Rotax is on track to certify and begin deliveries of its 915 iS engine in 2017, the company said. “We’ve got pretty good experience with these engines,� said Marc Becker, head of aviation engines for Rotax, whose four-cylinder models have logged more than 50 million flight hours. “We think...

I've been trying to find some info on this thing for quite a while now. I've been to Raytheon's site and found specs for the normal Baron only. If some of you do own the P version, could you please tell me what engines do they have? Are they the regular IO-550s or are they turbocharged? And what...

I made a day trip out to the SouthWest Regional Flyin held this weekend in New Braunsfels KBAZ, Texas and thought I would share a little of what I found. Of course, once you have attended Oshkosk/Airventure, nothing will compare or measure up... but overall it was an enjoyable trip. I have to...

My grandson just turned 15 and has a great interest in aviation, so I decided to get legal and show him how much fun we could have in a Piper Cherokee. After not flying for the past 23 years I got my medical, found a local club with a good instructor and hope to start flying on my own in the next...

Electric planes will fly circles around gasoline planes in the near future. "In the drive to devise more efficient and durable batteries, one promising option uses carbon nanotubes, which not only can store far more electricity by weight than lithium ion batteries but also retain their charge for...

See http://tinyurl.com/j3hy3 This "special software" bears an uncanny resemblance to the Microsoft Flight Simulator that I played with last night. In fact, I tried the very same thing on my PC last night that CNN is now using in its highly scientific demonstration today. I didn't mention my...

I was thinking about jointing/volunteering for Angel Flight of Oklahoma as a pilot. Would a low time VFR pilot be of any use to them? I have 190 hr soon to be 200hr, when we get some good flying weather. I have flown only 3 times since November. Because VFR flying is unreliable, I wonder if I...

On an aircraft with separate "battery" and "alternator" switches, should you turn on BAT and leave ALT off during engine start, or should you turn them both on prior to start? A little bit of the "why" on this would be nice also...

My son is 15. He'll be turning 16 in August, and starting his Junior year of high school. He's been flying since he can remember, and has many hours in the right seat. (He's got over 1500 hours as a passenger with Mary and me.) His first dozen or so hours behind the yoke were "IFR" -- because he...

It's been reported that a single engine plane went down in the Hudson River today at around 11:51am EST near the Yonkers Pier. Two people were reported rescued.

https://www.avweb.com/recent-updates/business-military/bye-looks-to-lithium-sulfur-for-electric-aircraft-power/ Bye Looks To Lithium-Sulfur For Electric Aircraft Power Kate O'Connor August 8, 20191 Image: Bye Aerospace Bye Aerospace and OXIS Energy have announced a collaboration to develop and...

I was about to shoot the approach into MYF when they closed the field this morning. When I did get to land there was a very broken C-182 on the side of Runway 23. Any word on what happened? Paul

I see from reading the FAA accident site, that aircraft hunting season has begun. Just this week... C210 got a deer C560 got a deer B1900 got three geese C650 got two geese One would think that sitting on the ground with a gun would be cheaper, but I guess there is more sport in using an airplane.

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/NASA-Tests-Drone-Traffic-System-226142-1.html NASA Tests Drone Traffic System By Mary Grady In the first and largest demonstration of its kind, staffers from NASA and the FAA last week flew 22 drones simultaneously from six test sites across the country to...

There have been some disjointed threads on the topic, the most recent of which I started. I got interested in this because my flying club board felt that our flight rules should cover the basics of this issue. A couple days ago, AOPA sent me a great book which is a compilation of articles by...

ever seen an ultralight seaplane? http://www.saf.net/seadays/ (PICT9733.jpg) thought you might like it. regards, Friedrich

What's eveyrones opinion regarding the lack of spin traning for students in the US? I see that there was a thread about this from an instructor viewpoint a while back, but not necessarilly from the student viewpoint. Personally, there was only two lessons that I didn't look forward to - Spin...

I went to see it yesterday. I thought it was actually pretty good, and thought DeCaprio pulled off a believable Hughes. The flying sequences seemed a little hokey, and the crash scenes were typical Hollywood crap, but for 3 hours, it goes by quickly.

http://newatlas.com/f-35-lightning-aerial-demonstration-paris-air-show/50138/ Watch the F-35 in its first public aerobatic demonstration Darren Quick June 20, 2017 The F-35 takes to the skies over Paris in its first public aerial demonstration The F-35 takes to the skies over Paris in its...

Okay, so this year my son wants to do a flying father/son trip. (Every summer I take each kid, just the two of us, somewhere. It's usually a motorcycle camping trip, but my son tends to alternate between riding and flying. Two years ago we flew into Gaston's Fly-In Resort down in Arkansas, and had...