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Piper built thousands of L-4 “Grasshoppers” used as liaison and artillery spotters. Cessna’s T-41 trainer was a Skyhawk in military colors. Beechcraft has pressed a variety of designs, from Staggerwings to King Airs, into service. After a two-year restoration effort, the one surviving airframe from Mooney is all that remains of the company’s dual attempts […]

The aircraft passed off our right— not terribly close, as we saw it and avoided it with ease. But we had a mystery: Why didn’t the ADS-B give us an announcement? The answer came this week in the form of an email from ForeFlight that stated “the ForeFlight and Garmin teams identifying ‘a compatibility issue’ […]

Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) said it has agreed to acquire the heads-up display, or HUD,  assets of the Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab for use in a range of its avionics products. Under the agreement, Saab will work with Honeywell to develop and strengthen its HUD product line. HUDs help increase pilots’ situational awareness, especially […]

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the midair collision of two firefighter helicopters in California that killed three people on Sunday. According to multiple media sources, the two helicopters, a Bell and a Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane, were part of a six ship response to a fire in Cabazon, a small community in Riverside County […]

Wings Over the Rockies (WINGS), a Colorado-based nonprofit organization centered on the state’s air and space museum and dedicated to aviation education, has selected recipients for its 2023 scholarship cycle.  A total of 22 Colorado students have been selected to receive 2023 WINGS’ flight training scholarships valued at either $8,000 or $12,000, based on their […]

There is a honeymoon phase after the check ride. You have that new certificate or rating in your pocket and it is natural to want to relax and do some fun just-for-you flying, like buying $100 hamburgers, make fly-out camping trips, attend fly-ins, and take trips to visit friends and family. The fun flying continues […]

A little after 9 o’clock in the morning, seconds after takeoff, one of the pilots of a Velocity V-Twin radioed the Janesville, Wisconsin (KJVL), tower: “We’d like to circle back and land runway 32 and…work through some engine issues if we could.” ATC acknowledged the request, asked the pilot to report turning final for Runway […]

This may be the finest, most memorable company and aircraft name among LSA, heck, maybe among all aircraft. I think these fellows were inspired when they named the aircraft “Freedom.” Given the new company’s name is American Aircraft LLC, their model name choice makes it “American Freedom.” If that isn’t a name that works in […]

The demand for aviation mechanics is surpassing the well-documented pilot shortage, with an expected projected need of roughly 690,000 jobs in the next two decades, according to a study by Boeing. To address this critical issue, King Schools, a renowned provider of aviation training, has introduced a new Cleared for Aviation Maintenance program. “We’ve been […]

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on ByDanJohnson.com. Think about this. If you land your Timber Tiger Jenny at any general aviation airport and taxi up to the ramp, you might have trouble getting out of the cockpit for all the admirers that will assemble around you. Take a close look at this example built […]