Hoot Gibson – naval aviator, astronaut, aviation accident investigator, and air race pilot – will speak at the Minnesota Council of Airports Conference on April 20, 2016 at Maddens Resort…
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New Airborne Cinematography System Designed & Built In The Midwest
BUFFALO, MINN. – Have you ever tried to shoot video footage from a moving car? How about video footage from an airplane in turbulence? If you have, you know that…
Lone Rock, Wisconsin, USA and Milan, Italy… The First Aerolab LoCamp Kit Takes Flight
Francesco Rizzi, founder of Aerolab Manufacturing, Inc. and designer of the Sport Camp series of Experimental/Amateur-built kit aircraft, and Ed Leineweber, managing member of Golden Age Aeroworks, LLC, d/b/a Aerolab…
Mooney Achieves First Flight of M10T POC
CHINO, CALIF. – Mooney International Corporation has successfully completed the first flight of the M10T Proof of Concept (POC) aircraft. The first flight was performed by test pilot Len Fox…
Honda Aircraft Receives Type Certification For HondaJet
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Honda Aircraft received type certification for the “HondaJet” from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on December 8, 2015. The FAA presented the type certificate to Honda Aircraft…
FAA Final Rule Regarding Student Pilot Certificates, Photo IDs & CFI Student Pilot Endorsements
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Aviation Administration just issued a final rule on a notice of proposed rulemaking they issued in 2010 in regards to the issuance of student pilot…
Pilots Crisscross USA In Experimental Aircraft & Set World Records
Two pilots departed from Dallas Love Field on October 4, 2015 in an attempt to set four speed records in a two-seat open-cockpit gyroplane. The duo flew the following routes:…
EAA Committed To Manned Aircraft Safety When It Comes To Integrating UAS Operations
OSHKOSH, WIS. –The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is maintaining that although the popularity and number of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), commonly known as drones, is rising rapidly, their entrance into…
Doolittle Raider, Lt. Col. Dick Cole, Pays Visit To AOPA
FREDERICK, MD. – Lt. Col. Dick Cole, one of the two surviving Doolittle Raiders from World War II, visited the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s (AOPA) National Aviation Community Center…
Pelton Named CEO of EAA – Precourt Elected Vice Chairman of EAA Board
OSHKOSH, WIS. (November 9, 2015) – The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Board of Directors has named EAA Chairman Jack Pelton Chief Executive Officer, adding the CEO title and responsibilities to…