Blockalls training glasses were designed by pilots to resolve problems with existing view limiting devices. Weighing in at less than ounce, Blockalls are engineered to easily penetrate the seal of a headset, eliminating the hassle of having to remove it first. The glasses can be worn for extended periods of time without discomfort, thanks to […]
Yankee Pacific Aerospace consolidates
Yankee Pacific Aerospace, Inc., an aerospace investment company headquartered in Rye, N.H., has merged two of its holdings. Executive Aircraft Completions, of Tulsa, Okla., and Cabin Innovations, LLC, of Lewisville, Texas, will be merged into a single division, which will be called Cabin Innovations. The merger is concurrent with the opening of Cabin Innovations’ new […]
Banyan taps Barron for North American sales
Banyan Air Service, based at the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE), recently appointed Alvie Barron director of North American sales. Barron has more than 20 years of aircraft maintenance, refurbishment and modification experience. He previously held positions with Jet Aviation, General Dynamics, Bombardier and Hawker/Beechcraft. In his new role at Banyan, he is responsible for […]
Ranger Rotorcraft names Bolden president
Ranger Rotorcraft Group, Inc., a helicopter technical services company in Fort Worth, has promoted Edward Bolden to president. Bolden, previously vice president-operations development, will be responsible for guiding all operations for civilian helicopter completions and MRO, military helicopter retrofits, engineering services, parts sales, helicopter subsystems manufacturing, all supporting shops and services, plus the customer service, […]
NationAir hires Barnard for sales
NationAir Aviation Insurance has hired Dale Barnard as a sales executive for the Pacific Northwest. Barnard will manage the company’s general aviation insurance sales practice in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska from an office located at the Portland International Airport in Oregon. Prior to joining NationAir, Barnard managed an aviation insurance practice for a […]
STC awarded for 210 glass cockpit retrofit
A partnership between Avidyne Corp., Southern Star Avionics of Mobile, Ala., and Crownair Aviation, Inc. of San Diego, has received an STC for the retrofit installation of Avidyne’s Entegra integrated flight deck in Cessna 210 and T210 Series single-engine piston aircraft. The Avidyne Entegra suite is part of Crownair’s “Centurion Edition” refurbishment program that includes […]
Cessna delivers first retail XLS+
Cessna Aircraft Co. recently completed the first Citation XLS+ retail delivery to an undisclosed customer based on the East Coast. First announced in October 2006, the Citation XLS+ achieved FAA certification May 30. European Aviation Safety Agency certification is in process and expected to be complete in early 2009. Order book exceeds 200 for the […]
Kermit Weeks inducted into Florida Aviation Hall of Fame
Kermit Weeks, creator and founder of Central Florida’s Fantasy of Flight aviation attraction and a championship aerobatics pilot, has been selected to join the Florida Aviation Hall of Fame. Weeks was inducted on Dec. 11 at the society’s sixth annual induction ceremony, held in the Florida Air Museum on the Sun ‘n Fun campus at […]
Sign-ups now being taken for WWII bomber crew fantasy camp
The Collings Foundation is now accepting reservations for its World War II Bomber Crew Fantasy Camp. The camp will be held May 26-27 at the Stockton Field Aviation Museum Hangar at Stockton Municipal Airport (OS2) in California. Reservations are available for 32 positions (two crews of 16 each). Cost is $3,900 per person, which includes […]