Flying an uncrewed, large-scale prototype, a Canadian manufacturer successfully demonstrated the vertical takeoff, transition to stable wing-borne flight, and vertical landing capabilities of its Cavorite X7 on May 15.
Aviation has been in the news for too many of the wrong reasons of late. I happened to be flying in April when the first radar and radio outage made waves.
On a recent flight with an instructor, operating a new-to-me aircraft type, I was once again reminded that mistakes happen, even to the best pilots, and also to the best air traffic controllers.
The names and addresses of aircraft owners should be withheld from public view by default, AOPA asserted in comments responding to a request from the FAA that drew hundreds of opinions for and against the privacy policy that was announced March 28.
Pilots using the popular AV-30-C multifunction display from uAvionix received the flight-instrument equivalent of a shot in the arm—make that a shot in the panel—with the FAA approval of a software upgrade that enhances the instrument’s capabilities.
Although some seaplane operations are allowed on Kenney Reservoir in western Colorado, flying seaplanes in the state has been a challenge since the 1980s when Colorado Parks and Wildlife prohibited them on waters controlled by the agency. Other agencies including the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) jumped on board with similarly discriminatory prohibitions.
