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 […]
CAF president elected to 2011 ICAS board
Stephan Brown, president/CEO of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF), has been elected to serve as a member of the board of directors for the International Council of Air Shows (ICAS). “Steve is an outstanding choice for the ICAS Board,” said ICAS President John Cudahy. “He brings a wealth of experience to the board, as well […]
ZuluLog.com launches Version 4.0
ZuluLog.com has released Version 4.0 of its free online pilot logbook software. Version 4, which is available for immediate use at ZuluLog.com, includes dozens of new features and enhancements, according to company officials. For example, new customers will notice that the default pilot logbook layout closely mimics that of old-style paper logbooks, making the transition […]
Official Pan Am merchandise at PilotMall.com
PilotMall.com Inc., an online reseller for all things aviation, has introduced a new line of Official Pan Am Brand bags and accessories. The Pan Am brand brings back something from aviation’s past that represents a time when traveling was as exciting as the destination, PilotMall.com officials note. “We unveiled the Pan Am branded merchandise at […]
Author regales with tales of touring Europe in his WACO
Now available is “The Spirit of Adventure: Touring Europe in an Open Cockpit Biplane (Volume 1)” by Michael McCafferty, the story of the author’s summer-long experience-of-a-lifetime, flying his open-cockpit biplane through 11 European countries. Flying, friends, food and fun are told as it happened in daily e-mails all reproduced here, with new materials explaining the […]
FlightSafety’s King Air sim gets FAA nod
FlightSafety International’s new Beechcraft King Air 350 full flight simulator has been qualified to Level D by the FAA. The simulator is located at FlightSafety’s Hawker Beechcraft Learning Center in Wichita. “The Level D qualification of this new simulator by the FAA will enable us to serve the rapidly growing number of corporate and commercial […]
Flight Prep grants RunwayFinder.com temporary license
Flight Prep, which has received a patent for its online flight planning tool, has granted a temporary license to RunwayFinder.com while the two companies try to iron out their legal dispute. When Flight Prep filed a lawsuit against RunwayFinder.com for using the technology without a license, the website’s developer, Dave Parsons, said the action would […]
Women in Aviation honored at Kitty Hawk
Women in Aviation will be honored by the First Flight Society by dedicating one of the pillars in the Century of Flight Monument in Kitty Hawk, N.C., to Women in Aviation. This dedication will take place during this year’s commemoration of the Wright brothers’ first flight. “This is an incredible honor for women pioneers throughout […]
FAA provides guidance on restricted areas
The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) recently received guidance from the FAA’s Office of Chief Counsel concerning VFR operations in Restricted airspace. While reviewing an article for inclusion in its online library, members of SAFE’s Library Editorial Review Committee raised a question: “Is a clearance in fact required to fly through a Restricted […]