Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) President Craig Fuller has been elected to a two-year term as chairman of RTCA, Inc., the corporation that is charged with developing consensus-based recommendations regarding communications, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management system issues for the FAA. Fuller takes over from Agam Sinha, a senior vice president of The […]
WINGS seminar set for PRA 50th anniversary fly-in
The Popular Rotorcraft Association (PRA), working in conjunction with the FAASTeam, the FAA’s safety education program, has received approval to grant WINGS continuing education credits to pilots attending the Aug. 1 seminar on Radio Use in the Traffic Pattern by Pilots of Light Sport Aircraft (LSA). This seminar will be of value to pilots of […]
Sporty’s Pilot Shop expands Oshkosh presence
Sporty’s has expanded its EAA AirVenture presence for 2012 from an inside exhibit to a much larger tent location with even more products and enhanced displays. Located in space #260 in front of Hangar B, Sporty’s will have an array of products on display, including an on-going demonstration of the Stratus, Sporty’s new in-flight weather […]
Independence Aviation opens second Colorado satellite operation
Denver-based Independence Aviation has opened a second satellite operation at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (BJC) in Colorado. IA opened its first satellite office in July 2011 in the Colorado jetCenter at the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (COS). The full slate of services available at the company’s headquarters in Centennial Airport (APA) in Englewood will now […]
Signal Aviation now Granite Air Center
Signal Aviation Services, the primary general aviation service provider for the Lebanon Municipal Airport (LEB) in New Hampshire, has been purchased by long-time employees, Greg Soho and Jason Archambeault. Soho has been the company’s vice president since 1999 and Archambeault has served as director of maintenance since 2007. The FBO has a new name, Granite […]
New owner for ACR Electronics
ELT manufacturer ACR Electronics has been acquired by an investment fund managed by J.F. Lehman & Company, a leading middle-market private equity firm focused on defense, aerospace and maritime sectors. The company most recently was a business unit of Cobham Commercial Systems. ACR Electronics, founded in 1956, designs and manufactures a line of safety and […]
Aviation artist Sam Lyons improving
A few days ago we reported that famed aviation artist Sam Lyons was hospitalized. Good news today from his wife Mindy that Sam is doing much better and hopes to be out of the hospital soon. Sam was rush to Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Lakeland, Florida, with what doctors think is an allergic reaction […]
New study shows autogas can power 80% of piston aircraft
The Aviation Fuel Club has released initial results from a study that shows between 80% and 83% of the current fleet of piston engine aircraft could safely operate on autogas. First approved by the FAA as an aviation fuel in 1982, autogas (also known as mogas) is ethanol-free, lead-free automotive fuel. Either 87 or 91 […]
Icon A5 to be powered by new Rotax
ICON Aircraft has chosen the new Rotax 912 iS engine to power its A5 Light Sport Aircraft. The new fuel-injected powerplant will be the launch engine initially available in the A5, for which ICON has taken over 750 deposits. “We’re excited to be able to incorporate BRP-Powertrain’s new fuel-injected Rotax 912 iS engine in the […]