Search Results for: general aviation inc

A Luscombe 8A owner found that living at Parkland Estates Airpark near Erie, Colorado, has allowed him to better experience the joys of general aviation.

The Federal Aviation Regulations/Aeronautical Information Manual (FAR/AIM) is a reference tool. It’s intimidating to look at, but the good news is that you don’t have to commit each individual entry to memory.

L3Harris has divested its flight training assets in Portugal to Sevenair. The multinational corporation’s exit provides a growth opportunity for the Lisbon-based aviation company, which operates an academy, MRO, and a regional airline.

On the occasion of its 75th anniversary, we give an overview of the history of the USAF and its predecessors.

Airline Orders up to 104 Pipistrel Aircraft to Build ‘Mesa Pilot Development’ to Combat Pilot Shortage.

Pilots gathered in Quincy, Illinois, at the 2022 Stinson Summit for seminars on maintenance, Stinson history, and some collegial gathering.

Airframe icing can be found year-round, depending on geography and altitude. In North America, we’re heading into the season when pilots of personal airplanes, which generally don’t fly high enough to worry about ice most of the year, need to factor it into their planning and execution. Even if you’re flying something with a form […]

Today’s integrated avionics typically depend on electronic systems for their orientation information, part of the avionics’ attitude heading reference system (AHRS). The AHRS deploys some combination of rate gyros and accelerometers, each of which have their own strengths and weaknesses. Many need supplemental information, both as raw data and as a cross-check for accuracy. For […]

Long ago and far away, I was an instructor pilot (IP) on the U.S. Air Force/Northrop T-38 Talon, a supersonic trainer that first went into service in 1961. I was based at Laughlin Air Force Base, near Del Rio, Texas. Today, the T-38 remains in service with the USAF, as well as with NASA. One […]

Short-field landings have been part of my flying right from the onset of private pilot training. My instructor had flown in the Alaska Bush, and was very comfortable operating out of short airports, grass or otherwise. The go-to runways near me were Cranland Airport (28M), in Hanson, Mass., and Myricks Airport (1M8) in Berkley, Mass. […]