Sharp Details is now offering its aircraft cleaning and support services at Landmark Aviation’s Teterboro, N.J. (TEB) facility and in south Florida at seven airports: Opa-Locka Executive (OPF), Kendall-Tamiami Executive (TMB), Miami International (MIA), Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Fort Lauderdale Executive (FXE), Boca Raton (BCT) and Palm Beach International (PBI). The company, which has been operating […]
Open house and fly-in slated at 25D
The 12th annual Open House and Fly-In at Daniel De Ponti Memorial Airport (25D) in Forest Lake, Minnesota, will be held Saturday, Aug. 17, from 7 am to 4pm. Pilots are invited to come in and land on a 2,700-foot grass strip. The fly-in will feature pancakes and fixings by EAA Chapter 237, corn on […]
Wanted: Photos of your shirt tail being cut after your first solo
As part of our upcoming Learn to Fly issue, we’re looking for photos from readers of the celebrations following their first solo and the cutting of their shirt tails. Send them to [email protected]
Tickets now on sale for Reno
Tickets are now on sale for the 50th Annual National Championship Air Races in Reno, slated for Sept. 11-15. You can order them online or you can call 775-972-6663. “We are excited that the Patriot Jet Team will be returning this year with their spectacular show,” officials said. “They are former Blue Angel and Thunderbird […]
CFI Tools releases General Aviation app
CFI Tools has released the latest addition to the CFI Tools catalog: The General Aviation App, CFI Tools General Aviation 1.01. This release consolidates a number of existing apps and some upgraded new features. The consolidation wraps the apps in a single standardized package known as a Universal App. Nine existing apps have been retired […]
Aircraft Spruce offers SUN ’n FUN pre-order pick-up option
Customers who want to pick up their orders at Aircraft Spruce’s booth at the upcoming SUN ’n FUN, slated for April 9-14 in Lakeland, Florida, must place the orders in advance, company officials note. “We have a limited amount of stock available at our SUN ’n FUN booth so we encourage you to place your orders […]
Mach 7 plane featured in new novel
Now available from HobNob Books is “Tango Trajectory,” a thriller by Dale W. Cox that features the Taurora, a plane based on an actual Mach 7 plane. The novel unfolds during the course of an ordinary day on a secret CIA base at Groom Lake, Nevada. Readers will follow Teresa O’Brien’s challenges after being selected […]
First new Citation Sovereign rolls off assembly line
The first production New Citation Sovereign rolled off the production line in Cessna’s Wichita, Kan., manufacturing facility. The New Citation Sovereign is one of six new Cessna aircraft expected to hit the market this year. “This rollout today is proof of Cessna’s commitment to bringing new products to customers in 2013, and demonstrates our strong […]
Free app for jet fuel shopping released
Fuel Bidder has launched its jet fuel marketplace application. Fuelbidder.com, free for aircraft owners, harnesses the power of open competition to deliver the lowest possible jet fuel price at virtually any airport in the world. “Fuelbidder.com is ideal for air charter or executive jet flight departments wishing to save time and money when shopping for […]