George Braly and Tim Roehl may have solved a problem that’s been plaguing the aircraft industry and the Environmental Protection Agency for years. Braly and Roehl, owners of General Aviation Modifications, Inc. at Ada Municipal Airport, say they have formulated an unleaded piston-engine-aircraft fuel that may revolutionize the industry because it produces the same octane […]
Tickets for Doolitte Raiders dinner available March 1
A limited number of tickets for a dinner with the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders during their 68th Reunion will go on sale to the public on March 1 at 9 a.m. The dinner, which will be held on April 16 in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s Modern Flight Gallery, will begin with cocktails […]
Elliott tapped to head Mooney Factory Service Center
Mooney Airplane Co. has named John Elliott senior manager, Factory Service Center. Formerly the director of manufacturing support with responsibility for manufacturing engineering, tooling, NC programming and maintenance, he now leads the maintenance, retrofit and repair work of the service center based at the factory. A native of Lancashire, UK, Elliott first served as a […]
NATA names award winners
The National Air Transportation (NATA) will bestow two of its highest honors, the William A. “Bill” Ong Memorial Award and the NATA Award for Distinguished Service, during its annual Industry Excellence Awards Dinner, slated for April 21 in Washington, D.C. Gary Driggers, long-time executive at Midcoast Aviation, has been selected as this year’s recipient for […]
PS Engineering celebrates silver anniversary
In 1985, as Ronald Reagan began his second term as president and pop stars recorded “We are the World” for famine relief, two young engineers went to work in a basement to solve a problem: Conversations in a small airplane cockpit are uncomfortable at best, impossible at worst. Eric Persson (Mr. P) and Mark Scheuer […]
Have lunch with the Tuskegee Airmen
Fantasy of Flight is expanding the first of its three-part Living History Series Symposiums by adding a luncheon with the Tuskegee Airmen. The Tuskegee Airmen symposium, called “They Dared to Fly,” takes place Thursday, Feb. 18 through Saturday, Feb. 20, and features several open-forum/question-and-answer sessions with three Tuskegee Airmen — Dr. Roscoe Brown, Lt. Col. […]
SuperFlite Practice Kits now available
Superflite Practice Kits are now available from Wicks Aircraft for learning how to work with Superflite finishing materials or for making small repairs to a fabric-covered aircraft. Any homebuilder or antique restorer with a project requiring fabric covering will find the step-by-step instructions easy to follow for practice or patching small areas, according to Wicks […]
Flight school launched iSite
Norwood Flight Academy at Norwood Memorial Airport in Massachusetts has launched a new iSite. A news feed, as well as information on student accomplishments, is available on the iSite, which is accessible through the iPhone web browser. Basic information about the school and an e-mail contact form are also accessible from this site, according to […]
Leave the politics aside
LETTER TO THE EDITOR What Mr. Mortensen demonstrated in his letter to the the editor (Global warming debate: Is it over?) was the role politics and emotion play in the global warming debate. The debate is not over when the underlying science of global warming is undermined by “e-mailgate” and some of the hyperbolic statements […]