Nicole Andrews submitted this photo and note: “This is my grandfather Carl Matousek, here age 21, from Lime Ridge, Wisconsin. He was awarded the Air Medal for flying over 100 hours of bombardment missions with the 10th Air Force in Burma. An armor-gunner on a B-25, he had 36 missions.”
Halloween air race tickets on sale
Air Race 1 will host an air race October 30-31 at San Angelo Regional Airport/Mathis Field (KSJT).
FAA teams with Verizon to test cell phone connected drones
The three-year agreement also allows the two to propose standards for operations, including BVLOS.
Fifteen high school grads earn museum scholarships
To date, 331 talented San Diego County high school seniors have been awarded a total of $994,500 through these scholarships.
Picture of the Day: Off into the sunset
Bryan Barhydt submitted this photo and note: “Off into the sunset in this Cessna 172SP. I had another one of our club Cessnas following me to ferry me back after dropping this plane off for maintenance.”
tailBeaconX performance similar to traditional diversity transponders
Capital Sciences analyzed 12 months of data across 38 unique aircraft encompassing more than 7,000 hours of flight time and 4 million ADS-B messages. It compares Aireon data from GA aircraft equipped with uAvionix’s tailBeaconX with data from traditional diversity transponders while operating in Canadian airspace.
Textron Aviation launches operations apprenticeship program
Apprentices will perform maintenance and repairs on technologically advanced production machinery and electronic systems used to manufacture the iconic general aviation Cessna and Beechcraft aircraft.
ForeFlight releases version 13.5
ForeFlight latest release, version 13.5, includes Hold Advisor, Augmented Procedures, EOP visualizations in Runway Analysis, and more.
Picture of the Day: Cirrus reflections
Megan Vande Voort sent in this photo with a note: “A Cirrus SR22T waits to be picked up after being serviced at Pella Municipal Airport (KPEA) in Iowa.”