Extra Aircraft has unveiled the newest addition to its lineup, the EA-300LP. The model was specifically designed with the competitive and performance pilot in mind, according to Ken Weaver, Extra’s president. The most noticeable redesigned feature is the EA-300 LP’s cowling for improved engine air flow. A lightweight carbon-fiber honeycomb composite was used in the […]
Liberty opens Dupage (Ill.) sales office
Liberty Aerospace, which manufactures the certified XL2 , has opened its fifth “factory direct” sales office at DuPage County Airport in the Chicago area. The company also has offices in California, Texas, Maryland and Florida.
Ameriquest launches airship
There’s a new airship making the rounds this summer. In May Ameriquest, a mortgage company, launched Ameriquest Airship Freedom, a 206-foot blimp painted red, white and blue. The blimp is traveling coast to coast this summer with stops at sporting events, county fairs and other celebrations. It is one of only two blimps in the […]
Flight Explorer Pilot Edition: New tool for saving time and improving safety
GA pilots now have a new tool that will save them time and money when they are preparing to fly: Flight Explorer Pilot Edition from Flight Explorer, a provider of Internet-based, real-time global flight tracking information, reporting and display products. The new product allows pilots to see the weather along their planned routes of flight; […]
New SpectraSensors System helps pilots reroute around bad weather
SpectraSensors, Inc., a high technology spin-off of the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has successfully completed tests of its WVSS-II, a new Water Vapor Sensing System that will contribute to continuous, more accurate weather forecasting. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Forecast System Laboratory confirmed consistency among soundings from WVSS-II equipped aircraft and sensor data […]
Enterprise Jet Center acquires FAA Repair Station Certification
Enterprise Jet Center at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston has acquired an FAA Repair Station certificate, which covers maintenance of aircraft operating under 14 CFR parts 91 (general and corporate), 121 (scheduled air carriers), 125 (large private aircraft) and 135 (on demand charter). Enterprise is building a 300,000-square-foot facility, which includes an 85,000-square-foot hangar […]
American Airports Corp. acquires FBO at N.Y.’s Stewart International Airport
American Airports Corporation (AAC), operator of Supermarine of Santa Monica, an FBO at Santa Monica Municipal Airport in California, has purchased the assets of Rifton Aviation Services, the largest FBO at Stewart International Airport (SWF) in the lower Mid-Hudson Valley 50 miles north of New York City. The FBO will be renamed Supermarine of Stewart. […]
Avfuel and Signature Flight Support ink deal
Avfuel Corp., the nation’s largest independent supplier of aviation fuels and services, and Signature Flight Support, the world’s largest FBO network, have entered into a new fuel supply agreement. As part of the agreement, the AVTRIP incentive program will be offered at Signature locations in the U.S. With AVTRIP, pilots earn points for each gallon […]
Siemens Financial Services targets corporate aircraft
Siemens Financial Services, Inc. (SFS), the U.S. financial services arm of Siemens AG, is increasing its efforts to provide financing options for purchasers of corporate jets and turbine helicopters. As part of this effort, SFS will provide a wide array of financing choices in the corporate aircraft arena, including fixed and floating rate term loans, […]