Airwolf Aviation has opened a new flight training location in South Carolina’s Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) main terminal building. Airwolf Aviation was founded four years ago by Michele Rash, with Cyndy Hollman as chief flight instructor, and one airplane. Currently, Airwolf has a fleet of eight aircraft, five flight instructors and an aircraft sales/purchase assistance […]
Dreamliner on display at Museum of Flight
Boeing’s first 787 Dreamliner will be on public display at Seattle’s The Museum of Flight’s parking lot Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A pilot who flew the plane on its historic first flight, Boeing Chief Pilot Randy Neville, will talk about the Dreamliner program during a 1:30 p.m. presentation at the museum. […]
Is the iPad all hype?
In his blog at Air Facts Journal, Sporty’s John Zimmerman notes that you can’t read a story about general aviation these days without being confronted with Apple’s world-beating tablet computer. Some pilots are skeptical that the iPad really changes anything. Most gush about it and how flying will never be the same. What’s the real […]
Alabama aviation industry poised to take flight
Alabama’s aviation industry is poised to reach new heights, a top official with the industry’s latest addition to the state said recently. A report at Al.com quotes Mike Sims, general manager of GE Aviation, which is building an engine coatings plant in the state: “Alabama has a rising reputation in the aviation industry with the […]
FAA official talks user fees
FAA Deputy Administrator Michael Huerta may have given a glimpse of how the agency and the Obama Administration will promote the GA user fee concept in the coming weeks. According to a report at EAA.org, while outlining the NextGen system status during a speech to the NextGen Advisory Committee in Washington, D.C., Huerta talked about […]
Five earn Master Instructor accreditation
Five CFIs recently earned or renewed their Master Instructor accreditations. To help put this achievement in its proper perspective, there are approximately 93,000 CFIs in the United States. Fewer than 700 of them have earned Master accreditation. The last 16 National Flight Instructors of the Year were Master CFIs. In addition, the FAA has approved […]
ZuluLog.com launches Android app
ZuluLog.com, a provider of Web-based aviation record keeping services and software, has released its new Android application for pilots. The ZuluLog Android app can be used as a standalone pilot logbook, but is designed to work with customer accounts at ZuluLog.com. Users can enter, edit, and view flights from anywhere, with or without a data […]
IMC Radio goes live
After weeks of preparation, setting broadcast equipment, testing and the success of the pre-inaugural show on Sept. 28, the WIMC-DB (IMC Radio project) is taking off the ground and is ready for its first worldwide live call-in Aviation Talk Show. The first transmission will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 6 p.m. EST for […]
Plane Power debuts new alternator for Continental engines
Plane Power has introduced the Plane-Power C28-150 alternator, a lightweight, high-output, gear-driven, 150 amp alternator for Continental 520 and 550 engines. Weighing 13 lbs., the Plane-Power C28-150 alternator replaces OEM alternators that typically weigh more than 20 lbs. During FAA testing, Plane Power C28-150 alternators demonstrated the capability to provide 150 amps continuously at typical […]