Featuring a collection of rare photographs and previously untold stories, “Lucky Me: The Life and Flights of Veteran Aviator Clay Lacy” reveals how one of the most versatile pilots in the history of powered flight helped revolutionize the aviation industry. From the time he was a young boy growing up in the farmland of Wichita, […]
AWOS installed at 39N
Belfort Instrument Co. has installed its DigiWxTM Automated Weather Observation system (AWOS) at the Princeton Airport (39N), in Princeton, N.J. The AWOS installation at the Princeton Airport is the first under a New Jersey Department of Transportion (NJDOT) contract for the installation of 15 Belfort DigiWx automated weather stations throughout the state. The AWOS AV […]
Aviation law firm launches mediation practice
Coats & Evans, PC, an aviation law firm based in The Woodlands, Texas, now offers mediation and dispute resolution services to assist in the search for negotiated resolution of aviation disputes, including aircraft accident, injury and products liability lawsuits, aviation business disputes, aviation business acquisition and dissolution negotiation, aviation insurance disputes and aviation related employment […]
King Air Day at Banyan
Banyan Air Service at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE) will host King Air Day on Friday, Oct. 29 for owners of King Airs to learn more about avionics, PT-6 engines, winglets, and other upgrades. Seminars include cabin networking and communications, Raisbeck modifications, Garmin upgrades, Blackhawk Engine upgrades, and BLR’s Super King Air Winglet System. In […]
Sabreliner expanding, creating jobs
Sabreliner Corp. plans to expand its operations and create up to 400 new jobs over the next four years. The announcement coincided with the recent groundbreaking of the company’s newest aircraft stripping and painting facility in Perryville, Mo., that will enable Sabreliner to provide services to more and larger aircraft. “Sabreliner specializes in enhancing the […]
Flying Car company moves into initial production facility
Terrafugia, Inc., developer of the Transition Roadable Aircraft, or “Flying Car,” is setting up for low-volume production in a 19,000-square-foot facility in Woburn, Mass. After considering proposals from locations throughout the world, Terrafugia has moved forward with plans that could allow low volume production to begin as early as late 2011, company officials note. Longer […]
Zenith’s 19th annual Open Hangar Day and Builder Fly-In slated
Zenith Aircraft Co.’s 19th annual Open Hangar Day and Builder Fly-In Gathering at the company’s kit aircraft factory in Mexico, Missouri, is slated for the weekend of Sept. 17-18. Starting on Friday, Sept. 17, the company will offer a variety of seminars, including: Painting Your Homebuilt: Mike Loehle of Loehle Aero Coatings will discuss aircraft […]
New airpark planned
A new airpark is in the works for Bayfield, Wisconsin. The private airport has been proposed at the top of a 380-acre parcel of land in the Town of Russell owned by CFS, LLC, which has submitted an application for the project to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Army Corps of […]
82-year-old breaks distance record
Arnold Ebneter, 82, recently broke a 24-year-old distance record for small planes when he flew non-stop for 18 hours, 25 minutes in a plane he designed and built himself, which he calls the “E-1.” His flight set a distance record for airplanes weighing less than 500 kilograms, breaking the previous record of 2,213 miles set […]