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October 01, 2022

Still A Survivor... EAA B-17 Gets Through Hurricane Ian With Minor Damage

Bomber Was Undergoing Repairs in SW Florida

EAA’s B-17 Aluminum Overcast, which has been based in Punta Gorda, Florida, for the past year while awaiting repairs to its wing structure, apparently sustained only minor damage as Hurricane Ian came ashore in that area of the Gulf Coast earlier this week and caused tremendous damage in that region. “We were incredibly fortunate that the aircraft did not suffer any major damage, from what early indications tell us,” said Jack J. Pelton, EAA CEO and chairman of the board.

From 2015 (YouTube Version): The Capabilities and Complex Talents of Today's RC Rotorcraft Result In Surprisingly Simple Fun!

While at eFest 2015, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, talks with a company known as Horizon Hobby to find out what’s going on in the rapidly changing world of remote control (RC) aircraft. In this interview, Jim talks with James Haley, the multirotor category manager for Horizon Hobby, about the hobby of flying RC helicopters.

The Accident Airplane Began A Left Ascending Turn To The Northwest

On September 14, 2022, about 1054 mountain daylight time, a Vans RV-6A, N992KS, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Preston, Idaho. The pilot and the passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The accident airplane was the lead in a flight of two that departure from Ontario Municipal Airport (ONO), in Ontario, Oregon, about 0911. After departure, Salt Lake City Air Route Traffic Control Center provided flight following services to the flight of two airplanes.