| Follow Us On: |  |  | By Robert Goyer — Italian aircraft maker Tecnam, which is perhaps best known for its LSA models but which is now branching out in new directions, has issued a progress report on one of those new models, the four-place P-2010, which, taking a page out of Cessna's Citation X/Ten playbook, it...[ read more and see video] By Robert Goyer — When I read the headline from Icon Aircraft: "A5 Achieves Historic Safety Milestone," I was curious to see what this was all about. The press release went on to make this statement: "ICON is proud to announce that the A5 will be the first production aircraft in history to be...[ more] By Stephen Pope — Beginning on Oct. 1, the FAA will switch to its online Form 8500-8 medical application, otherwise known as "FAA MedXpress," in a move aimed at eliminating the cumbersome paper medical forms. The FAA introduced the online form in...[ more] By Robert Goyer — If one-stop shopping for your database updates sounds too good to be true, well, you're still mostly right. But for some owners, the time has arrived, thanks to a program from Jeppesen and Garmin called PilotPak that lets select owners pay for one database subscription and install...[ more] By Pia Bergqvist — This 1960s-vintage video shows the incredible performance capabilities of the C-130 Hercules. After some footage of C-130s landing on skis in Antarctica and conducting refueling missions, extensive coverage is shown from what the video claims to be the first...[ read more and see video] Avemco Owned Aircraft Insurance
Get A Quote Avemco.com. By Bethany Whitfield — One of Cessna's newest bizjets, the Citation M2, took to the skies on Friday for its maiden flight, remaining airborne for approximately an hour and half as the prototype's crew conducted the first round of preliminary tests of the aircraft's Garmin G3000 avionics...[ read more and see photos] By Stephen Pope — In its latest annual industry forecast, the FAA predicts the number of general aviation piston airplanes will decline at a rate of 0.1 percent over the next 20 years, even as airline and business jet travel greatly expand. The forecast's findings, presented at the 37th Annual...[ more] By Bethany Whitfield — With Sun 'n Fun just a few weeks away, Sporty's Pilot Shop has released its official 2012 app for Florida's biggest air show. In addition to the basics, like show hours and ticket information, the app hosts a variety of other features, ranging from fly-in information for pilots to show maps...[ more] Start Pac® Portable Power Units Superior Technology. Superior Support. Click here to learn about all our products. How does a $1,000 gift certificate toward any King Schools course of your choosing sound? To enter the giveaway, simply put your pilot knowledge to the test with these three video-based quiz questions. Who knows, those three questions could put a $1,000 gift certificate in your hands! [ take the quiz here] Using ForeFlight Mobile to file the flight plan, monitor the weather and get airport information, Flying Editor-in-Chief Robert Goyer flew out to ForeFlight's headquarters in Houston last week to hand over the 2011 Editors' Choice Award to ForeFlight for its popular ForeFlight Mobile aviation app. Accepting in...[ more] By Pia Bergqvist — The traffic pattern around an airport keeps the flight paths of airplanes in the vicinity predictable. By following the same track, it is easier for pilots to see other airplanes approaching to land. But the safety and efficiency of the traffic flow is dependent on the pilots in the...[ more] |  | Tip of the Week Sponsored by The Titusville event held over the weekend drew famed warbirds and aviation enthusiasts alike. Check out some of the rare aircraft that turned out for the air show.
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When I read the headline from Icon Aircraft: "A5 Achieves Historic Safety Milestone," I was curious to see what this was all about. The press release went on to make this statement: "ICON is proud to announce that the A5 will be the first production aircraft in history to be designed to and completely comply with the Federal Aviation Administration's full-envelope Part 23 spin-resistance standards once production starts." Wow. I wasn't aware that the Icon A5 was going to go through FAA Part 23 certification. Bravo for them. The only problem was, it wasn't. While there was nothing technically incorrect in the wording of Icon's release, there were all kinds of implied messages that were way off base. The A5 wasn't going through the Part 23 certification process at all. The company was, instead, planning to use the current, admittedly rigorous Part 23 spin-resistance standards to drive its design and flight test, but the FAA wasn't going to be doing that testing. And Icon, at least in this press release, made no claims about any of the numerous other flight qualities that FAA standards address. In the release, Icon went on to say, in essence, that it was committed to producing an airplane with exceptional low-speed handling, something today's FAA standards pretty much...[ more] | |  |  Flying Quote of the Week
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