Freshly repaved and restriped, the main runway at Skagit Regional Airport (BVS) in Washington state reopened at 4 p.m. on Friday, June 17, after a six-week construction closure. “The runway is open one week ahead of schedule thanks to the hard work of Interwest Construction, Precision Approach Engineering, and our Airport Supervisor Bob Nord,” said […]
Hybrid electric aircraft to fly at Paris Air Show
Siemens AG, Diamond Aircraft and EADS are set to present an aircraft with a serial hybrid electric drive system at the Paris Air Show Le Bourget 2011. The two-seater motor glider successfully completed its maiden flight June 8 at the Wiener Neustadt airfield in Vienna, Austria. The aircraft was built by the three partners to […]
LightSquared shifts to spare GPS
LightSquared officials said on Monday the company will move to a different spot on the spectrum to avoid interfering with sensitive GPS systems, according to a report in the National Journal, which quotes the company’s CEO: “This is a solution which ensures that tens of millions of GPS users won’t be affected by LightSquared’s launch.” […]
‘Air Racers 3D’ to soar into IMAX theaters
3D Entertainment USA, a 3D entertainment films company, has completed principal photography on its upcoming IMAX theater film about the Reno Air Races, “Air Racers 3D.” Produced in association with L.A.-based Pretend Entertainment and Stereoscope, the film is an in-depth exploration of the fastest motor sport on Earth at the annual Reno National Championship Air […]
‘Who’s Who’ to be at National Aviation Hall of Fame enshrinement
Master of Ceremonies for the National Aviation Hall of Fame’s 50th Annual Enshrinement Dinner & Ceremony, which will be held at the Dayton Convention Center on Saturday, July 16, will be retired Air Force Colonel Thomas N. Moe, a former fighter pilot and Vietnam POW who currently serves as Director of Veterans Services for the […]
Seawind flight testing gets help from National Research Council
The National Research Council of Canada Institute for Aerospace Research (NRC-Aerospace) is assisting Seawind LLC, a company located in Kimberton, Pennsylvania, with the certification flight-testing of the Seawind 300C single-engine amphibian. Launched in 2010, the program was designed to be responsive to the flight test needs of smaller Canadian and international aerospace companies. This capability […]
Rich and Dee Gibson to receive 2011 Bill Barber Award for Showmanship
Rich and Dee Gibson are the 2011 recipients of the Bill Barber Award for Showmanship. The award will be presented during EAA AirVenture 2011 at EAA’s Theater in the Woods on Monday, July 25. Rich and Dee travel all over the world “blowing things up.” Both received formal training with explosives in the United States […]
Kearney Aviation Center joins Avfuel network
Kearney Regional Airport’s newest FBO, Kearney Aviation Center, has joined the Avfuel network. Fully operational as of June 1 at EAR, the Nebraska FBO will offer Avfuel products and services, including contract fuel and AVTRIP. Aviator and owner Phil Jossi opened his FBO due to what he felt was the “region’s need for a service-oriented […]
5-blade prop OK’d for Socata TBM
MT-Propeller Entwicklung GmbH has received an FAA STC for the next generation 5-blade scimitar composite propeller MTV-27-1-E-C-F-R(P)/CFR225-55f on the Socata Model TBM700 A, B, C1, C2, N with the P&WC PT6A-64, -66D engine. The new STC provides increased performance (5% improved takeoff and climb, 3-5 kts cruise with 1800 rpm), and is suitable for all […]