Recent polling conducted on behalf of the Aerospace Industries Association shows considerable public support for fully funding the FAA and the Next Generation Air Transportation System. “It’s critical that Congress fund the FAA by passing a fiscal year 2011 appropriations bill,” said AIA President and CEO Marion C. Blakey. “More continuing resolutions will further erode […]
Financing becoming more available
During a recent corporate jet finance conference, officials at Hawker Beechcraft Corp. said they have seen the overall cost of aircraft financing decrease throughout the past 24 months compared to prices seen during the economic downturn, with buyers seeing greater access to aviation financing. The company says these trends have been aided by a number […]
Soloy delivers 85th conversion
Soloy Aviation Solutions has delivered its 85th Cessna 206/207 Mark I turbine conversion to JAARS, the non-profit organization that provides technical support services such as aviation, information technology, and local language media to advance Bible translation and language community development worldwide. The newly converted Cessna 207 will be deployed in Cameroon, a coastal country in […]
New engineering manager at Twin Commander
Levan Tabidze has been named Engineering Manager for Twin Commander Aircraft in Creedmoor, North Carolina. As engineering manager he is responsible for providing a worldwide fleet of owners and operators of multiengine piston and turboprop Twin Commanders with spare parts, upgrades, and technical support. Tabidze emigrated to the United States in 1993 from the Republic […]
Aerographs Folios released
Aerographs now offers a selection of prints, available for the first time, as a set, featuring everything from the DC-3 to the WACO. A minimum of seven images is included in each set, which are printed on high quality Canson Baryta Photographique paper, using Epson Ultrachrome K3 inks. They are packaged in an 8 1/2” […]
GAL Aviation ready for takeoff
GAL Aviation Inc, a member of the GAL Group of companies of Ottawa, Ontario, will begin operations April 11. The company will have two divisions: GAL Interiors and GAL Technical. “The large-cabin business aircraft segment has been the first to climb out of the recent recession,” says GAL Aviation president Guy Lapierre. “With key financing […]
Mickey Rooney to appear at museum
Mickey Rooney, famous actor known for National Velvet (1944) with Elizabeth Taylor, The Bridges at Toko-Ri (as a Navy fighter pilot) (1954), Black Stallion (1979) and most recently Night at the Museum (2006), is appearing at the San Diego Air & Space Museum’s “Hollywood Studs & Starlets” fundraising event on May 7. All proceeds from […]
FAA Administrator to pilots: Don’t get too comfortable
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt doesn’t want pilots to get too comfortable. “When someone sees a new pilot, it sometimes makes you smile because they are so cautious,” he said last Friday during the Meet the FAA forum at Sun ’n Fun. “But I don’t want you get too comfortable — stay cautious.” Babbitt, a long-time […]
King sweepstakes winner unveiled
There was a very happy guy walking around Sun ‘n Fun last week. CFI and airplane owner Randy Mullinax of Texico, Ill., just found out he won King Schools’ 35th Anniversary Sweepstakes. He takes home a prize package that includes an Alaskan seaplane rating and bush flying vacation. Rodney and his wife Jana, a student […]