As part of WomenFly!, The Museum of Flight’s annual Women’s History Month event, an international panel of women pilots will share their experiences in the world of aviation March 6. This year’s panel includes women pilots from almost every continent. Their experiences include flights in the Australian outback, Alaskan wilderness, Antarctic slopes, African plains and […]
AERO to feature more than 450 exhibitors
Despite the current economic slump, AERO Friedrichshafen, the general aviation show held each year in Germany and slated for April 8-11 this year, will host about 450 exhibitors in nine halls, as well as in outdoor exhibits, according to organizers. Exhibitors will come from 25 countries, with non-German companies making up nearly 50% of exhibitors. […]
FlightSafety Hawker Beechcraft Maintenance Learning Center opens
Hawker Beechcraft Corp. (HBC) and FlightSafety International hosted a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony Feb. 24 at the recently completed FlightSafety International Hawker Beechcraft Maintenance Learning Center. Located east of the approach end of HBC’s Runway 18 in Wichita, the new 44,000-square-foot Maintenance Learning Center features 10 classrooms, Graphical Flight-Deck simulators, composites and cabin […]
WingX 3.6 released
Hilton Software LLC has released WingX for iPhone Version 3.6, which adds CSC DUATS RADAR, Moving Map Airspaces, and Yelp Integration with the AOPA Directory. WingX 3.6 adds animated DUATS Weather Images and displays the route line and route identifiers. All DUATS operations, including filing flight plans, obtaining weather briefings, and viewing weather images, use […]
Zodiac report IDs several factors in crashes
Several factors, including a wing structure that does not meet ASTM standards for Light Sport Aircraft, are indicated as causes for Zodiac CH601XL and CH650 in-flight accidents, according to an FAA report released Feb. 22. The special report is the result of an investigation into the Zodiacs after a series of in-flight structural failures, which […]
Individual liability insurance now available
Evolution Insurance Brokers has introduced a new individual liability insurance product to the aviation industry, offering customized, one-of-a-kind, individual protection plans to pilots, aircraft owners, CFIs, aircraft maintenance technicians and others. Branded as Xinsurance.com, and called “Pilot Shield,” the new offering is not a substitute for traditional insurance, but rather fills the gaps of other […]
San Francisco pilot can sue feds for disclosing HIV status
A GA pilot from San Francisco, who hid his HIV-positive status for years out of fear of losing his license, can sue the government for disclosing his condition during a fraud investigation, a federal appeals court ruled Feb. 22. According to a story in the San Francisco Chronicle, while a federal judge dismissed Stan Cooper’s […]
NATA celebrates 70 years
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the National Air Transportation Association (NATA). When NATA began in 1940, some of the issues critical to aviation then are not so very unfamiliar to us now – private aviation businesses in America were under attack from all sides, the unemployment rate was over 14%, tax rates had […]
The impact of the Austin crash on GA
Following the Feb. 18 crash of a Piper Cherokee into an Austin, Texas, office building, speculation grew regarding the consequences that Andrew Joseph Stack’s criminal act would have on general aviation. A story at AOPA.org, quotes Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), who has been vocal about GA security since the Austin incident: “Homeland Security Committee has […]