At Krossblade Aerospace of Tempe/Mesa, Arizona, a group of six young men have developed the concept for a hybrid 5-seat transformer airplane called “SkyCruiser,” and a prototype called “SkyProwler,” a…
Category: Dec 2012/Jan 2013
First GE-Powered King Air To Be Based In Wisconsin
Regarded by many as the most popular business turboprop in the world, the Beechcraft King Air 90 series has gotten a new lease on life, flying faster and higher at…
Tragedy Motivates Pilot Community To Build Flight Training Center
On April 22, 2011, Dylan (35), Amy (34), Chase (7) and Ansley (5) Spencer of Scott City, Kansas, perished near Topeka, while flying to visit family for Easter weekend. The…
Putting The Flight Back Into The Pilot
by Pete Buffington MADISON, WIS. – EAA Chapter 93 of Madison, Wis., and Chapter 1389 of Middleton, Wis., hosted a joint chapter EAA Young and Old Eagles day and barbeque…
St. Cloud Scores Airline Service
ST. CLOUD, MINN. – William Towle, airport manager at St. Cloud Regional Airport, has announced that airline service is resuming. Allegiant Airlines will fly twice weekly between St. Cloud and…
STC’d Muffler System For Cessna 120, 140 & 150s
The FAA has approved the addition of Cessna 150 models L & M to its existing approval for Cessna models 120, 140 and 150 A through K for a complete…
Wag-Aero’s 2012 Fall Edition Catalog Now Available!
LYONS, WIS. – Wag-Aero has published its 2012 Fall Catalog featuring a 1949 Aeronca 7CCM on the cover, which is owned by Wag-Aero customer, Darell Bartram, and photographed at the…
Tanis Engine Preheat System Now Available For Cessna 162 Skycatcher & LSA Market
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – Tanis Aircraft Products now has an engine preheat system specifically designed for the Cessna 162 Skycatcher and the Light Sport Aircraft market. This system has been…
Electric Tugs – For The Environment, For Your Health
Besides being one of the greatest pilots who ever lived, Charles Lindbergh was an environmentalist, so without doubt, he would have been proud to know that one of the most…
Extending Your iPad’s Battery Life
One of the main questions pilots have when they convert from paper aeronautical charts to digital, is will their battery last the whole flight? The argument for staying with paper…