by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 28, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220512, Aerobatics, Airshows & Fly-Ins, Aviation News, Briefings, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
After more than two decades of airshow flying, Gary Ward says he’s retiring at the age of 80. He’s going out on a high note, winning the top award in the airshow business, the Bill Barber Award for Showmanship. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 27, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220512, Airports, Aviation News, Briefings, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
An increase in traffic has led to an increase in noise complaints, so Naples Municipal Airport is instituting a curfew on fueling aircraft between 9:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. Read...
by Frederick Johnsen | Apr 27, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220512, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Of Wings & Things, Opinion, Pilots
A lot of records were set by the Convair B-24 Liberator heavy bomber of World War II. But for all its records, the B-24 Liberator faded quickly from the post-war U.S. Air Force equipment roster. Newer machines and newer strategies prevailed. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 27, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220512, Aviation News, Briefings, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
To support their mission “to ensure that Louisiana cancer patients will always have air transportation to the regional medical care they need,” Flying Wings of Louisiana will raffle off two Cessna 150s. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 27, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220512, Aviation News, Briefings, Engines, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
Time Between Replacement (TBR) for the Continental CD-300 has been extended to 2,000 hours. The 300-hp Jet-A piston engine was introduced in 2019 with an initial TBR of 1,200 hours or 12 years, company officials said, adding there was always “a commitment to increase...
by Jamie Beckett | Apr 26, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220512, Aviation News, flight training, flying, General Aviation, Opinion, Politics for Pilots
This past week an inexcusably argumentative exchange between a controller and a pilot, a Certificated Flight Instructor, made its way onto social media. Aside from the entertainment value some may find in this exchange, it gives aviation a black eye by linking us to...
