OurPlane, a London, Ontario-based fractional aircraft provider, has made a bid to buy the 28 Eclipse 500s formerly operated by DayJet according to Aviation International News. Read the complete story from AIN.
Scientists selected for airborne eye on universe
The Universities Space Research Association at Columbia, Md., has selected three astronomers to participate in the first scientific observations to be conducted by NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a highly modified Boeing 747SP aircraft that carries a 2.5-meter (98-inch) diameter airborne infrared telescope. Naming researchers from the astronomy community is a milestone on […]
AirMed’s Denise Treadwell wins double honors
AirMed International‘s Executive Vice President Denise Treadwell has been awarded two of the air medical industry’s highest honors, the 2008 Fixed Wing Award of Excellence from the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) and the Katz-Mason Award from the Air Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA). The AAMS Fixed Wing Award of Excellence recognizes an individual […]
CAP to exchange cadets with 13 countries next year
Cadets representing 13 countries will visit Civil Air Patrol squadrons in the U.S. as participants in next year’s International Air Cadet Exchange program. The program, now more than 60 years old, promotes international friendship and understanding through a common focus on aviation. Maj. Gen. Amy Courter, CAP National Commander, with Executive Director Don Rowland and […]
Crownair to unveil ‘Centurion Edition’ at AOPA Expo
Crownair Companies, a San Diego-based aviation maintenance and avionics company, will display its first Crownair “Centurion Edition” T210 at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association show in San Jose, Calif., Nov. 6-8. From spinner to tail cone, the upgraded 1977 planes features all new and state-of-the-art amenities, including a glass cockpit with Electronic Flight Instrument […]
Olson named CEO of Shadin Avionics
Shadin Avionics has appointed David Olson interim CEO. He replaces Allan Kramer, who resigned Oct. 8. According to company officials, Olson has substantial executive management experience in the aerospace and defense industry, both in the U.S. and internationally. Since 1978, Shadin Avionics has specialized in the design, manufacture, support and distribution of fuel flow systems, […]
CAN flies 30,000th cancer patient
Corporate Angel Network, the national public charity providing free air transportation to treatment for cancer patients by using empty seats on corporate and fractional aircraft, announced the flight of its 30,000th cancer patient on Oct. 15. Liberty Mutual, a CAN supporter since 1991, flew Jennifer Aja-Thresher, a 54 year old lung cancer patient, from Atlanta […]
Col. Donald Blakeslee dies
Col. Donald J. M. Blakeslee commanded the first U.S. fighter group to reach Berlin in World War II. It was one of the most successful fighter commands in the history of the Air Force, the first to log 500 aerial kills – its total was 550 – with another 470 destroyed on the ground. Col. […]
Richard S. Heyser dies
Lt. Col. Stephen Heyser, the U-2 pilot who shot the first photographs of ballistic missile launch sites in Cuba during the 1962 missile crisis, died Oct. 6 at the age of 81. Col. Heyser said, in a 2005 interview, that nobody was more relieved than he that the crisis ended peacefully. He said he had […]