As part of the Night For Flight benefit dinner to be held during the AOPA Aviation Summit, the AOPA Foundation, charitable arm of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, has launched an online auction. Bidding is now underway and will continue until Saturday, Nov. 13. “Every item up for bid has been donated, and we […]
Elliott Aviation earns Class IV Repair Station Certification
Elliott Aviation’s headquarters facility at Quad City International Airport (MLI) has received Class IV Repair Station certification from the FAA, which enables the company to pass along tax relief savings to owners who have work performed at the Moline, Ill., facility. “This certification enables us to provide aircraft owners with maintenance, repair and inspection work […]
Duncan Aviation-Provo named Bombardier service center
Duncan Aviation’s Authorized Service Center agreement with Bombardier Aerospace has been extended to include Duncan Aviation’s newest maintenance facility in Provo, Utah. Duncan Aviation-Provo joins Duncan Aviation’s full-service facilities in Lincoln, Neb., and Battle Creek, Mich., as a Bombardier Authorized Service Center, providing scheduled and unscheduled warranty and maintenance work for the Learjet 40, Learjet […]
Cessna launches online M&O sessions
Cessna Aircraft Co. will offer its annual Citation maintenance and overhaul (M&O) sessions normally held during the National Business Aviation Association meeting and convention several weeks earlier via global webcast as part of its ongoing thrust to change the way business jet support is offered to operators around the world. Instead of using the NBAA […]
EKY FBO joins Avfuel network
The newly renovated FBO at Bessemer Airport (EKY) in Alabama has joined the Avfuel network of branded dealers. The FBO, which is under a new management team, awards participating pilots with AVTRIP points on fuel purchases, and also offers the Avfuel Contract Fuel program for significant jet fuel savings. With minimal air congestion, and proximity […]
Online composite course begins Oct. 24
An online Composites Maintenance Technology course, offered through the National Center for Aviation Training, will begin Oct. 24. The course, offered in conjunction with Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research, will conclude Dec. 5. Discussions about real-world situations are an essential part of the course and involve experts in the field of composites […]
What’s Wonder Bread got to do with GA?
AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli posits a new theory about the stagnating GA industry: He says blame Wonder Bread. In his blog, which you can read in full here, he states: “As long as diverging income inequality continues, as long as the better paid wage earners find their pay to be stagnant or declining, flying is going […]
Sky Hope Network launches
A team of five industry professionals have formed a new non-profit organization, Sky Hope Network, to offer business aviation support in emergencies. Sky Hope founder Robin Eissler, Vice-President of Jet Quest, Inc., was a critical player in the Corporate Aviation Responding to Emergencies (C.A.R.E.) relief efforts that responded in 2005 to Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath and […]
A plane that lands like a bird
Everyone knows what it’s like for an airplane to land: The slow maneuvering into an approach pattern, the long descent, and the brakes slamming on as soon as the plane touches down, which seems to just barely bring it to a rest a mile later. Birds, however, can switch from barreling forward at full speed […]