As Zenith Aircraft Co. completes its new CH 650 B demonstrator plane, it is soliciting paint scheme designs. The winning design will be shown off at Sun ‘n Fun, which kicks off March 29. According to company founder Sebastien Heintz, “We’d like the new paint scheme for our new CH 650 to help highlight the […]
Garmin teams with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Garmin International Inc. has teamed with ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to help a Florida family get the airplane makeover they need and deserve. For more than 25 years, Joe Hurston, a pilot and the founder of Air Mobile Ministries, and his wife Cindy, a former nurse, have been on a quest to provide clean […]
Tell Lockheed Martin what you really think — anonymously
Recent changes to the Lockheed Martin Flight Services website allow pilots to provide anonymous feedback, according to a report at AOPA.org. Previously, pilots had to be a registered user of Lockheed Martin’s website to provide feedback. “The registration requirement has resulted in some pilots being unwilling to provide needed feedback, so Lockheed has worked to […]
Obama may cut airport grants
President Barack Obama may propose a $1.1 billion cut in airport construction grants in his Feb. 14 budget, a 31% reduction, according to a report from Bloomberg, which quotes Kelly Johnson, vice president of the American Association of Airport Executives, who says the $1.1 billion cut in airport construction grants, now funded at $3.5 billion, […]
New bird repellent approved
Avian Control, a new patent-pending bird repellent product, has received approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and is now being used at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW). The new product contains “food grade” ingredients, listed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as being safe and non-toxic while demonstrating greater efficacy, […]
Women Soar expands to four days at Oshkosh
Entering its seventh year of inspiring young women to reach for their dreams in aviation, Women Soar You Soar is expanding to four days in 2011 and will now be held on the final weekend of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Thursday, July 28, through Sunday, July 31. The program will introduce 100 young women to aviation-based […]
Nanotechnology could pave the way for hydrogen fuels
EADS and Scottish scientists are working on new storage tanks for hydrogen, which could make it possible to use hydrogen as an alternative to hydrocarbon-based fuels in airplanes and automobiles. If successful, EADS plans to fly an unmanned hydrogen-powered test plane in 2014. Hydrogen is a clean fuel that produces only water on combustion or […]
New book about early mechanics set for release
“Pioneer Mechanics in Aviation,” a new book by Giacinta Bradley Koontz that chronicles the exploits of airplane mechanics up to the start of World War II, is set to be released March 1. Each of the book’s 24 chapters tells the stories of the men and women who kept Wright Flyers, Blériots, Curtiss Pushers, and […]
Flight Design CTLS floatplane certified
ASTM certification for the amphibious CTLS Floatplane was accepted by the FAA on Jan. 15, with the floatplane making its public debut at the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Fla., a week later. The company is now accepting orders for the CTLS Floatplane. Flight Design USA distributor Airtime Aviation of Tulsa, Okla., in cooperation […]