Orlando Gateway Sport Pilot Flight Training Center at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) in Florida will host an Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Young Eagles Flight Rally Jan. 8. The rally, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., will feature free flights for aviation enthusiasts 8 to 17 years old, and lunch will be provided. Participants who experience […]
Icon Bob Hoover to be saluted at Oshkosh
Saluting his iconic aerobatic career along with heroic service in World War II, EAA AirVenture 2011 will honor Bob Hoover with a special day of recognition on July 26, part of the 59th annual edition of “The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration” on July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. Hoover, a 1988 inductee to […]
New book chronicles the legendary DC-3
ASA will soon release a new book to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the first DC-3 flight in December of 1935. “Together We Fly: Voices From the DC-3” is the story of an aircraft like none other — a true legend that is literally the icon of an industry and one of the most recognized […]
Little promoted at Dallas Airmotive
BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul (ERO) company Dallas Airmotive has promoted Chris Little to Regional Engine Manager, responsible for sales of engine services for Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A, JT15D, PW500 and PW306C engines in the Mid-States region of the USA (Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Oklahoma). “Chris has been with us nine years and […]
DTC DUAT and Seattle Avionics introduce new flight planner
DTC DUAT and Seattle Avionics, Inc. have unveiled the new DUAT Voyager, a 100% free flight planner. While it downloads weather and TFR information from the Internet, it is not an Internet-based flight planner, and is not subject to the FlightPrep patent, according to Seattle Avionics officials. FlightPrep, which received a patent on its Internet-based […]
Cirrus gets FAA nod on new safety features
Cirrus Aircraft has received FAA approval and has begun delivery of new aircraft equipped with its latest safety and pilot assistance features: Perspective Electronic Stability and Protection (Perspective ESP) and Hypoxia Recognition and Automatic Descent Mode. “Just as the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System brought the equivalent benefit of automotive airbags to general aviation, Perspective ESP […]
Lycoming wins Shingo Prize
Lycoming Engines has been awarded the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence, making it one of only two in history to achieve the honor at the business-wide “enterprise” level. Dubbed the Nobel Prize for manufacturing by Business Week magazine, The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence is awarded annually by the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business […]
Aircraft enhancement business wins lawsuit
A Waller County, Texas, district court has determined that D’Shannon Products, Ltd. is the sole and rightful owner of a wide variety of upgrades for Beechcraft piston engine aircraft. The court also awarded D’Shannon and its owners $1,296,908 from prior holders of various Beechcraft upgrade rights for unpaid commissions, expenses and attorneys’ fees. “This judgment […]
$500 million more may be needed for ATC upgrade
The FAA may need to spend $500 million more to complete an air-traffic upgrade by Lockheed Martin Co. that is behind schedule and exceeding costs, according to a report at Bloomberg.com, which quotes the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General Calvin Scovel as saying the En Route Automation Modernization project will take as many as six […]