Iridium Communications and its partner companies have launched the Iridium NEXT Mission Team Scholarship program, with an expected $250,000 endowment. The endowment is a multi-year commitment by Iridium NEXT partner companies to support the development of young aerospace engineers. The company unveiled the program at an Iridium NEXT Mission Team partner event March 14. Thales […]
Flight Guide iEFB v4.2 released
Airguide Publications has released v4.2, a free update for the Flight Guide iEFB iPad application. “Flight Guide iEFB v4.2 is a major update that includes Guardian Aero 454 integration for a wireless ‘Flight Plan’ link to Garmin GPS receivers, Seamless Chart Layer tool, NEXRAD Weather Overlays on seamless Flight Planning Charts, Search/Add Waypoints on Seamless […]
Flashlight Firestarter now at Aircraft Spruce
Aircraft Spruce now carries the new ion Flashlight Firestarter. During outdoor adventures, flights over remote areas, or in any emergency survival situation, there are two pieces of equipment that you never want to be without: a flashlight and a firestarter. The two items have now been combined into one lightweight, compact, product called the ion […]
Audio Environment General Aviation Edition released
The new General Aviation edition of Audio Environment for Flight Simulator X adds custom made, high quality stereo sound replacements for eight default GA aircraft and helicopters. There are also ground vehicle and general environment audio effects to make the simulation world even more realistic, company officials said. The new edition includes new realistic start-up […]
Control Rod Rigger introduced
Greatest Generation Aircraft (GGA), a non-profit foundation at Meacham Field in Fort Worth, recently purchased a new tool, the Control Rod Rigger, for restoration projects. The Control Rod Rigger is used to preserve the exact length of the control rod when replacing or cleaning old control rod ends. Greatest Generation Aircraft was founded “to give […]
Eagle Creek Aviation joins Avfuel network
Eagle Creek Aviation Services at Eagle Creek Airport (EYE) near Indianapolis has joined the Avfuel network of FBOs. It now offers Avfuel Contract Fuel, the AVTRIP rewards program, and a variety of additional products. Services include fuel, quick turns, hangars, maintenance, weather, GPUs, and more, including a pilot lounge area, flight planning facilities and use […]
Start of a flying career on 16th birthday
Jeff Spahr, a sophomore at Riverview High School in Sarasota, Florida, celebrated his 16th birthday March 10 and had something more important on his mind than getting his driver’s license. Jeff started taking flying lessons at Gulf Coast International Flight Academy, Inc. when he was just 14 years old and he became eligible to fly […]
Morgan Freeman hosting party For Able Flight
Actor and pilot Morgan Freeman will host a benefit party for Able Flight April 21 at his Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Morgan will be there to welcome donors and the largest group of Able Flight pilots together in one place at one time. Able Flight’s Charles Stites said, “With special guests and […]
EPA endangerment finding would not end avgas
In his Left Seat blog at EAA.org, Mac McClellan notes that the lawsuit brought by the environmental activist group Friends of the Earth against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sounds ominous, “but really wouldn’t change the way, or probably even the timetable, of aviation’s move to a lead-free fuel.” Read his full post here.