Threshold Technologies will provide a Gulfstream II (GII) to participate in NASA’s High Ice Water Content flight campaign. Threshold and sister company Aviation Maintenance Group (AMG) will also provide maintenance and support for the aircraft throughout the project. “We are very excited and proud to be joining Flight Test Associates’ team on this project,” said […]
Archives for 2011
Naples Jet Center named Phenom Service Center
Florida’s Naples Jet Center has been named as an Embraer Authorized Phenom Service Center. As a Phenom Service Center, Naples Jet Center will offer maintenance, service, upgrades and warranty work for owners and operators of the Embraer Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 aircraft. The company will also be able to support the EEC and ESP […]
Coradine Aviation joins Aspen’s Connected Panel partner program
Coming this fall, LogTen Pro for iPad will be integrated with Aspen Avionics’ Connected Pilot, enabling pilots to download flight time data direct from an aircraft’s panel. Coradine Aviation Systems will be one of the first aviation software companies to integrate with Aspen Avionics’ recently announced Connected Pilot, the initial product of its Connected Panel […]
Sportys releases free AOPA Summit app
Sporty’s Pilot Shop has developed a new app for AOPA Aviation Summit, to be held in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 22 through 24. Available for the first time ever, the app contains maps, guides and schedules. It will also provide all the latest announcements from the show, according to AOPA officials. The official AOPA Summit app […]
Aircraft Spruce offers LSA products
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co., which has been a distributor of homebuilt and certified aircraft parts and materials since 1965, now also distributes Light-Sport Aircraft products. Products available include DVDs, books, eBooks, avionic items, instruments, along with the entire SkySports line, which Aircraft Spruce acquired in 2009. SkySports produces its own line of single and […]
Windward Aviation expands with new GM
Windward Aviation, a general aviation maintenance and repair facility in Southern Florida, has a new General Manager, Michael Gillow. Gillow’s addition allows Windward Aviation to expand its maintenance and repair services beyond larger piston twins (Navajo, Cabin-Class Cessna) to turboprops, such as the Cessna Caravan, Pilatus PC12, Beechcraft King Air and Piper Cheyenne. Prior to […]
Defective aircraft proves fatal for pilot
This September 2009 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Avid Catalina. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Inks lake, Texas. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The amphibian had a known history of taking on […]
Aboard Flight 93: GA’s man on 9/11
I have the feeling that few GA pilots know “one of ours” was up there on United Flight 93, capable of bringing that 757 back had passengers overcome cockpit hijackers. He was a college classmate of mine. Donald Freeman Greene was the name. I only bumped into him briefly freshman year in the dorm. He […]
The case for the corporate jet
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Corporate jets are getting a bum rap here since the deficit and budget have erupted into major political battlegrounds. But it is not jets alone that are the target — the use of any aircraft is being painted as a plum of the rich. While many in the aviation community may think […]