Okay, I know that airliners spend a lot of their time being tracked on someone’s radar scope and talking to ATC, so the assumption is that someone, somewhere knows exactly where they are at all times. Read More “Disappearing Airliners”
Editor’s note: From the first instant we have our hands on the controls, moving an airborne craft through an initially startling number of dimensions, we … Read More “From “Skyfaring”: Epiphany”
The last five years have proven to be a tumultuous time in aviation careers. Read More “Taking Off: Aviation Careers 2015”
ATP-CTP training requires at least 30 hours of classroom work and 10 hours of simulator training, six of which must be completed in a level C flight simulator or higher. Read More “Sporty‘s Offers Additional ATP-CTP Training From ABX Air”
(AEAC) for an early delivery position on a “Sun Flyer” solar-electric training system being developed by AEAC. Read More “Independence Aviation Signs “Sun Flyer”Deposit Agreement”
Continental Motors recently announced FAA Type Certification of its new alternative fuel powerplant, IO-360-AF. Read More “C4 To Start Final Test With Continental Motors”
Since the introduction of the sport-pilot certificate in 2005, light-sport aircraft (LSA) have been eyed with a mixture of hopeful optimism and cautious indifference. Read More “Light-Sport Aircraft”A New Way To Adventure”
As we ease into 2015, we’re less than five years away from the 2020 mandate that will require all aircraft operating in class A, B or C airspace (and Class E airspace at and above 10,000 ft. MSL) in the contiguous U.S. to be equipped with a certified Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out transmitter. Read More “ADS-B Coming To A Panel Near You”
It won’t be for a few years, but we’ll eventually know whether the FAA’s automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) system will meet expectations of its advocates as being the greatest thing since sliced bread for both pilots and air traffic controllers. Read More “ADS-B”Hope Or Hype?”