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Vintage Air Rally Seeking Participants

By Geoff Rapoport | September 25, 2017

The Vintage Air Rally’s next event will run for six weeks from Ushuaia, Argentina to Lakeland, Florida. Setting off from the southern tip of Argentina on March 1, 2018, the group expects fly to 9,000 miles, passing through 19 countries, and arrive in Florida just in time for Sun N’ Fun. For fifteen teams with the fortitude and access to a pre-WWII era airplane, the costs of participating in Ushuaia2USA (U2U) are fully covered by the sponsors.

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Helicopter, Plane Collision At Clearwater »

By Russ Niles | September 24, 2017

An unusual collision sent the pilot of a light aircraft to the hospital for observation and left the pilot and passenger of a helicopter unscathed at a private strip near Clearwater, Florida, on... More

Aerial Artistry On Display »

By Geoff Rapoport | September 22, 2017

A contest sponsored by Lightspeed and CloudAhoy is inspiring general aviation pilots to draw in the sky. Contestants make line drawings using the path of their airplanes, recorded using CloudAhoy,... More

AOPA Convenes Airport Access Advisory Panel »

By Geoff Rapoport | September 22, 2017

After complaints from members about discriminatory fuel pricing and high ramp fees at airports with only one FBO, AOPA is putting some muscle into finding ways to force FBOs to lower their fees.... More

Plane-Blimp Hybrid Drone Debuts »

By Mary Grady | September 21, 2017

Two brothers in Seattle, working as Egan Airships, have built a drone that combines features from both fixed-wing aircraft and blimps to create an aircraft that can hover, take off and land... More

NTSB Blames Crew In Pence Overrun Incident »

By Mary Grady | September 21, 2017

“Several failures in close succession” by a jet’s flight crew were the probable cause of a runway excursion at LaGuardia Airport last October, according to the NTSB’s final... More

First Engine Start For Stratolaunch »

By Mary Grady | September 21, 2017

Stratolaunch, the massive airplane that is being built by Scaled Composites to deliver satellites to low Earth orbit, successfully ran all six of its Pratt & Whitney turbofan engines for the first... More

Spike Plans To Fly Soon »

By Mary Grady | September 20, 2017

Spike Aerospace, one of a handful of companies working to bring back supersonic civilian flight, said on Wednesday they will fly their first SX-1.2 demonstrator aircraft by the end of this month.... More

NTSB Reminds Pilots To Beware Of Carbon Monoxide »

By Mary Grady | September 20, 2017

The danger of carbon monoxide poisoning in aviation was the subject of two safety alerts released by the NTSB on Wednesday, one for pilots and one for mechanics. The risk of CO poisoning is... More

 

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Intercoolers: Turbo Enhancement

Intercoolers: Turbo Enhancement »

September 21, 2017

Properly designed, intercoolers allow a turbocharged engine to develop more power at higher altitude and improve detonation margins and engine longevity. More

Short Final:

Short Final »

September 24, 2017

I heard the aircraft part of this conversation to Grand Forks FSS at 21:05 local time recently. I was too far away to hear the controller but they wanted to know the time off for the aircraft ... Cessna 1234: “I was airborne at 9:05 ... Pause, Err, ahh, make that 26:05" ... No further calls were made. More

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Aviation & Oil Company Executive Christopher Cooper Rejoins MercFuel as EVP

Christopher Cooper to help lead Mercury Air Group subsidiary as consolidation hits aviation fuel market

Airforms Receives 2nd EASA STC

Airforms, Inc. is pleased to announce it has received EASA Approval for a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) that allows the replacement of the standard AN5 wheel bolts and hardware on Caravan main wheels with high strength Mil-Spec bolts and hardware.