A decade after the first delivery of a Kodiak 100, Quest Aircraft has unveiled the next generation of the Kodiak 100: Series II. In the Kodiak 100, Series II, the standard equipment list has been expanded to include Garmin’s next generation G1000NXi, as well as an Angle-of-Attack indexer, digital 4-in-1 standby, Flight Stream 510 and […]
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Fatal accident claims Mid-Continent’s Pat Napolitano
WICHITA, Kansas — Over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics lost a valued employee and friend. Pat Napolitano was involved in a fatal airplane accident Friday, May 25, 2018, south of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The aircraft involved was a Beechcraft Staggerwing (BE-17/G, Registration Number 79091), owned by Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics, […]
FAA puts out Help Wanted sign for safety inspectors and technicians
The FAA is now accepting applications from experienced candidates to fill aviation safety positions at various facilities throughout the country. These positions are critical to the agency’s mission to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world, agency officials said. The FAA is hiring: Aviation Safety Inspectors to administer, investigate, and enforce safety […]
Picture of the Day: Flying again after 23 years
Roger Barcus sent us this photo with a great subject line in the email: Finally owning and flying again after 23 years. Good instructors are invaluable! He explains: “I bought a 1970 Mooney M20E Dec. 13, 2017. Jim Schulze was my instructor, who did a first class job using not only his skill and knowledge, […]
Aircraft Spruce offers Oshkosh pick up
Aircraft Spruce customers can place their orders online or by phone and pick them up at the company’s exhibit at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Orders placed by noon (EST) Monday, July 16, 2018 will be brought to the show at no additional cost. All orders must be paid by credit card, must be for at least $100 and […]
FAA modifies drone restrictions over DoD facilities
The FAA has added several Department of Defense facilities to its recently released list of facilities where drone operations are restricted, as well as modified some boundaries of existing facilities on the restricted list. At the request of the Department of Defense, and federal security and law enforcement agencies, the FAA has been using its […]
CubCrafters boosts production for 2019
YAKIMA, Washington – CubCrafters will significantly increase production of the line of light two-place tandem aircraft it manufactures in 2019, according to company officials. “Backcountry flying is increasing in popularity and CubCrafters has seen continuous sales growth since the introduction of the Light Sport Carbon Cub in 2009,” said CubCrafters’ Director of Sales Brad Damm. […]
Students earn once-in-a-lifetime internships
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. — Noa Garcia-Brown of Belmont, California, and Riley Ferguson of Lexington, Kentucky, have received the work internships of a lifetime, as they are the recipients of this year’s EAA/Daher Intern Scholarships. For the internship program, now in its 12th year, each student receives a five-week internship at Daher’s Tarbes facility […]
Smithsonian launches She Can STEM summer camp
The National Air and Space Museum will launch the “She Can” two-week STEM summer camp this July and August at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. The camp is designed for students with an interest in aviation. It seeks to empower young women to succeed in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines, […]