Recently, Hangar63 (Banyan’s Aviation Store) and TropicAero.com hosted their annual customer appreciation day.More than 360 people attended the event and participated in the day’s activities place at Florida’s Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE). Several vendors added to the event, including Charlie and Donna Rogers from Survival Products Inc., who demonstrated inflating a safety raft; Gene […]
NASA Langley to offer vision of new era of aviation at Virginia fly-in
NASA will help visitors imagine the future of flight at this weekend’s Virginia Regional Festival of Flight in Suffolk, Va., May 22-23. Engineers and others from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., will be part of a special NASA display at the fly-in at the Suffolk Municipal Airport also known as the Suffolk Executive […]
World’s largest aerial application tool now available to fight oil spill
The Evergreen Supertanker successfully secured its American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM) Oil Spill Certification last week, and is standing by at Gulf Port, Mississippi, prepared to combat the massive oil spill spreading across the Gulf of Mexico. Built on the utilitarian platform of a Boeing 747, the Evergreen Supertanker was designed to disperse […]
Embry-Riddle student receives international internship
It’s the internship of a lifetime. This summer, Cory Ravetto, an aerospace engineering student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott, Ariz., campus, will spend five weeks in France, working at Daher-Socata, one of the world’s leading aircraft manufacturers. The senior from Bigfork, Mont., is one of two recipients of a prestigious scholarship awarded by the Experimental […]
Mid-Continent Instruments promotes Marissa Reddick to purchasing supervisor
Mid-Continent Instruments has promoted Marissa Reddick to purchasing supervisor, tasked with ensuring that all parts received meet Mid-Continent’s best cost, quality and delivery standards. Reddick began her career at Mid-Continent Instruments in February 1997. She brings a broad knowledge base to the purchasing department, including an in-depth understanding of the lean manufacturing process, material resource […]
New seat options for Caravan
Cessna Aircraft Co. is now offering new seat options for its existing fleet of Caravans. “The new seats offer added comfort and seat functionality for passengers compared to the factory-installed seats,” said Peter Wilkinson, vice president of Cessna’s Parts Distribution. “The seat height will allow passengers a better view. They also include optional tray tables, […]
Miller introduces wall-mounted fume extractor
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. introduces the new FILTAIR SWX-series of wall-mount welding fume extractors, featuring Miller’s nanofiber filter technology. Available in either the self-cleaning SWX-S model or the disposable filter SWX-D model, the SWX-series allows companies to improve air quality and protect employees without cluttering their shop floors, Miller officials said. Like the mobile FILTAIR […]
Boeing’s past meets its future
The Boeing Co.’s latest addition to its line of airplanes, the 787 Dreamliner, caught up to its ancestor, a Boeing Model 40, May 8 in the skies over Mount Rainier south of Seattle. The fully restored 1928 vintage Boeing Model 40, owned and flown by Addison Pemberton of Spokane, Wash., is the only flyable Model […]
WACO ‘D’ model gets FAA nod
WACO Classic Aircraft Corp. of Battle Creek, Michigan, has received FAA approval of the new WACO YMF 5-D model, featuring 300-hp Engine; MT elliptical tip propeller; standard JPI EDM-930 Color engine analyzer; Garmin glass panel IFR instrument packages; upgraded landing gear design; new inner cowl vents; new circuit breaker location and panel; new instrument panel […]