General Aviation News

13.08.2010 2:00

Maine Aeronautics Association back on course

The Maine Aeronautics Association has re-emerged to provide a necessary voice for the pilot community, say organizers, who note that although the association has flown under the radar the last few years, it is now back on course. Read more... ===> Posted on August 12, 2010 by Janice Wood. No comments. © GAN 2010 [Read more]

12.08.2010 2:00

Flying Car frenzy

Call them flying cars, flying motorcycles, flying dune buggies, or roadable aircraft. Regardless of the correct term, a growing wave of these car-to-airplane machines are in various stages of development.Read more... ===> Posted on August 10, 2010 by Dan Johnson. One comment. © GAN 2010 [Read more]

12.08.2010 2:00

VFR flight into IMC kills four

This August 2008 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Cessna 182. Injuries: 4 Fatal. Location: Georgia Pass, Colo. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The instrument-rated pilot was traveling cross-country with three passengers after a [...] [Read more]

12.08.2010 2:00

AOPA VP dies in sailplane mid-air

AOPA Vice President of eMedia Chris O’Callaghan died Wednesday, Aug. 4, in a mid-air collision between two sailplanes in Uvalde, Texas. O’Callaghan had just completed an aerial contest circuit and was returning to the airport when the Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2bx sailplane he was flying and that of another competitor collided. O’Callaghan’s aircraft crashed while the other [...] [Read more]

12.08.2010 2:00

FATA launches advocate program

The Florida Aviation Trades Association has launched a new aviation advocacy program, offering memberships to those outside the aviation industry FATA officials said they are aware that there is a great interest in business and private aviation by those outside the aviation industry. For $95 a year individuals and companies can become an Advocate Member [...] [Read more]

12.08.2010 2:00

FIRC webinar slated

The next Flight Instructor Refresher Clinic webinar from AvSeminars is slated for Aug. 21-22. The webinar runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. Cost is $96, which includes an FAA Temporary Certificate. Maximum class size is  24. Attendees must have high-speed Internet, webcam and computer boomset. Apply online at AvSeminars.com by Aug. 17. ===> [...] [Read more]

12.08.2010 2:00

Crownair becomes Avanti Service Center

Crownair Aviation has been selected by Piaggio Aero to become an Avanti Authorized Service Center. Located at Montgomery Airport (MYF) in San Diego and McClellan-Palomar Airport (CRQ) in Carlsbad, the California company is also an authorized service center for Honeywell, Rockwell Collins, and Garmin, to name a few. Crownair is also a dealer for Pratt [...] [Read more]

12.08.2010 2:00

Fly-in commemorates Will Rogers, Wiley Post

This year’s Will Rogers-Wiley Post Fly-In will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the deaths of Rogers and Post, who were killed Aug. 15, 1935, when Post’s plane crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska. According to an article in the Tulsa World, beginning at 8:30 a.m. this Sunday, Aug. 15, roughly 100 pilots from Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas [...] [Read more]