Ready to start your holiday shopping? Aircraft Spruce officials note the company has a selection of portable GPS, pilot supplies, headsets, avionics, instruments, wheels, tires, oil, filters, books, DVDs, and aviation software. Within the Pilot Supply section of the company’s website, a gift section is available where products are sorted by price in addition to […]
Gleim introduces free help for Part 141 approval
To demystify the Part 141 approval process, Gleim offers a new, user-friendly online resource that can complete the appropriate paperwork automatically, plus a great deal more. Best of all: It’s free to use. Using FAA Order 8900, Advisory Circular 141-1A, the combined experience of a multitude of pilot schools, and feedback from FAA inspectors who […]
Online jet upset recovery course launches
CAE and APS Emergency Maneuver Training have teamed to create an online computer-based training course designed to improve the ability of business jet pilots to recognize, avoid and, if necessary, recover from loss of control in-flight flight situations. The CAE-APS e-Learning course is based on FAA recommendations contained in the Airplane Upset Recovery Training Aid […]
Wilson Doors debuts Clear-Max
Wilson Doors has large hangar doorways covered with the introduction of its Clear-Max, which features cold-formed steel tube construction with push-button hydraulic operation. The single panel on the Clear-Max opens in a single arching motion. When the door is fully open and perpendicular with the doorway, the Clear-Max requires only 6 inches of headroom, company […]
Jet Response mobile maintenance takes off
Jet Aviation has launched its new “Jet Response” mobile maintenance service program. One call to 1-877-JET-HELP mobilizes Jet Aviation’s Boston/Bedford, Mass., and Teterboro, N.J., mobile maintenance trucks to assist AOG operators in the Boston, White Plains and Teterboro areas. “In the Boston, White Plains and Teterboro areas, the service is facilitated through response vehicles equipped […]
Apache Longbow at Copperstate
Copperstate Fly-In, slated for Oct. 21-23 at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport in Arizona, will feature the Air National Guard AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter among the aircraft on display at its 38th annual fly-in. The Longbow will be on static display during the fly-in and the soldiers who fly and maintain it will be available […]
GA: The largest airline in the world
Small airports often make big business possible. That was the message delivered by Victor Bird, director of the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission, at the Norman Chamber of Commerce’s annual Aviation Breakfast, held inside the OU hangar at Max Westheimer Airport, according to a report at NewsOK.com. During his talk, he compared general aviation to “the largest […]
Ghosts of aviation’s past to haunt Air Zoo
On Oct. 30 the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Mich., will be taken over by dark and eerie spirits during Ghosts of Aviation’s Past — a night full of haunts and howls. From 7-10 p.m., guests will be able to come face-to-face with ghosts from aviation’s past, including Amelia Earhart and the Red Baron. They’ll also […]
Code of Ethics unveiled by Flight School Association
The Flight School Association of North America (FSANA) has released a new Code of Ethics. This code will help flight school owners, operators and managers to advance the business of flight training at their respective firms, association officials said, adding the Code of Ethics is the starting point for the FSANA Flight Training Accreditation Program […]