Editor: Each year the AOPA Air Safety Foundation publishes a free report capturing accident data and statistics. This edition of the report is covering accidents in 2010 (this delay is to allow accident investigations to close). I highly recommend reading this report. There is a good deal we can learn from the numbers. Also, they…
When you build an airplane, there are many times that you just need an extra hand. This is especially true with a metal airplane that needs to be riveted together. My son, Mitchel, was my right-hand man in that regard. Since it took almost 5 years to build it, Mitchel was just at the right…
Editors Note: As a native of Oklahoma, I have been excitedly watching the progress of this fascinating project coming out of Tulsa. I can’t wait to see it fly! By D.R. STEWART World Staff Writer In June 1940, as Ettore Bugatti and Louis de Monge were preparing to roll out their technologically advanced Bugatti 100P…
By Stephen Pope Dynon Avionics has unveiled a portable backup EFIS that might just be the perfect budget emergency flight display. The Dynon D1 Pocket Panel makes use of the same micro AHRS (attitude and heading reference system) technology as the company’s panel-mount EFIS displays for the experimental market, but packaged in a small LCD…
Special Report Introduction (updated Oct 5th, 2012) The dwindling number of pilots in the U.S.A. has the attention of a lot of people. There are currently far more questions than answers and it is unlikely that those answers will come from one source. It will take a collective effort to reverse this trend, if indeed…
My Bücker Jungster I Dateline Spring of 1992 Having my first taste of ownership with the Ercoupe, I set a goal to have some kind of aerobatic mount to go with my 1/4 share of the ‘coupe. The good news, I didn’t need much, just something single-seat to do aerobatics. The bad news is I didn’t…
Pilot Training Tools By Pia Bergqvist / Published: Sep 21, 2012 When, if at all, would you let a student bring an iPad or other electronic flight bag into the cockpit? Chris Esposito co-founded Orlando, Florida’s first sport pilot flight school, First Landings Aviation, before putting his skills to use at Air Orlando Aviation, where he instructs…
Sunday Sortie Due to my annual inspection and vacation, post-Oshkosh flying has been minimal at best. My usual ritual of once-a-week sorties all but dried up. Looking to correct this issue, and with perfect fall flying weather at my disposal, I got organized and set aside firm plans to fly Sunday (Sept 30th). A quick…
The Fokker Triplane: My Secret Obsession Ok I have a confession. I’m in love with another airplane besides my darling RV-8 and I’m not entirely sure what to do about it. It started innocently and impulsively. I was strolling through Kitplanes and came across a company selling plans for a full scale Fokker Triplane….thus my obsession began….