General Aviation News Staff

TULSA, Okla. —Aircraft Components Co., Inc. and Turbine Aircraft Components, Inc., of Addison, Texas, have merged. The new company will operate as Aircraft Components Co. and will be headquartered in Tulsa. Aircraft Components is an FAA Approved Repair Station specializing in the repair and overhaul of aircraft components. Turbine Aircraft Components is a parts supplier […]

PIQUA, Ohio – Hartzell Propeller Inc. has named Flightcraft, Inc., based at the Portland (Ore.) International Airport, as the company’s newest Recommended Repair Facility. Flightcraft is one of the largest FBOs in the Pacific Northwest. Hartzell Propeller has more than two-dozen repair facilities located around the world.

IRONWOOD, Mich. — Maki Flight Support has opened at the Gogebic County Airport. The business is owned by Allen Maki of Bessemer, Mich. Maki provides mobile aircraft detail/cleaning services to airplane owners, many in the Warbird community. The bulk of his clients, however, are in GA and corporate aviation. 906-932-4972.

Four veteran pilots from the Branson, Missouri, area will be honored March 28 with the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award. The award is given by the FAA to pilots who have flown continuously for 50 years or more without an accident. The Branson quartet of Hank Haddock, Seth Caperton, Mark Trimble and Bill Lee have […]

Approximately 50% of the aircraft used to fight wildfires this year will be Air Tractor’s AT-802 aircraft. The Olney, Texas-based company reported late last month that its AT-802 will make up 50% of the firefighting fleet for the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The AT-802F single engine air tanker (SEAT) is the […]

Jabiru USA Sport Aircraft, LLC., the nation’s largest supplier of Australian-produced Jabiru aircraft and engines, has opened a new sales and builder center in Shelbyville, Tenn. The 10,000-square-foot facility, at the north end of Bomar Field (SYI), includes classroom areas, parts storage, kit building areas and offices. “This new building provides a fantastic place for […]

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Collings Foundation will debut a new color scheme for its B-24 Liberator. The B-24, which joins the foundation’s B-17 Flying Fortress on the Wings of Freedom Tour this spring and summer, is being repainted to represent one of the most famous B-24’s […]

Senator George Allen (R-Va.), Congressman John Mica (R-Fla.), Congressman Tom Davis (R-Va.), and Congressman James Moran (D-Va.) recently introduced legislation that would direct the Department of Homeland Security to resume GA operations at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).