by General Aviation News Staff | Jul 6, 2023 | Aviation News, flight training, General Aviation, News, Tecnam
Kansas-based Kilo Charlie Aviation has placed an order for 30 Tecnam aircraft to be delivered over the next two years. Phase I of the order includes three twin-engine P2006Ts and 12 single-engine P-Mentors. Delivery of all Phase I aircraft should be complete by the...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jul 6, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20230706, Aviation News, Feature, flight training, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
Even if you don’t ever need to fly through a layer of clouds because you live in the sunny southwest where there’s nary a cloud in the sky, the training to become an instrument-rated pilot will improve your flying. Period. Read...
by Janice Wood | Jul 2, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20230706, Air Safety Institute, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, aviation accidents, Aviation News, flight training, flying, General Aviation, News, NTSB
“Night flying introduces challenges that are reflected in the data,” said Robert Geske, AOPA Air Safety Institute manager of aviation safety analysis. “More than one-quarter of fatal night flying accidents occurred because of spatial disorientation, a condition that...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 30, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20230810, ASA, Aviation News, flight training, General Aviation, Pilots, Products
The new E6B Classroom Trainer functions exactly like a handheld E6B flight computer, according to ASA officials. It features a wind component grid and crosswind correction chart on one side, while on the other side the slide computes time, speed, distance, altitude,...
by William E. Dubois | Jun 28, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20230622, Aviation News, flight training, flying, General Aviation, Opinion, Pilots, Questions from the Cockpit
Denise, working on her private ticket in California, writes: Help me out! I’m getting ready to take my written, and I keep mixing up my fog types. Is there any clever way to sort them out? Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 27, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20230706, Aviation News, Briefings, EAA, Experimental Aircraft, Experimental Aircraft Association, faa, flight training, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
The FAA is seeking public comment on a proposed rule that will allow flight training in experimental aircraft, such as for transition training. Read...
