West Star Aviation has added to its sales team with the appointment of Dale Appleby as Technical Sales Manager. In his new position, he will be responsible for inside sales at the Dallas facility. In addition, he will handle various outside sales duties in the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area. He brings 18 years of experience […]
Ron Gottschalk joins Dallas Airmotive
Ron Gottschalk has joined Dallas Airmotive, a company of the BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul Group (ERO), as Regional Sales Manager for the company’s Pratt & Whitney Canada engine services. Gottschalk will sell PT6A, JT15D, PW500 and PW306C engine repair and overhaul services in Montana, North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska and New […]
US Sport Aircraft takes over from Piper
Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on Light Sport Aircraft. First off, a correction: Though I took the proposed renaming of PiperSport to “SuperCruiser” directly from a Czech Sport Aircraft (CSA) news release, the new name did not stick. It’ll be the SportCruiser as it was before Piper assumed […]
A meeting of the minds
Officials at GA’s two largest association recently met to discuss ways the groups could work together to promote GA and protect the freedom to fly. Rod Hightower, president and CEO of the Experimental Aircraft Association, and members of EAA’s leadership team spent two days this week at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) headquarters […]
Hirsch named Air Tractor president
Jim Hirsch has been named president of Air Tractor, following the death Feb. 20 of Air Tractor founder and president Leland Snow. Board member Kristin Edwards noted, “This decision is in keeping with comments that Leland Snow made as recently as few days before his passing.” Hirsch has been an engineer at Air Tractor for […]
Legislation introduced to honor CAP World War II veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the 112th Congress to honor World War II members of Civil Air Patrol. The two identical bills are intended to award a single Congressional Gold Medal to Civil Air Patrol in recognition of the service performed by the volunteer men and women of the organization who, […]
GAMA adds two members
The board of directors of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has approved Continental DataGraphics and Thales Canada as its newest members, bringing the international trade association’s membership to 70. Headquartered in Cypress, California, Continental DataGraphics supports a number of aircraft component manufacturers and general aviation aircraft manufacturers and suppliers with engineering and technical documentation […]
ZuluLog.com adds Electronic Flight Data Import Engine
ZuluLog.com, a provider of aviation record-keeping services and software, has added a redesigned import engine to its flight logging service. The new import functionality allows automatic parsing and saving of data into ZuluLog.com’s database from dozens of other electronic flight logging and pilot logbook software packages, according to company officials. “We’re also seeing many new […]
RVSM Air Data Test Set debuts
Just introduced is the MPS 35C 3-Channel RVSM Air Data Test Set, a fully RVSM compliant test set capable of controlling three pressures separately and independently — static, pitot, and angle of attack. The test set is designed for flightline use with aircraft that incorporate pneumatic AOA measurement. The angle of attack pressure can be […]