The question has been on the minds of Solar Impulse founders Andre Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard since the start: Can their solar-powered aircraft fly day and night without fuel?
After an 18-month effort the Senate has confirmed President Obama’s nominee, John Pistole, to lead the Transportation Security Administration. Pistole was the third nominee sent to Capitol Hill, leaving the agency mostly in the lurch as it dealt with several real threats like the failed bombing of an inbound airliner from overseas last year.
At the Green Aviation Show held this past week at Le Bourget, Paris, EADS created quite a buzz when the company unveiled what it calls the first-ever four-engine electric-powered aerobatic airplane, based on the tiny Cri-Cri homebuilt designed by Frenchman Michel Colomban in 1973.
All veterans carry a story within them that deserves to be told. All of them have personal experience of serving and defending our country. The sacrifices. The selflessness. The heroism.
Join EAA and the Academy of Model Aeronautics Sunday afternoon, July 25, beginning at 5:30 to formally dedicate the “Little Wings…Big Dreams – Sport Aviation in Miniature” aeromodeling exhibit at EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh.
Greg Haskell’s plane is for sale…because of its current state of airworthiness, it will probably stay local in the valley..Do you know anyone at Oakdale or nearby that may want to purchase this bird- N5636A? …$15 K (OBO) is asking price on behalf of his family. Please feel free to pass this email along….Thanks!!!!
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EAA is working to remedy a situation where conflicting rules written by two different federal agencies will soon place pilots in a precarious position - being in compliance with one but not the other.
Stand in front of the EAA Chapter 90 hangar and look up. You will see a windsock waving gently in northwesterly breeze. This wind sock was built and donated by Art Semone. But that wasn’t the first aviation-related item that Art built. Art was employed by North American Aviation during the golden age of aviation. [...]
A replica of a 1910 Curtiss Albany Flyer crashed Friday afternoon (June18) near Pen Yan airport in New York State, seriously injuring pilot Jim Poel.
After an extended period of discussions, EAA and the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) board of directors have agreed that NAFI will become a fully independent organization no later than March 1, 2011.
