Look out Icon A5. A new light sport amphibian from a Minnesota startup company is transforming the idea of what an airplane can be with some impressive value-added features, like a foldout flat floor that turns the LSA into a bass boat and hardware allowing a hammock to be slung across the tail. The two-seat […]
A man and his daughter were killed when they were struck by a 1972 Piper Cherokee making an emergency landing on Caspersen Beach in Englewood, Florida. Witnesses say the Cherokee landed just feet from the water’s edge, with the wing potentially extending over the water, as the 36-year-old father and his 9-year-old daughter were walking […]
Two years after Cessna announced its intent to develop a diesel-powered Skylane 182, Textron Aviation announced today at the opening day of AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a similar modification program to the most produced airplane in the world — the Cessna 172 Skyhawk. Besides being powered by jet-A fuel, which is generally more plentiful and […]
If you, like many pilots around the country, own a Cessna 172 Skyhawk with a run-out engine, you may soon have a new option when you reach TBO. Superior Air Parts has partnered with Christiansen Aviation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on a supplemental type certificate program for the new 180-horsepower Vantage Engine to be installed in […]
The creators of “Air Fare America,” a new aviation-themed reality TV show being pitched to cable networks, said they have secured the initial investment money needed to launch production, meaning the pilot episode could begin shooting this fall. The producers of the show pointed to their participation at Sun ‘n Fun in Lakeland, Florida, this […]
Let’s face it, you’ve done the hundred-dollar hamburger thing more times than you can count. If you’re in the Chicago area it’s time to check out PM Prime, a new steakhouse that pilots will love for the food and the incredible aviation-themed decor. Rarely could you find this many historic aviation photographs under one roof. […]
Female naval aviators have been flying fighter jets for 20 years but none have ever broken into the rarefied territory of the choicest job available to them — Blue Angels demonstration team pilot. Capt. Greg McWherter, the former commanding officer of the Blue Angels who went by the eyebrow-raising pilot call sign “Stiffy,” was ousted […]
An Air Algerie MD-83 that went missing early Thursday while en route from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to Algiers has crashed in a remote region of Mali, Algerian authorities say. Details were slow to emerge after officials lost contact with the airplane, which was carrying 110 passengers and six crewmembers, approximately 50 minutes into the flight. […]
The engineers at Garmin’s Team X have come up with yet another product to benefit pilots of amateur-built and light sport aircraft. Just a few months after the Olathe, Kansas-based company launched the G3X Touch, a smaller version of the system has been released. The new G3X Touch has a 7-inch screen, providing an option […]
A 17-year-old’s round-the-world record flight attempt has ended in tragedy. The Beechcraft Bonanza Haris Suleman and his father, Babar, were using in their attempt to circumnavigate the world in 30 days crashed today not far from Pago Pago, the capitol of American Samoa. While Haris’ body has been found, search teams are still looking for […]
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