Duncan Aviation has started a blog, “The Duncan Download.” This blog is occasionally technical, but not always, according to company officials. In it, the company provides its perspective on many facets of the business aviation industry, including Wi-Fi, HSD, WAAS, Duncan Aviation-Provo updates, blended winglet modifications, community volunteerism and industry updates. Readers can subscribe and […]
Narco Avionics celebrates 65 years
Narco Avionics, in Fort Washington, Penna., commences celebration of its 65th year in business by unveiling its New Radio Rebate and Factory Service Discount Program. The program, which starts Nov. 1 and runs through January 21, 2011, will provide a $50 rebate to all customers who purchase a new transponder and a $75 rebate to […]
American Flyers to open branch office
American Flyers Flight School will open a new branch office on the west side of Chicago Executive Airport (PWK), Nov. 1. The new facility features 1,300 square feet of classrooms, testing facilities and flight training devices. It will cater to pilots preparing for their private pilot and instrument rating FAA knowledge tests. Additionally, weekend classes […]
Purdue University to test SwiftFuel
Swift Enterprises Ltd. has entered into an agreement that will allow Purdue University researchers to test the company’s unleaded, renewable general aviation fuel, which is being developed to replace 100LL. Test operations with SwiftFuel recently were conducted at Purdue University utilizing six aviation piston engines provided by the National Test Facility for Fuels and Propulsion […]
Anchorage pilots face 100% tax hike
Owners of more than 1,000 aircraft in the Anchorage, Alaska, area are facing a 100% increase in a registration tax that the Municipality of Anchorage want to increase with an omnibus amendment submitted to the Anchorage Assembly Oct. 26, according to a story in the Alaska Dispatch. Read the full report here.
Street renamed to honor Texas aviation icon
General Aviation Avenue near the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas was renamed Emma Browning Avenue Oct. 26 to honor the woman who helped pioneer aviation in Central Texas. According to a story from the Community Impact Newspaper, Emma and her husband Robert Browning helped train World War II pilots and opened their aerial service business […]
Cessna’s Whyte to retire
Roger Whyte, senior vice president, sales and marketing at Cessna Aircraft Co, will retire at the end of the year after 28 years with Cessna. “Roger has been a key player and leader of Cessna’s sales force for nearly three decades,” said Jack Pelton, Cessna chairman, president and CEO. “Roger’s passion for Cessna and its […]
Claire Bear books win national recognition
USABookNews.com has named two publications from Powder Puff Pilot as finalists of uts Best Books 2010 Awards. Claire Bear’s First Solo was recognized in the Children’s Picture Book: Softcover Fiction category, while Claire Bear Explains…What Pilots Fly placed as a finalist in the Children’s Picture Book: Softcover Non-Fiction category. The books, written by Sue Hughes […]
Navy patrol plane arrives for Northwest Naval Aviation Appreciation Day
In appreciation of Northwest naval aviation, The Museum of Flight in Seattle will present a day of activities Oct. 30, including the exhibition of a U.S. Navy Lockheed Martin P-3 Orion patrol aircraft in the museum parking lot, and a 2 p.m. panel presentation with P-3 flight crew members. The four-engine Orion is based at […]