When Schilling Air Force Base in Salina, Kan., closed in 1965, it took with it more than 5,000 jobs and an annual payroll of what translates today to more than $83 million. Despite this crushing blow, a January 2011 study by the Center for Economic Development and Business Research, W. Frank Barton School of Business, […]
FAA, industry meet at ADS-B forum
Nearly 40 attendees participated in the Aircraft Electronics Association’s ADS-B Technology Forum, Feb. 8-9, at the AEA’s professional development center at its headquarters in Lee’s Summit, Mo., a suburb of Kansas City. The forum was designed to address initial design and certification limitations of airborne systems, as well as installation nuances of stand-alone equipment in […]
New VP of design at ICON Aircraft
Klaus Tritschler, former creative director at BMW Group DesignworksUSA, has joined ICON Aircraft as vice president of design. Before joining ICON, Tritschler was part of the creative leadership at BMW Group DesignworksUSA, voted the most innovative company in design by Fast Company Magazine 2010. As creative director, Tritschler collaborated with some of their largest global […]
Aircraft Spruce carries Practical IFR Flying course
Aircraft Spruce now carries the Practical IFR Flying CD ROM Course, which provides an hour of information on methods and techniques to make Single Pilot IFR flying simpler, easier, less stressful, and safer, according to company officials. Learn tips and techniques from a Master CFI, Chuck McGill, who has over 12,000 flight hours in more […]
Atlanta Aero Club to meet
Delta Air Lines President Ed Bastian will be the featured guest speaker at the regular bi–monthly meeting of the Atlanta Aero Club scheduled for Feb. 16. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta provides service to 357 destinations in 66 countries on six continents while employing more than 80,000 employees worldwide. Bastian will address the challenges Delta faces […]
Museum launches cell phone tour
A free cell phone audio tour is now available to visitors at the International Women’s Air & Space Museum (IWASM) in Cleveland, Ohio. With service provided by OnCell, the museum’s audio tour takes visitors through many permanent exhibits throughout the museum, highlighting a number of artifacts. The tour has been developed as the museum is […]
New hires, promotion at Sheltair
Sheltair, a network of FBOs with 13 locations throughout the U.S., has appointed Michael Lerma general manager of the Panama City FBO, while Gary Gutkowski has been named general manager of the Savannah FBO, and Bill Garghill has been named director of customer service for the FBO network. Lerma, who previously held the position of […]
Record using Swift Fuel verified
The world governing body for air sports and aeronautical world records has confirmed Richard “Smokey” Young set an official international airspeed record Sept. 11 using SwiftFuel, an unleaded general aviation biofuel. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, validated that the flight established a new 100-kilometer closed-course speed record for a piston engine aircraft […]
Flight Design confirms four-seat design
Flight Design GmbH will introduce its C4, a four-seat model patterned after the CT series, with the company exhibiting a full-size proof-of-concept at this year’s Aero 2011 in Freidrichshafen, Germany, as well as at this summer’s Oshkosh. Even before debuting the C4 at Aero, slated for April 13-16, the company is seeking comments from its […]