For the month of June only, The Museum of Flight in Seattle will hold its free admission evening on the first Wednesday — June 2 — instead of the regularly scheduled first Thursday of the month. The museum will return to the regular schedule in July. Once a month, the museum stays open late for […]
Flight Data Management System debuts
FreeFlight Systems has introduced the Flight Data Management System, which includes a data recorder-like Memory Management System (MMS) and Hardened Memory Unit. The FreeFlight Systems Memory Management System (MMS) is a programmable unit that can record, store and transfer vital aircraft information provided by the pilot, or other aircraft systems (such as on-board cameras, and […]
Leading Edge Aviation offers GI Bill flight training
Leading Edge Aviation (LEA), a Bend, Oregon based helicopter company, is one of the first helicopter flight schools in the country to provide a college program for students using the Post 9/11 GI Bill. LEA has partnered with Central Oregon Community College (COCC) for the past three years, offering degree programs with professional helicopter pilot […]
M7 Aerospace names Self VP
M7 Aerospace has named Edmund Self Vice President-Aerostructures Manufacturing, with responsibility for M7’s manufacturing and assembly operations. Self brings more than 30 years of aerospace manufacturing experience to his new position. His most recent position was with Goodrich Engine Components, where he held the position of Vice President of Operations. He was also the VP […]
Wipaire’s Single Point Fueling System now G1000 compatible
Wipaire, Inc. has received certification of its new Single Point Fueling System for the Cessna Caravan. The G-2 edition of the Single Point Fueling System is now fully compatible with the Garmin G1000 and features precise electronic fuel level monitoring, company officials said. Wipaire’s Single Point Fueling System G-2 is compatible with the Cessna 208 […]
Aviation-inspired musical takes flight
Take Flight, a new musical with music by Academy Award winner David Shire, lyrics by Tony Award winner Richard Maltby, Jr., and book by Tony Award winner John Weidman, is now playing at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, through June 6. The show blends fact and fiction to tell the interweaving stories of three pioneers […]
National Hall of Fame presenters unveiled
Presenters for the National Aviation Hall of Fame’s 2010 Enshrinement ceremony include two men who have flown to the moon; a legendary air show performer, and one of Ohio’s political native sons. On July 17, 2010, the National Aviation Hall of Fame will induct its Class of 2010 in black-tie ceremonies at the Dayton Convention […]
40,000 participate in International Learn to Fly Day
More than 40,000 people. Nearly 450 events nationwide. Those kinds of numbers alone made EAA’s inaugural International Learn to Fly Day on Saturday, May 15 a tremendous success. More importantly, though, the initiative introduced thousands of people to general aviation, through flights in GA aircraft, ground school seminars, and meetings with pilots, instructors, and other […]
Fargo Jet Center wins ‘Business of the Year’
Fargo Jet Center Inc. has won the Fargo-Moorhead Chamber of Commerce “ChamberChoice Award” for Business of the Year. President of Fargo Jet Center Inc, Jim Sweeney said, “It’s an honor just to be nominated for Business of the Year. Winning the award is a tremendous feeling!” The ChamberChoice Award recipients were chosen from 90 nominated […]