by Isabel Goyer

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association is two for two, following the successful completion of its second regional fly-in gathering, this one in Indianapolis. The event attracted more than 2,000 attendees, there were more than 500 airplanes that flew in to Indy Regional and Indy Metro, and more than 160 volunteers helped out with the […]

The FAA and NTSB are investigating the crash last Friday of a Beech Bonanza near Silver City, New Mexico, that killed the pilot and three passengers, all of whom were students at a small local charter school. The airplane was piloted by an Albuquerque psychiatrist, Peter Hochla, who had been a pilot, according to local […]

What good does an SLSA certificate do for a company in the light sport market? Well, in the case of California manufacturer Quicksilver Aircraft, the answer is “a lot” and quickly too. Quicksilver yesterday announced the sale of 77 of its recently certificated S2SE model, an open air ultralight style airplane constructed with aluminum tubing […]

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, which originally appeared as a section in Flying Magazine as an early attempt to organize pilots for better representation, today celebrates its 75th anniversary. Led today by president and CEO Mark Baker, the organization boasts hundreds of thousands members and advocates for them, fighting for the same kinds of […]

The first in a series of fly-ins that AOPA is calling a “grassroots effort” took place in San Marcos, Texas, this past Saturday, and the results were beyond anyone’s wildest expectations. The event raised the question, “can a fly-in be too big,” and punctuated it with a big “yes.” This one came close. With “more […]

The beginnings of any new flight segment is filled as much with dreams as with achievements, but one European company, Solar Flight, has been doing electrics for going on 25 years now. The company’s latest project, the Sunseeker Duo, made its first flight a few months ago and Solar Flight is now talking results. The […]

Avidyne’s long-awaited multifunction navigator, the IFD540, is nearing the finish line, and Flying was first to fly the new box. I went up with Avidyne flight test engineer Steve “Jake” Jacobson at Sun ‘n Fun 2014 to test out the new product. The IFD540 — that’s right, “540” is 10 more than 530, the number […]

At Sun ‘n Fun, Sporty’s and ForeFlight announced big enhancements to the Stratus 2 ADS-B receiver/AHRS unit. The Stratus 2 is a joint production of manufacturer Appareo, iOS app developer ForeFlight and founding partner Sporty’s. The new firmware for the Status 2 — there are no hardware changes — utilized a number of new strategies […]

To underscore its commitment to the inflight video segment, Sporty’s has launched a service, called MySolo, that takes your video and turns it into a finished, edited video with titles for $59.95. John Zimmerman, Sporty’s digital guru, told Flying that for that price all the customer has to do is upload the digital footage, specify […]

AKG, which has for more than 65 years produced professional audio products for music professionals from Frank Sinatra to Quincy Jones, has gotten in the aviation game with a light and cool looking headset, the AV100. The headset is completely purpose built; there aren’t any existing components from other AKG products. The headset has a […]