Around the world, over the poles - AOPA

A pilot from Fredericksburg, Virginia, has flown around the world in a single-engine airplane on a route down the eastern side of the Americas, over the South Pole, across the Pacific Ocean, up the West Coast of the U.S. to Alaska, over the North Pole, and home.
Followers tagged along on social media and an online flight tracker as Bill Harrelson, 68, completed his journey with a landing back where he started in Kinston, North Carolina, the afternoon of Jan. 21. The final leg capped a 24-day adventure that will allow him to claim a speed record that his team said "shatters" a 1987 mark set by Richard D. Norton.

 

 

 

"We have all had a bird’s-eye view of a professional performing at the peak of his career," said Harrelson’s ground team in the journey’s concluding Facebook post. The team promised to publish more information to augment detailed flight reports and photographs previously posted, "after Bill organizes his notes."

Harrelson, already a long-distance record holder who had attempted the over-the-poles flight in 2013, flew a modified Lancair IV single-engine airplane capable of carrying 361 gallons of fuel in nine tanks.

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Around the world, over the poles - AOPA

New Graphic Weather Briefings at www.1800wxbrief.com

FAA Safety Team | Safer Skies Through Education

Lockheed Martin Flight Service: Not the Flight Service Station you once knew Notice Number: NOTC5815 General Aviation pilots are used to standard weather briefings that include extensive and comprehensive information about their route of flight and a whole lot more information that may or may not be pertinent to their flight. For years pilots have been asking for easy to understand weather and flight information specific to their needs with greater use of graphics and filtering. That is exactly what Lockheed Martin Flight Service is delivering online as a result of the feedback received from General Aviation pilots. Pilot-Centric Capabilities · Next Generation Briefings that are graphics-rich and easy to understand · Tools that help you plan your departure time around the best possible weather and avoid adverse conditions · An alerting service that notifies you of changes in adverse conditions that affect your flight · Notification of ATC Routing Changes · In-flight electronic PIREP submission via Flight Services Data Link · VFR flight plan activation and closure by touching a link in an email · Automated position monitoring for expedited Search and Rescue These are just a few of the capabilities you’ll find at www.1800wxbrief.com, all of which were developed in collaboration with pilots. Accounts and services are free, and pilots can retrieve their historical data online. Lockheed Martin’s also sharing these capabilities at no cost with the developers of popular flight planning apps and websites like ForeFlight, Garmin, Honeywell, Naviator, FlightPro, iFlyGPS, Aerovie, spidertracks and DeLorme, with many others on the way. Whether you use www.1800wxbrief.com; any of the flight planning apps that provide briefings from Lockheed Martin Flight Services; or call 1-800-WX-BRIEF, your briefings will meet FAA requirements and be recorded, even if you do not provide logon credentials for LM’s pilot web portal to your app. You can find more information about these capabilities at www.1800wxbrief.com. This notice is being sent to you because you selected "General Information" in your preferences on FAASafety.gov. If you wish to adjust your selections, log into https://www.faasafety.gov/Users/pub/preferences.aspx where you can update your preferences.

Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project

First New Mooney Acclaim Type S Produced in China

First Mooney Acclaim Type S Rolls Off Production Line in China | Flying Magazine

While they say this was built in China, I think it was really built in the Texas plant.

Bonanza Mountains January 1, 2015

It was a perfect day to go flying.  Join Phil and Don in Phils Bonanza as they fly threw the mountains just south of Asheville, NC.

Happy New Year -2015

From all of us at Whiteplains, We wish everyone a Happy New Year!

Around Whiteplains Plantation - December 2014

Photo by: Don Cook

All of the speed limit signs have been replaced with new ones..

This completes the sign work at Whiteplains. Street signs, and the two large signs coming into Whiteplains have all been cleaned up and repainted. Still have one light at Phase II entrance to install.

Video: Watch Aviation App Land an Airplane | Flying Magazine

Video: Watch Aviation App Land an Airplane | Flying Magazine

AOPA Live This Week - The Directors Cut 2014