Six new iBook Editions have been added to an expanding library of eBooks from ASA: “Flying Carpet” by Greg Brown, “You Can Fly!” by Greg Brown, Laurel Lippert, and Tom Lippert, “The Golden Years of Flying” by Captain Tex Searle, the “Private Oral Exam Guide” and “Instrument Oral Exam Guide” by Michael D. Hayes, and […]
Kromer joins SimCom
Bob Kromer has joined SimCom Training International team as Vice President, Marketing. Prior to joining SimCom, he was most Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Customer Service at Piper Aircraft, Inc. in Vero Beach, Florida. Throughout his 30-year career in general aviation, Kromer has also held various management and engineering positions at Cessna, Mooney, and […]
Cessna Pilots Association slates courses
If you take a Systems and Procedures Course from the Cessna Pilots Association, CPA Executive Director John Frank promises, “You will learn more about your Cessna airplane than 99% of Cessna owners ever will.” Each Systems and Procedures Course instructor is an experienced mechanic, aircraft owner and high-time pilot, he notes. The course takes the […]
The runway behind, the sky ahead
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association President Craig Fuller recently sent out a review of 2010, as well as a look ahead to the opportunities and challenges for 2011, unveiling the organization’s theme for 2011: Rally GA. “It’s meant to energize those who fly and dream of flying to slip those surly bonds of earth and […]
Blame Continental sale on 1994 law
The sale of Continental Motors to a Chinese company controlled by the government has caused enormous concern, and no shortage of blaming greedy corporations for selling off American iconic companies to make a quick buck, states J. Mac McClellan in his EAA Sport Aviation blog, noting that while “those are heartfelt sentiments… they miss the […]
A different kind of flying machine
The flying abilities of even the most prosaic bird put airplane maneuvers to shame, experts at the University of Montana Flight Laboratory say in a New York Times story called “Flying machines, amazing at any angle.” The story quotes Dr. Kenneth Dial, who founded the lab in 1988: “Birds can do some pretty spectacular things. […]
New FAR-AMT app from ASA
ASA’s new app puts maintenance regs at your fingertips and in your pocket. Reference, study, and review is now as close as your iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. ASA’s new FAR-AMT app features an intuitive, user-friendly interface and contains complete and up-to-date information from Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), as […]
ATS Pro Beading Tool Kit at Wicks
Wicks Aircraft now offers the ATS Pro Beading Tool Kit. The kit allows aircraft builders and restorers to create a bead or bulge on the outside of aluminum, copper, brass and mild steel tubes ranging from ¼” to 1” diameter. The beading tool is inserted into the tube and then dialed for expansion, pressing against […]
Jet Madam launches
Jet Madam, a new website for buyers, brokers and industry professionals looking for a private jet, recently launched. “Everyone’s looking for that elusive jet buyer,” says Tina Bartel, founder and president of Jet Madam and its sister site, JetList.com. “We’ve added Jet Madam to pick up where our more conservative JetList left off. Because whether […]