by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 26, 2021 | 20210506, Aviation News, General Aviation, helicopters, nasa, News
For this second flight test at Wright Brothers Field, Ingenuity took off at 5:33 a.m. EDT (2:33 a.m. PDT), or 12:33 p.m. local Mars time. But where Flight One topped out at 10 feet above the surface, Ingenuity climbed to 16 feet this time. After the helicopter hovered...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 26, 2021 | 20210506, aircraft maintenance, Aviation News, Avionics, Briefings, Cirrus Aircraft, FBO, General Aviation, News
Based at the Gary/Chicago International Airport (KGYY), Gary Jet Center will have trained technicians on both the SR-Series piston aircraft and the Vision Jet, according to company officials. In addition to routine and annual maintenance, Gary Jet Center will offer...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 26, 2021 | 20210506, aviation museums, Aviation News, Briefings, General Aviation, News
The New England Air Museum will have a new executive director starting June 1, 2021: Stephanie Abrams, who succeeds the current executive director, Debbie Reed, who is retiring after more than 31 years with the museum. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 24, 2021 | #Aircraft, 20210506, Aviation News, Briefings, Electric Aircraft, General Aviation, News
Bye Aerospace is developing an eight-seat all-electric twin turboprop class airplane, the eFlyer 800. Performance estimates include up to 320 knot cruise speed, 35,000 feet ceiling, and 500 nm range with 45-minute IFR reserves at normal cruise speed of 280 knots,...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 22, 2021 | 20210506, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, Aviation News, Briefings, EAA, Experimental Aircraft Association, flight instruction, GAMA, General Aviation, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, News
In a court case, judges ruled that “a flight instructor who receives compensation for flight instruction is carrying persons for compensation or hire.” This created confusion among flight instructors about what is — and isn’t — allowed in flight...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 22, 2021 | 20210506, Aviation News, Briefings, General Aviation, News
For its first inductions, the Indiana Aviation Hall of Fame chose 11 people “whose significant and notable achievements in aviation or space flight were previously recognized by induction into the National Aviation Hall of Fame,” officials noted. These men...
