky-Ox holds multiple legacy Supplemental Type Certificates for installed oxygen systems that will benefit from Aerox support, providing aircraft owners with the ability to use and maintain these very important systems with confidence. We intend to update these STCs with more modern hardware and to expand them to additional aircraft types to give aircraft owners a wider range of options.”
STC granted for retractable sensor mount for special mission aircraft
The STC has been approved for the Kodiak 100 and will be amended to certify on other aircraft as needed, according to officials with Fargo Jet Center.