Mark Phelps

ForeFlight, Jeppesen Mobile FlightDeck and WingX should have no issues running on the newly released iPad products, including the iPad Air. In fact, the developers of three of the most popular iPad aviation apps are enthusiastic about the new hardware. “The Air screams,” said WingX developer Hilton Goldstein, adding, “the best evidence of this is […]

The pilot of a tour helicopter reports he tried to restrain his passenger after the man opened the door of the Robinson R44 over the ocean near Newport Beach, California. But the man, later identified as Gregory McFadden of West Covina, California, succeeded in breaking free and fell approximately 500 feet to the water’s surface. […]

On the YouTube video, you hear the distinctive whine of a turboprop engine spooling up. But the sight picture doesn’t match up. Isn’t that a 1948 Luscombe 8E? The extended nose is the tipoff that this is no piston-slapping flivver of an airplane. And then, it backs up on the ramp. This turboprop-powered Luscombe is […]

A lot of controversy concerning drones has pilots and privacy advocates pretty scared. In this video, that fear is taken to a new level. Tom Mabe made a name for himself by turning the tables on telemarketers, fielding the calls and recording his responses. His recent antics have focused on a series of video pranks […]

Dee Welch is a Super Cub pilot, a skilled woodworker and a member of both the Seaplane Pilots Association (SPA) and the Flying Musicians Association (FMA). Somehow he connected all those dots and figured an old wing spar would make an exceptional soundboard for a guitar. And now the resulting instrument is being raffled off […]

Of all the jump planes used for sport parachuting, a Gulfstream GV is probably not the first to come to mind. But the Drake Group, an engineering firm based in Las Vegas, has completed a Supplemental Type Certificate to do just that. The approval covers single and tandem jumping, as well as cargo parachutes for […]

At the NBAA gathering in Las Vegas this week, Honda Aircraft has underscored its commitment to its unique “over-the-wing-engine-mount” (OTWEM) HondaJet. A concrete example (literally) of that commitment opened last Thursday at the HondaJet headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. Honda Aircraft president and CEO Michimasa Fujino, the engineering brain behind the HondaJet, said “With the […]

The Citation Special Olympics Airlift (CSOA) will launch next summer for the seventh time. For 2014, the jets will converge on New Jersey’s Trenton-Mercer County Airport (KTTN), arriving ahead of the games that begin on June 14 and departing the next week after the closing ceremonies on June 21. At this week’s National Business Aviation […]

Both Beechcraft and Nextant Aerospace offer engine/airframe/avionics upgrades for existing Hawker 400 jets (formerly the Beechjet, née Mitsubishi Diamond). Beech just upped the ante by offering the Garmin G5000 avionics suite as an option. The Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 is the other option. Brian Howell, Beechcraft v-p of aftermarket sales and business development, said, […]

The swath of multiple tornadoes that ripped through three states on October 4 hit Wayne Municipal Airport (KLCG) hard. Thankfully, no one was injured at the airport, about 35 miles southwest of Sioux City, Nebraska, but two rows of T-hangars were destroyed along with nine airplanes. Only the middle row of three was spared, though […]