This year’s Copperstate Regional EAA Fly-in will be held Oct. 6 through 9, 2005, at a new site, Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ), located midway between Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz. Previously held at Phoenix Regional Airport, Copperstate is the largest EAA fly-in in the Southwest, attracting as many as 10,000 people. CGZ is also home […]
3rd annual Cirrus Migration set for June 3-5 in Duluth
The third annual Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association Migration, known as M3, is set for June 3-5 in Duluth, Minn. There will be educational seminars and more than 60 vendors exhibiting products available for Cirrus aircraft.
DaimondFest set for June 23-25 in London, Ontario
DiamondFest, the annual gathering of Diamond Aircraft owners, is set for June 23-25 in London, Ontario. Attendees can tour the factory, get demonstration flights, and attend technical sessions offered by Diamond’s vendors, as well as get front-row seats for the London International AirFest.
Aircraft Spruce East to hold open house May 21
Aircraft Spruce and Specialty’s eastern outlet at Falcon Field in Peachtree City, Ga., will hold an open house May 21. A number of manufacturers representatives will be on hand to demonstrate and explain the use of their products. There also will be prizes for attendees, free hot dogs and sodas, and the pilot who flies […]
FAA employees file suit to stop outsourcing of FSS operations
Nearly 800 flight service specialists filed a lawsuit March 31 to stop the FAA from contracting out their jobs. In February, the FAA awarded a $1.9 billion contract to Lockheed Martin to take over operations at the agency’s Automated Flight Service Stations. At that time, Lockheed officials said they planned to close 38 of the […]
Championship air races slated for Mississippi
Between June 2 and 5, the skies over Tunica, Miss., will be filled with the sounds of great air racers as Unlimiteds, T-6s and Formula One aircraft race for the Tunica Cup. Tunica Municipal Airport (M97) is the venue for the second air racing competition in the world, the other being Reno’s. The race was […]
New sunglasses improve cockpit performance
The HDL-3C Sunglass Lens improves pilots’ visual performance in the cockpit. Developed specifically for the aviation industry, HDL-3C filters reduce the light reaching the eye in order to reduce glare, but they also improve the color and color contrast throughout the color spectrum, which improves visual performance. This is particularly effective when flying as it […]
AEA and Global Jet Services team to provide training
The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) and Global Jet Services (GJS) have teamed up to offer avionics and aircraft maintenance training with incentives to AEA members. GJS will conduct its aircraft and avionics course offerings for current AEA members and their employees at 15% less than current retail prices. Courses offered include: Initial, Recurrent and Electrical […]
Two new versions of Smartsoft give additional options for weight and balance
Smartsoft has released two new versions of its weight and balance software for mobile phones: Flight WTK 2.0 and Flight WTK Lite version. Flight WTK enables pilots to perform weight and balance on their cell phone in as little as 40 seconds. Flight WTK uses a mobile phone as a computing device and runs like […]