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 […]
Able Flight awards new scholarships
Able Flight has awarded two new scholarships to help two aspiring Sport Pilots: Brandy Hofstetter and Ajantha (A.J.) Nanayakkara. Hofstetter was only 17 months old when she was paralyzed in a car crash, and that accident and the trauma to her young body could have defined her life. But she has never let that happen. […]
Hall of Fame receives grant
The Reuben H. Fleet Foundation Fund of the San Diego Foundation has donated $50,000 to the National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio. “This is a wonderful gift from a fund established by an aviation pioneer,” said NAHF board member Betty Darst. The grant will be used for exhibit development and revitalization, as well […]
FAR/AIM 2011 released
Don’t get caught in the air with an out-of-date edition of FAR/AIM, the complete aeronautical information manual from the Federal Aviation Administration. FAR/AIM 2011, with nearly 1,000 pages of current FAA data and dozens of instructional illustrations, is now available. Inside you’ll find: Updated federal aviation regulations Rules and procedures for general aviation and sports […]