Following the retirement of long-time Sun ’n Fun chairman Bill Eickhoff, the Sun ’n Fun board of directors has elected Bob Knight, president of Knight Industrial Equipment of Lakeland, Fla., as the new chairman. Eickhoff served as chairman for the past 28 years at Sun ’n Fun. Knight assumes the chairmanship after serving on the […]
Hartzell introduces Top Prop conversion for Piper Seminole
Hartzell Propeller Inc. has received an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for a 2-bladed propeller conversion kit for all normally aspirated PA-44-180 Piper Seminoles. The conversion kit provides Piper Seminoles with improved performance, appearance, and decreased noise signatures, according to company officials. The new Hartzell Top Prop kit features 74-inch diameter 2-blade aluminum compact hubs […]
SEF adds new benefits for companies that relocate
Florida’s Sebring Regional Airport (SEF) has modified its Foreign Trade Zone Act to provide a new benefit for businesses that locate within the service area of the Foreign Trade Zone, which includes DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, and Okeechobee Counties and the cities of Belle Glade and Pahokee. The modification allows any new company that […]
Shell FBO network expands
Former Exxon FBOs, Greenbrier Valley Airport and Summit Aviation, have joined the Shell FBO network. There are currently over 400 Shell branded FBOs in the United States. By joining the Shell FBO Network, Greenbrier Valley Airport and Summit Aviation can take advantage of some of the many FBO programs offered through Eastern Aviation Fuels, company […]
Superior Air Parts promotes Lockridge
Jeff Lochridge has been promoted to Group Vice President of Supply Chain Management at Superior Aviation Beijing, responsible for parts and component procurement for all subsidiary companies of Superior Aviation Beijing. “Jeff has been overseeing the procurement for Superior Air Parts and has done an outstanding job in ramping up our vendors. He knows that […]
AWOS installed at PLS
Belfort Instrument Co. has installed a DigiWxTM Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) at the Providencialaies International Airport (PLS) in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The AWOS AV provides real-time wind speed, wind direction, temperature, relative humidity, dew point and altimeter setting on a graphical display and on the Internet. Providenciales International Airport, on the island […]
First solo: Matt Ferrari
The day started out normal, another flying lesson, the same maneuvers I’d been practicing, nothing out of the ordinary. Flying back to the airport my instructor handed me the microphone prompting me to get an airport advisory. Without much choice, I said “Brainerd Unicom, Cessna 757 Echo Yankee, 10 miles out to the South, inbound […]
Business up at GMU
Air traffic and fuel sales are up at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), the busiest general aviation airport in South Carolina, signaling expectations of a turnaround. In 2011, air traffic at the Greenville Downtown Airport rose 6% over the year ending 2010, reports Joe Frasher, airport director. “In 2010, GMU had 55,267 operations, which are counted […]
Wichita forms task force to bolster aviation
AviationWeek is reporting that community leaders in Wichita are assembling a task force that will develop some “fairly aggressive strategies” to boost the aviation industry as the city wrestles with announcement that Boeing will pull out of Wichita and lay off or relocate up to 2,100 workers, says Suzie Ahlstrand, interim president of the Greater […]