StandardAero has appointed Mary Ellen Keegan to the position of vice president, contracts based at its Component Services facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. Keegan will be responsible for legal support for all contract activity within StandardAero, including negotiation and review of all sales, purchase, and lease agreements for the business sectors. Prior to joining StandardAero, Keegan […]
Hands-free pilot’s light available
A flexible neck flashlight with a super-bright red or white LED is now available from Sporty’s. The light’s flexible 3-inch neck can be twisted and turned to illuminate charts or for emergency panel lighting. An included clip allows the light to be attached to a hat, shirt or a seat belt so the light can […]
Green hangar opens at BUR
Shangri-La Industries recently unveiled its inaugural project: The world’s first aviation hangar to achieve Platinum certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System. Hangar 25 is located at the Bob Hope Airport (BUR) in Burbank, California “Hangar 25 represents the future of the commercial building industry as […]
Roscoe Morton earns Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award
Roscoe Morton, widely known as the chief announcer at Sun ‘n Fun and EAA AirVenture air show events, received the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award on Dec. 13. The Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award is a nationally sanctioned FAA award for active senior pilots. Named for Orville and Wilbur Wright, it recognizes a lifetime of […]
AOPA aims 2009 Sweepstakes at pilots…and non-pilots
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association is heading in a completely new direction with its 2009 Let’s Go Flying! sweepstakes. For the past 18 years, the AOPA Sweepstakes has showcased what you can do to an airplane, as the Association bought and completely refurbished a used aircraft before awarding the end result to the sweepstakes […]
Goodrich and Rolls-Royce form engine controls joint venture
Goodrich Corporation and Rolls-Royce Group plc said on Jan. 2 that they have formed a joint venture company to develop and supply engine controls for Rolls-Royce aero engines. The transaction closed on December 31, 2008. The joint venture, Rolls-Royce Goodrich Engine Control Systems Limited, operates as Aero Engine Controls. Each of the two companies owns […]
NOTAM focus group to meet
Love the current FAA NOTAM System? Hate it? Have any opinion at all? If you are in the Washington, DC area the American Institutes for Research would like to hear from you. The not-for-profit organization has been contracted by the FAA’s Aeronautical Information Management group to get user input on the modernization of the NOTAM […]
LASP hearings to start Jan. 6
The Transportation Security Administration, better known simply as TSA, has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would mandate new and significantly tighter security requirements for all aircraft weighing more than 12,500 pounds. In addition, TSA is proposing new mandatory security requirements for airports serving large aircraft. Under the new rules, aircraft owners and operators […]
Aircraft Spruce adds fuel computer to line-up
Experimental aircraft owners can now increase the information available to them with a Flight Data Systems AFP-30, according to officials at Aircraft Spruce, which is now selling the three-in-one computer that provides performance information, fuel projections and outside air data. Pilots will have access to the engine’s actual percent of horsepower, based on the manufacturer’s […]