The Women in Aviation International German Chapter, based in Frankfurt, has mounted its largest and most ambitious project to date: A worldwide traveling photo exhibition titled Women in Aviation. The traveling exhibition, organized in cooperation with Women in Aviation, International, will be staged at airports throughout the world in the coming months. Mariola Ziolkowski, president […]
Lighten up in a Sporty’s pilot T-shirt
Sporty’s has added to its line of humorous T-shirts with three new options: JetFuel: Even more than the smell of strong coffee or the smell of the pancakes at a fly-in breakfast, pilots love the smell of fuel. This T-shirt announces that fact by declaring, “I love the smell of jet fuel in the morning.” […]
Boston 8 folding bike debuts
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Montague Corporation, a manufacturer in full-size folding bikes for 25 years, knows what pilots are looking for in a bike: low maintenance, a suitable range of gears, adjustable handle bar height, fenders, and the ability to fold for easy stowage in the hold of a plane. Thanks to the Boston 8, the […]
Scott Holloway joins Sheltair team
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Scott Holloway has joined Sheltair as the Senior Vice President of Capital Solutions. Sheltair is Florida’s largest privately-owned network of FBOs with locations throughout Florida, Georgia and New York. Scott has been engaged in the real estate finance industry in South Florida since 1977. For the past nine years he has […]
DAC International secures dual PMAs
AUSTIN, Texas – DAC International has received FAA Parts Manufacturer Approvals (PMA) for the company’s GDC62 Radio Altimeter Interface Unit and the GDC66 Fuel Quantity Adapter Unit. The dual part approvals were accomplished by DAC International’s Engineering and Certification Division (ECD), in partnership with Cutter Aviation. These converters, developed specifically for the Piper Meridian, permit […]
LightHawk provides emergency flight for endangered howler monkey
Mia, a Yucatan black howler monkey hit by a car in Bermudian Landing, will get a second chance at life after being airlifted to the Wildtracks Primate Rehabilitation Centre in Sarteneja. The flight, arranged through LightHawk, a volunteer conservation aviation group based in the United States, brought the howler money to the center in northern […]
LA training center receives $100,000 donation
Single-engine Cessnas and a former Coast Guard HH-52 helicopter will continue to line one of the most unique classrooms within the Los Angeles Unified School District, thanks to a $100,000 donation. According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, the North Valley Occupational Center-Aviation Center had been facing closure or relocation after 40 years […]
FlightLink from Lightspeed Aviation evolves
Lightspeed Aviation has released FlightLink 1.2, an upgrade to its free app that turns iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches into cockpit voice recorders. The new version includes a file compression feature that makes audio files both smaller and compatible with a wider variety of audio management software. Launched at EAA Airventure 2012, FlightLink captures all […]
LoPresti awarded STC for BoomBeams on Citation 680 and 750
LoPresti Aviation has been granted a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the BoomBeam High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting Systems for the Cessna Citation 680 and 750. “We are very excited to have our next generation taxi and landing light systems available for nearly the entire Citation line,” remarked Curt LoPresti, President of LoPresti Aviation. ”By […]