The Red Bull Air Race World Championship will mark its ninth season in 2016 with two new stops where fans are passionate about motorsports: The famed Lausitzring in Germany and the U.S. city of Indianapolis, Indiana, home to the Indianapolis 500. The season will span seven countries over eight races, kicking off March 11-12, with the traditional season […]
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Applications now being accepted for Flying Musicians scholarship
The Flying Musicians Association is now accepting applications for the 2016 FMA Solo Program. The program is open to juniors and seniors in a high school band, who have always wanted to learn to fly. The scholarship covers flight training up through first solo. Rich Chiappe, general manager at Sky-Tec, the makers of the FLYWEIGHT Starter, has agreed to sponsor one […]
Kansas university offers drone safety instruction for hobbyists
SALINA, Kansas — As the estimated number of unmanned aircraft systems owners is expected to grow this holiday season, the UAS program at Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus is offering a half-day course specifically for hobbyists to ensure proper use and safety. Kansas State Polytechnic’s inaugural UAS Multirotor Hobby course will be Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, […]
Tecnam P Twenty Ten achieves FAA certification
The FAA has approved a Type Certificate for the Tecnam P Twenty Ten. The P Twenty Ten is a new single-engine, high-wing, four-seat aircraft from Tecnam that brings together an all carbon fiber fuselage with a metal wing and stabilator. Officials with the Italy-based company noted that the establishment of the Tecnam US customer delivery center, assembly […]
Electric Sun Flyer participates in National Park Service noise tests
DENVER — Aero Electric Aircraft Corp. (AEAC), developer of the Sun Flyer solar electric flight trainer, participated in noise tests for the National Park Service at Centennial Airport Dec. 2 to determine the amount of noise generated by electric-powered aircraft. AEAC flew its single-seat electric technology demonstrator aircraft while representatives from the National Park Service gathered […]
Winging over Winter Haven
By JONI M. FISHER It was a quiet Saturday in late November at Gilbert Field in Winter Haven, Florida, when five Air Force ROTC volunteers showed up to help flight instructor and businessman John Collins make good on his offer for free flights to the families of police and firefighters in Winter Haven. The idea started weeks earlier […]
Windecker Eagle flies again
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — More than 30 years after it was damaged and rendered unairworthy, N4198G, a Windecker Eagle, has been repaired, restored, upgraded, returned to active status, and flown. In the hands of test pilot Len Fox, the Eagle was guided onto the active runway Dec. 6. Fox advanced the throttle on the first all-composite aircraft […]
Eagle Creek Aviation Services expands operations
INDIANAPOLIS — Eagle Creek Aviation Services has completed the purchase of Montgomery Aviation’s three North-Central Indiana locations. The purchase of Montgomery Aviation includes the FBO, flight school, and maintenance facility at Indianapolis Executive Airport (TYQ), the FBO at the Frankfort/Clinton County Airport (FKR), and the FBO at the Grissom Aeroplex (GUS). The Montgomery Aviation name will remain […]
Ohio lawmakers repudiate Connecticut, defend the Wright brothers
COLUMBUS, Ohio—The Ohio Senate stood with historians and scholars on Wednesday, Dec. 9, in passing a state resolution in which Ohio repudiates Connecticut for claiming the Wright brothers were not the first to fly. Senators unanimously passed House Concurrent Resolution 8 (HCR 8), a measure that defends Ohio’s distinction as the “birthplace of aviation” and […]