Atlantic Aero of Greenwich AeroGroup Inc. has expanded its Falcon Jet Services to include F900 and F2000 business aircraft. The company has already secured facilities, tooling, technical data and experienced personnel for the expansion efforts, officials note. Atlantic Aero has been serving F10, F20 and F50 owners for more than 10 years. The expansion into […]
Wicks to host forum
Wicks Aircraft Supply will host a one-day forum at its facilities in Highland, Ill., on Saturday, Oct. 9, with a variety of speakers from Rod Hightower, the new EAA president, to an expert on glass cockpits for experimentals. The company hopes to make the forum an annual event. Joining Hightower as a speaker will be […]
New FBO opens at GTU
The new Aero Centex FBO has officially opened at Georgetown Municipal Airport (GTU) in the Austin, Texas, business corridor. Aero Centex is a mixed-use aviation services complex featuring 25,000 square feet of hangar and terminal space as well as 70,000 square feet of reinforced ramp space. The hangar complex includes a community hangar and private […]
Lesson Plan Guides help CFIs stay organized
Flight instructors need a lesson plan guide for each student, to ensure that every element is covered and to serve as a permanent record of training. Sporty’s now offers its Complete Lesson Plan Guides. These comprehensive packages, developed by the CFIs at Sporty’s Academy, will organize every ground and flight lesson, so instructors can spend […]
Our “gunpoint-at-the-airport” ordeal
John and Martha King’s “gunpoint-at-the-airport” ordeal — when they were held at gunpoint by police after it was erroneously reported that the plane they were flying in was stolen — has grabbed headlines. Want to hear about it in John’s own words? Check out his blog here, in which he notes that while he and […]
New through-the-fence policy expected soon
People with existing residential through-the-fence agreements at public-use airports will be allowed to continue with those agreements…provided they meet certain requirements, according to a report from the EAA, which notes the FAA expects to publish a new TTF policy in the coming days, which would ban any new TTF agreements. Read EAA’s full report here.
San Diego museum names Class of 2010
On Oct. 23, the San Diego Air & Space Museum is honoring national and international air and space legends — including Harrison Ford, the late Steve Fossett and Linden Blue — at its 47th Hall of Fame Induction and Gala Celebration, including Harrison Ford, the late Steve Fossett and others. Each honoree was selected for […]
AD issued on Thielert engines
The FAA has issued an Airworthiness Directive for Thielert Aircraft Engines GmbH (TAE) Models TAE 125–01 and TAE 125–02–99 because in-flight shutdowns have been reported on some of the engines. Preliminary investigations showed that it was mainly the result of nonconforming disc springs (improper heat treatment) used in a certain production batch of the clutch, […]
Dynon rolls out new software
Dynon Avionics has rolled out new refinements for its EFIS products with the introduction of software version 5.4. Designed for the EFIS-D10A, EFIS-D100 and FlightDEK-D180 units, the upgrade features enhanced autopilot pitch control. Included are new user-adjustable parameters to optimize autopilot performance for each aircraft. “The autopilot now flies just as an experienced pilot would, […]