Aeronautix, a Missouri-based engineering firm that specializes in aircraft supplemental type certification, is offering a free supplemental type certificate for […]
Month: June 2018
Essential tip: turn off wireless radios before takeoff
It’s important before each flight to properly configure the iPad’s wireless radios, especially when using a Bluetooth or WiFi accessory. […]
Swift pilots celebrate museum’s golden anniversary
A diamond formation of Globe and Temco Swifts—the two-place speedster that looks fast sitting still—dropped low for a smoke-filled formation […]
Court refuses to hear Santa Monica case
Citing “jurisdictional grounds,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit refused to review the 2017 secretly […]
Goin' Cubbin'
Wrapped in a tube-and-fabric Piper Super Cub, window and door open, flying low and slow over the countryside is an […]
NASA flies into drone history
An unmanned NASA aircraft flew many miles into the National Airspace System (NAS) without a chase airplane on June 12, […]
7 tips for using ForeFlight 10.1
ForeFlight released version 10.1 this week, and as usual it has a number of new features and refinements. While the […]
FAA decides AOPA's Asheville complaint
The FAA’s Southern Region Airports Division has decided against AOPA’s Part 13 complaint over egregious fixed-base operator fees and unreasonable […]
Electric VTOL enters certification pipeline
Workhorse Group announced June 6 that the SureFly hybrid-electric, vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, which first flew in May, […]
Every pilot makes mistakes
I would love to tell you that as an aviation writer, public safety remote pilot, and longtime airplane pilot I’ve […]