Archive for 2010
CP Aviation Offers Special Training
For more than 23 years, CP Aviation, Inc. has been a leader in unusual attitude training.
Using the Emergency Maneuver Training¨ (EMT) program, a curriculum developed by Rich Stowell, pilots are taught stall/spin awareness, handling in-flight emergencies, and basic aerobatics in three separate modules.
Each module is comprised of four lessons. The lessons provide both ground instruction [...]
New Calendar Features Women for Women
A new page-a-day calendar for 2011 highlights achievements and events in women’s aviation history is now available.
This Day in Women’s Aviation is published by Powder Puff Pilot, a Denver-based web retailer that specializes in gear and accessories for women pilots.
The 2011 version is the third edition compiled by Sue Hughes, a flight instructor who founded [...]
The Ultimate Simulators
HotSeat’s new line of Surround Sound Flight Simulators are designed to train in FLIGHT SIM X where you can fly to every airport on the planet in virtually any aircraft including Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Ultra Lights and Gliders.
Every field is geographically and topographically correct as are the cockpits and physics models for each plane. You [...]
New Video Series On Galland
In conjunction with “AeroCinema.com” Virginia Bader is working on a trilogy of never before released footage of General Adolph “Dolfo” Galland in his home in Germany in the 1990’s.
Dolfo tells Col. Don Lopez wonderful stories of: The Channel Dash, Douglas Bader’s Capture by Galland’s Squadron, Two Portraits of Dolfo, commissioned by Hitler; How he received [...]
Viviana Soldano, Italian Stallion
A few years ago, we hired a young lady fresh off the plane from Italy to appear in our Swimsuit Edition.
Her name was Viviana Soldano and she was, literally, an “Italian Stallion” of the feminine variety. She spoke little English but she had a variety of other “qualifications” that more than merited her appearance in [...]
The Twilight Warriors
By Robert Gandt
Broadway Books, $24.99
Robert Gandt, former A-4 Skyhawk driver, airline pilot, author and novelist has long been our favorite writer.
Our favorite non-fiction books were “Bogeys and Bandits,” about the making of a fighter pilot, and “Fly Low, Fly Fast,” the inside story on the Reno Air Races and the men (and now women) who [...]
Performer Killed
Air show performer Bob Finer was killed on November 17 when the twin-engine Cessna 337 in which he was flying crashed while participating in a military training exercise near Tampa, Fla.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the causes of the accident. No further details were immediately available.
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Airlines Pilot Will Only Be Scanned
The Transportation Security Administration announced Nov. 19 that it will no longer subject commercial airline pilots to intensive screenings and pat downs.
These are the same guys who have been certified to carry weapons in the cockpit, remember. However, they could still be subject to random screening, the TSA said, and the new rules also apply [...]
Mooney Down To 10
Mooney Aviation Co. has announced a company-wide “draw down” that will see its staff cut from 53 positions to “less than 10” by Jan. 1.
The company says it is not shutting down and its aircraft will be supported.
Last month, Pacific Flyer reported that Mooney had announced that it had transferred its assets to Mooney Aviation [...]
GA Deliveries Down
Deliveries in business and general aviation aircraft dropped 23.4% in the third quarter compared to last year, according to a report from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
During the third quarter, the industry shipped 420 aircraft, but the outlook should improve by 2011, Bloomberg News said.
GAMA President and CEO Pete Bunce optimistically declared: “We are encouraged [...]
