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Dispelling The Myth: ANR Blocks Engine Noise

Dispelling The Myth: ANR Blocks Engine Noise

December 3, 2021

Every experienced pilot is tuned to the sounds of their aircraft, what’s normal and what’s not. An unusual sound can be the first warning that something is wrong, sometimes evenREAD MORE

Aviation No Tie Downs:  The pilots who walked away from the Miracle on Mt. St. Helens

Aviation No Tie Downs: The pilots who walked away from the Miracle on Mt. St. Helens

November 9, 2021

Episode 4 If you’ve watched the previous Aviation No Tie Down stories about the two pilots who crashed in the Pacific Northwest and walked away to tell their story, youREAD MORE

Lightspeed Running for a Cause

Lightspeed Running for a Cause

October 29, 2021

Lightspeed recently had the opportunity to participate in Southern Timing Foundation’s Run the Runway 5K event in Florida. This special event was established to help support education through exploration viaREAD MORE

Aviation No Tie Downs:  The rescue, community support and lessons learned

Aviation No Tie Downs: The rescue, community support and lessons learned

October 28, 2021

Episode 3 In this third episode about Truman and Craig’s crash, join Executive Vice President and Aviation No Tie Downs host, Teresa De Mers, as she learns what happened withREAD MORE

Aviation No Tie Downs:  Fly it through the crash and survival lessons

Aviation No Tie Downs: Fly it through the crash and survival lessons

October 25, 2021

Episode 2 We pick up our story as the pilots’ plane rests right above the forest floor and learn what steps they took to guarantee their survival following their crash.READ MORE

Aviation No Tie Downs: We’re going to put it in the trees

Aviation No Tie Downs: We’re going to put it in the trees

October 18, 2021

Episode 1 In the Spring of 2021, Truman O’Brien and Craig Beles, two pilots from Vashon Island, WA experienced what pilots prepare for and fear the most – a crashREAD MORE

Going There: Flying Over Niagara Falls

Going There: Flying Over Niagara Falls

September 17, 2021

For our second installment of “Going There—the blog series where we present the how-to’s and highlights of flights to amazing places—we talked to pilot and aviation YouTuber Kevin Thornton, aboutREAD MORE

Lightspeed Tours Orbis at EAA AirVenture 2021

Lightspeed Tours Orbis at EAA AirVenture 2021

August 19, 2021

You couldn’t help but see the huge Orbis logo painted on the massive tail mounted jet engine of the MD-10 on the AirVenture grounds. Surprisingly, very few people in theREAD MORE

Lightspeed Video Features at EAA AirVenture 2021

Lightspeed Video Features at EAA AirVenture 2021

August 7, 2021

We had such a blast at Oshkosh 2021 – check out what Lightspeed was up to and who we were collaborating with at the show, for some fun features! WeREAD MORE

AirVenture 2021 Was a Success!

AirVenture 2021 Was a Success!

August 6, 2021

We are back from Oshkosh 2021 and so happy to have been able to attend this year! Because of 2020’s “interruption”, we missed all of our lovely Lightspeed customers andREAD MORE

ATC Light Gun Signals in Real Life

ATC Light Gun Signals in Real Life

June 22, 2021

You learned about them when you were studying for your pilot’s license. You can picture the chart. But would you recognize or even spot an ATC light gun signal ifREAD MORE

Going There: Flying the Hudson River Corridor

Going There: Flying the Hudson River Corridor

June 10, 2021

Welcome to Going There, a new blog series where we present the how-to’s and highlights of flights to amazing places—the ones that are on your bucket list or should be.READ MORE

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