Flightline Aviation of Sebring, Florida, has been named the North American distributor of the Paradise Aircraft line of Light Sport Aircraft. Flightline Aviation is a full service facility including LSA sales, maintenance and training. The Paradise Aircraft product line, which includes two models, the Paradise P-1 and the P-1 SP with hand controls for disabled […]
Husky now available with cargo pod
Aviat Aircraft has begun offering Husky owners a new option: An Airglas Cargo Pod. The fiberglass pod, STC’d to retrofit all models of the Husky, weighs 25 pounds and can carry 170 pounds with no discernable loss of airspeed, according to Aviat officials. Initial installation could take up to two hours; after that it can […]
Air Force museum slates education programs
The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s Education Division has unveiled the schedule for its 2011 multi-disciplinary educational programs. Emphasis will continue to be in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), as well as social studies, literature and art, for the programs, many of which are free. An expanded Space Day program is scheduled […]
Instrument refresher webinar scheduled
An eight-week Instrument Pilot Ground/Refresher Webinar from Bob Miller Flight Training will begin Jan. 13, 2011. The course is designed for the serious instrument pilot who wants to review all the critical components of the complex world of IFR flight, according to Miller. The course will include the organization and structure of the national airspace […]
FlightPrep defends patent; RunwayFinder.com shuts down
The offices at FlightPrep, an Oregon company that received a patent for its online flight planning software, have been inundated in the last few days with calls and e-mails from concerned GA pilots who are angry that one of their favorite websites, RunwayFinder.com, has been shut down because FlightPrep is trying to enforce its patent. […]
Chinese company buys Continental
Teledyne Technologies Inc. has agreed to sell its GA piston engine business, which includes Teledyne Continental Motors and Teledyne Mattituck Services, Inc., to Beijing-based AVIC International Holding Corp. for $186 million in cash. Headquartered in Mobile, Ala., Continental Motors is a leading manufacturer of FAA-certified piston engines, as well as spare parts and components, used […]
Commander Premier Aircraft Co. to move?
The new owner of the Commander Premier Aircraft Co. in Cape Girardeau, Mo., has not yet purchased the factory’s 52,000-square-foot building, a deal breaker that could result in the company being forced to move, according to a report at AOPA.org, which notes that company owner Ronald Strauss has tried to complete the building purchase since […]
First flight of a privately owned MiG-29
Air USA at Quincy Regional Airport in Illinois made aviation history Dec. 10 when it successfully flew the world’s first flights of a MiG-29 Fulcrum in private hands. The flight makes the culmination of several years of effort by the company, which is owned by Don Kirlin, a Naval Aviator and commercial airline pilot. “Believe […]
Founder of Associated Air Center passes away
Lee Juan Lanford, founder of Associated Air Center (AAC), died Dec. 6 from complications due to Alzheimer’s disease. He was 87. Lanford, an aviation business entrepreneur, created the Associated Radio Company in 1948, at Love Field in Dallas, Texas. The small start-up company, which initially specialized in the repair and installation of surplus radio equipment […]