American Champion Aircraft Flight Medal Created

The International Aerobatic Club is  adding an interesting new recognition program to its roster. IAC says that together with her father, Dick Swanson, Sara Arnold regularly participates in the International Aerobatic Club, the world’s largest aerobatic club. Dick has been a competitor for many years, starting in a Citabria in 1983. The pair fly an American Champion Super Decathlon and are the only known father-daughter duo currently competing in regional and national IAC contests. Sara had an idea for a Decathlon specific medallion when she was reminded of a retired trophy that originated early in the IAC history, which was presented to the highest scoring competitor flying a Pitts Specia

Overwhelming Interest Shows That The FAA Is Going To Have It's Hands Full With This...

The FAA's Remote ID NPRM has caused quite a ruckus, especially with the unmanned hobby segment, with the support of EAA and other entities doing their best to fight off what many people see as altogether ham-fisted rulemaking. The feelings have been magnified as many affected parties thought the FAA's refusal to accede to an EAA request for a deadline extension seemed too much like the FAA trying to put their thumb on the scale. Regardless of all that, the interest and response to the Remote ID NPRM has been HUGE! As of early Sunday morning, the current tally shows the comment roster totaling and astounding 10,628... and will no doubt be a good bit higher once y

Better Climb and Aerodynamic Braking Action Reported

Van’s has published updated RV-12/12iS powerplant kit order forms, a new plans section (47AiS/U) and a service letter (SL 19-12-31), all of which are related to their new (now-available) and optional 3-blade Sensenich propeller kit. Van's notes that, "We displayed this prop on a stand in our booth at Oshkosh last year and flew it to the show on one of our factory aircraft. It garnered quite a bit of interest. Now that the engineering has been completed and testing of the final install package is all wrapped up, the three-blade prop and spinner kit is available to order as an option on new powerplant kit orders (you’ll get to choose either a two-blade or three-blade prop when you orde