Hilton Software has released version 2.0 of AOPA Airports for Blackberrys. This upgrade features the addition of DUATS VFR filing capability, which allows users to store and retrieve flight plans for quick and easy repeat filing at a later date. Other upgrades include more detailed runway information, plus the addition of information on runway lighting, […]
Aspen Avionics and Seattle Avionics Software partner on charts
Aspen Avionics, Inc., manufacturer of the Evolution Flight Display System, and Seattle Avionics Software, which develops aviation software and data solutions, have created a partnership to develop a certified chart application for Aspen’s Evolution Flight Display System. The new chart and geo-referenced airport diagram capabilities will be a standard feature in Aspen’s Multi-Function Display (MFD) […]
Catch a ride in a B-25
The Kissimmee Air Museum at Florida’s Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) is host a World War II B-25 Mitchell Bomber, named “Panchito,”which will be available for rides April 2 to April 4. Prices range from $350 to $400 and are tax deductible. Admission is $6 to the museum, providing up-close access to “Panchito” and many other […]
Flying in the mountains
By BILL SCHROEDER, For General Aviation News While departing a high-density-altitude airport, a Cessna 177RG, with four people on board, climbed about 50 feet but did not accelerate. The airplane was observed descending before hitting trees about ½ mile off the departure end of the runway. Weight and balance computations placed the airplane over maximum […]
Fate of Epic still up in the air
A Portland judge is giving seven Epic Air customers, who were assembling kit-built planes when the Bend, Ore., company closed last year, a second chance to purchase the bankrupt company’s assets, according to a story from The Oregonian. The seven finished last out of three bidders for Epic’s assets. A Chinese aviation company placed the […]
Sun ‘n Fun Skyward Festival takes off April 2
Sun ‘n Fun and the Downtown Lakeland Partnership (DLP) will be looking skyward during DLP’s First Friday activities April 2. Sun ‘n Fun will bring aerial fly-bys, tethered hot air balloons, an after-dusk aerial light show, plus the US Air Force rock band “Reserve Generation,” to downtown Lakeland for the first Sun ‘n Fun Skyward […]
CAP aircrews wrap Midwest flood response
Civil Air Patrol aircraft and personnel from seven Midwest states have returned home after providing nearly 360 hours of flight time supporting disaster relief efforts in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota. “Our mission is complete,” said Illinois Wing Maj. Eric Templeton, who directed CAP’s ARCHER flights over the Red River Valley as well as […]
TSA completes LASP revisions
The Transportation Security Administration has completed the revision of the large aircraft security program (LASP) and the legislation is about to move to the Department of Homeland Security and Office of Management and Budget for review, according to a report at Aviation International News, which notes that a new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) is […]
Nurturing the next generation
When Laura Rusnok (above) took over the lead position of the Student Aviation Association on the campus of the University of North Texas, she began making plans that went beyond available resources. She contacted the US Flight Academy, part of US Aviation, to explore the possibility of some kind of sponsorship. Encountering a response that […]