FlightSafety International recently celebrated the 45th anniversary of FlightSafety Academy in Vero Beach, Florida. “The FlightSafety Academy has made a significant contribution to the aviation industry since its founding in 1966,” said Bruce Whitman, President & CEO. “The academy is recognized worldwide for the high quality training it provides and for helping to prepare each […]
Don’t let ice drag you down
As winter approaches, so does the likelihood of an icing encounter. What should you do if ice starts accumulating on the airframe around you? Find out by taking the “WeatherWise: Precipitation & Icing” online course from the Air Safety Institute.
Avtrip scholarship winners named
Avfuel Corporation has named Eric Lucas of Wilbraham, Mass., and Allison Hoyt of Fort Worth, Texas, as the winner and runner up of the 2011 Avtrip Scholarship. Lucas will receive $2,000 and Hoyt will receive $500 (both will also receive a $500 U.S. Savings Bond) to apply toward furthering their aviation educations. Lucas, a charter/corporate […]
UAA Wheatley Award presented to Speakes
The University Aviation Association (UAA) awarded its prestigious William A. Wheatley Award for 2011 to Dr. Julie Massie Speakes, professor and department chair of Commercial Aviation at Delta State University in Mississippi. The Wheatley Award, presented at the UAA Fall Education Conference Awards Banquet in Indianapolis, recognized Dr. Speakes for 18 years of aviation education […]
New documentary available Veterans Day
The creators of the Emmy-Award winning PBS hit “Red Tail Reborn” have now created a new aviation program, “The Restorers-They Were All Volunteers.” The new film will be available this Veterans Day, Nov. 11, on DVD and BluRay. Each year the famous Doolittle Tokyo Raiders have a reunion to remember their mission, their comrades, and […]
EAM earns TPE331 Overhaul Authorization
Executive Aircraft Maintenance (EAM), an authorized Twin Commander Service Center at the Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, has received overhaul authorization for the TPE331 turboprop engine by Honeywell International. EAM’s Anchorage, Alaska, facility retains its status as a Honeywell-authorized TPE331 major maintenance facility. Honeywell also has approved EAM to provide TPE331 turboprop engine component repair services. […]
Seminole Carburetor Air Box Modification Kit now available
Kosola and Associates, Inc., has developed an FAA-approved kit to repair and reinforce the air box assembly on the Piper PA44-180 Seminole. Development of the Carburetor Air Box Modification Kit STC-PMA was in response to problems with the Piper PA44-180 Seminoles experiencing cracking of the air inlet/outlet duct attachment (see sketch), according to officials with […]
Flying High Coffee makes it to final round in Pepsi grant program
Flying High Coffee’s concept of selling coffee and turning some of the profits into donations to aviation charities has made it into the final voting round of Pepsi’s RefreshEverything grant program. The Pepsi program has been set up to reward ideas for doing good deeds within communities, with winners decided by popular votes. Rob Riggen, […]
House committee asks FCC to halt LightSquared waiver
Earlier this week, House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.), a longtime pilot, along with eight committee members sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski requesting that the agency not proceed with LightSquared’s waiver until federal testing determines that there will be no interference with all types of GPS devices. […]