WASHINGTON, DC – The Subcommittee on Aviation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Tom Petri (R-Wis.), will hold a hearing on Wednesday, July 18, to review the FAA’s Contract Tower Program and the Department of Transportation Inspector General’s (DOT IG) ongoing audit of the program. Under the Contract Tower Program, the FAA contracts with private entities to […]
New CEO for Swift Fuels
A seasoned professional with experience in the global oil and gas industry has been named CEO of Swift Fuels, a recently reorganized chemical research firm that is actively developing a commercial replacement for leaded general aviation gasoline. The appointment of Chris D’Acosta, who has been an oil industry consulting executive and previously held management positions […]
UAV Navigation to sponsor Reno racer
UAV Navigation, a vendor of flight control avionics and motion processing solutions, will sponsor a plane in Reno’s National Championship Air Races and Air Show in September. Guillermo Parodi, UAV Navigation’s CEO and co-founder, will fly the aircraft as a pilot. His plane, nº36, dubbed “N-A-RUSH”, is a Cassutt Special III, a single-seat racing jet […]
Legacy Building Solutions opens new plant
Legacy Building Solutions, a designer, manufacturer and installer of tension fabric buildings, including aircraft hangars, has opened a new fabric manufacturing plant at its headquarters in South Haven, Minn. The new facility will allow the company to produce higher quality fabric panels while also increasing capacity, company officials said. The new plant is a hybrid […]
Hartzell introduces lightweight aircraft alternator
Hartzell Engine Technologies has received FAA PMA approval for its new ALV-9610 100-amp aircraft alternator. The Hartzell ALV-9610 is a lightweight, compact design with integral noise filtering that directly replaces traditional larger, heavier gear driven 100-amp Crittendon and ALV-9510 units on Continental -470, -520 and -550 series engines, company officials said. The ALV-9610 is the […]
New Able Flight pilots to be honored at AirVenture
Able Flight will pin wings on its newest pilots at a special ceremony Tuesday July 24, at AirVenture in Oshkosh. Family, friends and special guests will be there to honor scholarship winners who took part in the third annual Able Flight/Purdue University joint training project this summer. Five of the six pilots who trained at […]
Garmin introduces GWX 70
Garmin has unveiled the GWX 70, a new solid-state weather radar that brings advanced Doppler-enabled features to general aviation aircraft. “Compared to earlier generation magnetron-based weather radar systems, the digital GWX 70 offers significant improvements in capability, reliability and cost of ownership. And with optional advanced features like turbulence detection, the GWX 70 will help […]
California avgas lawsuit fuels surcharge
AVweb is reporting that some California FBOs are imposing a nickel-per-gallon surcharge on 100LL fuel sales to fund a legal defense against an environmental group that’s trying to restrict leaded avgas from the California market. The FBOs, which are part of the California Avgas Coalition, are countersuing the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and the […]
Garmin introduces ADS-B lineup
Garmin has introduced a suite of certified and portable ADS-B solutions, providing options for any aircraft owner to satisfy the U.S. NextGen mandate for ADS-B Out and also gain access to the benefits of ADS-B In, including traffic and subscription-free weather information. “NextGen represents a significant opportunity for pilots to fly with greater safety, efficiency, […]