NTSB: Cause Of Fatal Air Show Crash Unclear - AVweb | Evidence shows that the engine quit on Kyle Franklin's Waco during an air show in March, but NTSB investigators had no luck finding out why, according to the board's final report, published this week. Franklin's wife, Amanda, who performed as a wingwalker in the show, suffered extensive burns in the forced landing and died about two months later. "Post-accident examination of the engine and its fuel system revealed no anomalies that would have precluded normal operations," the NTSB concluded....
First in the Air German aviation pioneer Karl Jatho took off before the Wright brothe... - pprune | On August 18th 1903, aviation pioneer Karl Jatho took to the skies - four months ahead of Orville Wright. Since the achievement of this German airplane builder was never mentioned in any encyclopedia, his machine, most probably the first successful motorized aircraft in history, was rebulit, using historical blueprints [videos included]....
A lifetime of aviation wisdom offered by Barry Schiff to reward a pilot or flight instructor - Women of Aviation | I have been a fan of Barry Schiff since I began taking flight lessons. Most flight training material that I found seemed to always fall short of truly explaining the whys of the facts stated. As outstanding flight instructors do, Barry offered more than information in his Proficient Pilot column in AOPA Pilot magazine; he offered insight....
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Challenges: River dance - AOPA | Floatplane flying combines the best of both worlds | Let’s all tip our caps to aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss, who was one of the first to brainstorm the possibility of marrying a boat to an airplane. Curtiss attached pontoons to a biplane and managed to get airborne in 1911, and pilots have enjoyed both the utility and the fun of being able to land and take off on water ever since....
Maverick “flying dunebuggy” in production - AOPA Pilot | The company called Itec/Beyond Roads has delivered four of its “Maverick” powered-parachutes with a driveable dunebuggy used as a
cockpit. It is approved as a light sport aircraft, a category the includes powered parachutes. One is going to Dubai, and factory reps may travel there in a few weeks to provide training to the new customer. Deliveries are cautiously made only to experienced customers until fleet...China's Maritime Patroller - Ares | China's AVIC-Shanxii Y-8F-600, a modernized version of a reverse-engineered Antonov An-12, is spawning a growing family of special-use variants without having apparently entered service as a transport. Two AEW versions (one with a...
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