Purdue University’s College of Technology will offer an online master’s degree with an aviation concentration beginning this fall. The degree program is designed for aviation professionals who are looking to move into a leadership position. “The College of Technology recognizes the need to make graduate education available to individuals working full-time in business and industry,” […]
Tour historic Flabob Airport
Flabob Airport (RIR) in Riverside, Calif., now offers breakfast and a tour of the airport every third Saturday of the month (except December) from 8 a.m. to 11.m. The $5 breakfast, which includes eggs, meats, coffee and pancakes, is served in the EAA Chapter One hangar. High school students, many from the Wathen Aviation High […]
FAR and AIM Flashcards now iPhone App
Preparation for that test, checkride, or interview just became more portable and as close as your iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Written by airline pilot instructor and author, Ron McElroy, the Flashcards app from ASA helps you maintain a core knowledge of the rules, regulations and procedures that are a part of a pilot’s daily […]
GE Aviation renames Czech operation
GE Aviation has renamed its Czech operation to GE Aviation’s Business & General Aviation Turboprops. “The new name will better represent the organization’s strategy, which is to develop, manufacture and support turboprop engines for the business and general aviation segment,” explained Brad Mottier, vice president and general manager of GE Aviation’s Business and General Aviation […]
Hawker Beechcraft adds broadband connectivity to King Airs
Hawker Beechcraft Services (HBS) has selected the Thrane & Thrane AVIATOR 200 system to provide broadband connectivity for its Beechcraft King Air family, including 90, 200, 300 and 350 model aircraft. The company is offering pre-certification pricing for system installation at its factory-owned HBS facilities. Certification of the system is expected in the fourth quarter […]
ATP opens Chicago and New York centers
ATP’s newest flight training centers are now open in Chicago at DuPage Airport (DPA) and New York at Islip-Long Island Airport (ISP). Both locations offer flight training from Private Pilot through Instrument Rating and Airline Career Pilot Program in a fleet of Piper Seminoles, Diamond DA40s, Cessna 172s and Frasca FTDs. As ATP begins accepting […]
International Learn To Fly Day events surpass 400
The number of events scheduled throughout the nation for the first International Learn To Fly Day, Saturday, May 15, has soared past 400, according to EAA officials. On that day aviation enthusiasts will help others “live the dream” of learning to fly at 406 different events, many of which were organized through PilotJourney.com. Pilot Journey […]
Sporty’s takes delivery of Sweepstakes Skycatcher
With just a few days until Sporty’s Sweepstakes drawing, Sporty’s 2010 Sweepstakes airplane, a brand-new Cessna Skycatcher, is in Batavia, having been polished and prepared for its lucky new owner. Sporty’s took delivery of this Skycatcher serial number 5 last week. It is one of the first of a Cessna’s Light Sport Aircraft (LSA). “Somewhere […]
Air shows celebrate 100th anniversary
While many industries have some difficulty identifying a single date that serves as their absolute moment of conception, that is not the case for the air show business. It was January 1910 when aviation enthusiasts gathered at the Dominquez Air Meet in southern California. The event drew an estimated 175,000 spectators to a hilltop mesa […]