Garmin International has introduced the GRA 5500, a high-performance, all-digital radar altimeter for general aviation. Using patent-pending digital signal processing technology, the GRA 5500 works to provide smooth altitude tracking, resulting in a consistent and highly accurate altitude above ground indication, even over the most challenging environments like rough terrain, tree canopies, sand and choppy […]
GPS Innovation Alliance launches
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Citing the ever-increasing importance of the Global Positioning System (GPS) to the global economy and infrastructure, a group of GPS advocates have formed the GPS Innovation Alliance, an organization dedicated to furthering GPS innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. Members of the Alliance are drawn from a wide variety of fields and businesses that […]
Jet Professionals celebrates 30th anniversary
TETERBORO, N.J. — Jet Professionals, a global aviation staffing company, is celebrating its 30th year in business. The aviation staffing company began as a two-person company in Shelton, Conn., created by a pilot and his colleague who saw the need for crew member staffing in 1983. Jet Aviation acquired the organization in 1996, moving its […]
Scholarship launched to get new flying club airborne
It started like so many other great ideas in aviation: A bunch of pilots sitting around, talking about their love of flying and their concern about the dwindling pilot population. But unlike so many, these Chicago area pilots decided to do something. They formed Ground Effect Advisors (GEA) and then created a scholarship focused exclusively […]
Signature Flight Support sponsors Able Flight
Signature Flight Support has signed on as a major sponsor of Able Flight, a non-profit organization that provides flight and aviation career training scholarships to people with physical disabilities. Signature will join Embraer Aircraft and Sennheiser Aviation as host sponsors of Able Flight’s 2nd annual benefit event to be held at Fantasy Of Flight near […]
FAA puts out requests for UAV research and test sites
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The FAA has put out a request for proposals from state and local governments, universities and other public entities to develop six unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research and test sites around the country. Through the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, Congress directed the FAA to establish this program to conduct […]
App showcasing cockpits now available
You can now look inside some of history’s greatest aircraft with the new ACI Cockpit360º app available from the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force and AeroCapture Images. The free app features high-definition panoramic photos of more than 20 cockpits from many well-known aircraft on display at the museum, including the B-29 Bockscar that […]
Rod Machado joins AOPA Live This Week
AOPA Live This Week will feature a new series, “License to Learn,” hosted by renowned flight instructor and professional speaker Rod Machado. Machado has signed on to create two videos each month, approximately two minutes in length, as part of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s (AOPA) weekly report on aviation news and developments. Machado […]
Hartzell president joins IMC Club’s board of directors
The IMC Clubs has appointed Joe Brown, president and chief operating officer of Hartzell Propellers, to its board of directors. Brown was chosen to provide his expertise to help with club development, officials said. Board meetings take place at Norwood Airport (Norwood, MA) quarterly and are held at the IMC Club International corporate offices. He […]