Gleim Publications has just released the 2012 versions of its FAA Knowledge Test Prep series and FAR/AIM. Using outlines and questions grouped by topic, these products (available in book format, as Test Prep software, and in the Gleim Online Ground School) provide everything pilots need to know and study to fully prepare and pass their […]
AOPA urges vigilance as 9/11 approaches
With the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks approaching and aviation security in focus, AOPA is urging pilots to review steps to take to stay vigilant, keep their aircraft secure, and report any suspicious activity they observe around the airport. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued an advisory in which it said […]
The problem with predictions
Aviation International News blogger Jeff Burger writes an entertaining post about all the current predictions surrounding GA, noting: “Rarely a week goes by when I don’t receive a report outlining how quickly the corporate aviation field will rebound, how many business jets will be sold over the next few years or what percent of the […]
Happy Birthday, Paul Poberezny!
Experimental Aircraft Association founder Paul Poberezny celebrates his 90th birthday Sunday, Sept. 11. EAA will be celebrating on the AirVenture grounds most of the day Sunday, even promising to open ConocoPhillips Plaza for aircraft wishing to fly in to Wittman Regional Airport (OSH). Planned activities include a pancake breakfast, AirVenture Museum open house throughout the […]
Zenith builders to learn about engine choices
Two engine seminars will be held at Zenith Aircraft Co.’s 20th annual Open Hangar Day and Fly-In next weekend, Sept. 16-17) at its kit manufacturing facility in Mexico, Missouri. In addition to looking at Zenith’s planes and touring the factory, visitors will be able to learn about engine choices for powering the two-seat LSA-class Zenith […]
Flight Design delivers newest model
On Aug. 24, David Williams, of the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department traveled to Flight USA headquarters in Woodstock, Conn., to pick up the department’s new CTLE. He and Lt. Marsh Carter accepted the keys and flew the CTLE back to California. “The Tulare County Sheriff’s Department will be the first agency in the U.S. to […]
Cutter Aviation PHX approved as a gateway FBO for DCA
Cutter Aviation at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) has been granted approval as an FBO gateway for approved general and corporate aviation flights to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) as part of the DCA Access Standard Security Program (DASSP) initiative to restore general aviation access to the […]
Embry-Riddle plans grand opening for new aviation complex
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will celebrate a milestone in its ongoing construction campaign — the completion of the final three buildings in the James Hagedorn Aviation Complex — with a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 9, in the courtyard of the complex at the Daytona Beach campus. The new, high-tech […]
Independence Aviation opens COS location
Denver-based Independence Aviation (IA) has opened a second, full-service operation in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the Colorado jetCenter at the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (COS). The full slate of client services available at IA’s headquarters location in Denver’s Centennial Airport (APA) will be offered in Colorado Springs, company officials said. Services range from flight training […]