Cessna Aircraft Co. is commemorating the 100th anniversary of its company founder learning to fly and building his first airplane. “It’s a source of pride for all Cessnans to know we are carrying the torch for a company started by a man with such a pioneering and tenacious spirit. One hundred years ago, Clyde Cessna […]
Carter moves to new facility
Carter Aviation Technologies has completed a long-awaited move to a new facility in Wichita Falls, Texas. Since 1994 Carter has been housed in two small industrial buildings that accommodated their machine and composite shops and a small fabrication area. Both buildings encompassed less than 3,000 square feet of work area and for most of the […]
Live video of Paris Air Show to be broadcast online
Flightglobal and FLIR Systems will be broadcasting live from the heart of the 2011 Paris Air Show. The live broadcast will start at 12 p.m., Monday-Thursday, starting June 20. The program for each day will include a behind-the-scenes look at the all-digital FLIR Systems Star SAFIRE HD sensor powering the video images of the aircraft, […]
SAFE growth panel now online
The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) has uploaded the high definition video of the Growth Panel at the recent Training Reform Symposium. Moderated by Cessna Pilot Center Manager Julie Filucci, the hour-long presentation includes remarks by AOPA Director of Flight Training Initiatives Jennifer Storm; Sporty’s Academy President Eric Radtke; Redbird Flight Simulations Founder […]
AOPA launches partnership program
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has launched a new Aircraft Partnership Program. The program helps pilots identify, match and connect with other pilots interested in reducing the cost of aircraft acquisition and ownership. “As the world’s largest association for aircraft owners and pilots, AOPA is always looking for ways to reduce the cost […]
WingX Pro7 upgraded
Hilton Software has upgraded its WingX Pro7 iPad navigation system with the addition of ADS-B in-flight weather, terrain-enhanced VFR sectionals and IFR low/high enroute charts, and WAAS-enabled GPS capability. WingX Pro7 Version 5’s new Moving Map also adds pinch-to-zoom, high-resolution terrain, and TFRs. Further enhancements include the ability to display dual moving maps with overlaid […]
FlightApps buys AI
FlightApps has purchased all of the remaining assets of Aviation Integration (AI) and subsequently hired former AI partner David Purvis as its new Vice President of Professional Services. The deal includes rights to the Aviation Integration brand, logo, and web domains, among other related assets of the now dissolved AI in exchange for an undisclosed […]
Legal challenge planned against DOT
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) say they will mount a legal challenge to the decision by the Department of Transportation (DOT) to dismantle the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program. The three associations will seek an injunction to prevent the decision from taking […]
Training reform preliminary report released
The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) has published its preliminary report stemming from the Pilot Training Reform Symposium. Thirty recommendations generated during the symposium have been consolidated into six project proposals.The recommendations are: Conduct a thorough general aviation fatal accident root cause analysis to pinpoint underlying accident causality as a means to create […]