Western Aircraft of Greenwich AeroGroup has been selected by Piaggio Aero to become an Avanti Authorized Service Center. Piaggio Avanti aircraft owners and operators will now have an additional service facility in the western United States to assist them with maintenance, modifications, avionics and interior refurbishments. Located in Boise Idaho, the company is also an […]
Emergency Location Safety feature introduced by Latitude Technologies
Latitude Technologies Corp. of Victoria, B.C., has added a configurable “G” switch accelerometer to the UDG100 and S100/S200 SkyNode product lines. The configurable 6 axis accelerometer will have basic factory settings mirroring the common aircraft emergency locator transmitter but can be customized to user defined settings, according to company officials. “This new safety feature is […]
Colorado jetCenter joins Avfuel network
Colorado jetCenter at Colorado Springs Airport (COS) in Colorado (COS) has joined the Avfuel-branded network of FBO dealers. As an Avfuel-branded FBO, Colorado jetCenter now supplies Avfuel aviation fuel and related services to the Rocky Mountain area. The FBO serves both domestic and international customers with a variety of conveniences, including on-site US Customs. Ground […]
Wings of Hope take off from Texas
General aviation’s relief efforts in Haiti were the subject of a column written by NBAA President Ed Bolen for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, in which he notes that news images of the aftermath of the earthquake’s destruction rarely show how medical help, food and other supplies are delivered. He says: “The logistics may be out […]
Colorado snowboard school manager wins King Schools sweepstakes airplane
Rhonda Doyle of Ridgway, Colorado, is the winner of King Schools’ Future Of Flight airplane sweepstakes. The Cessna 172S Skyhawk she won includes a G1000 WAAS panel and features the GFC700 autopilot. “I was sitting at my desk, studying for my Instrument Rating, and watching John King on my computer, when suddenly the phone rang […]
NTSB’s ‘Most Wanted’
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public meeting Thursday, Feb. 18, to review its list of “Most Wanted” safety recommendations directed at federal agencies. The Most Wanted List was developed in 1990 to focus attention on safety improvements the board believes will have the greatest impact on transportation safety. Some of the issues […]
Million Air goes for the gold in Vancouver
The final preparations are complete at Million Air Vancouver at Vancouver International Airport (CYVR) to welcome attendees to the 2010 Olympic games. “Equipment is in place and staff members are flying in from Dallas, Albany, Anchorage, Burbank, Topeka, Houston, Medford, San Antonio, and Toronto prepared to make this event a grand success,” says Roger Woolsey, […]
Airport sets stage for economic growth
Vermont’s Burlington International Airport has spent millions over the last several years developing not only better facilities for air passengers, but general aviation, laying the groundwork for a strong economy that could help the state out of the recession and set the stage for long-term growth, according to a story at WCAX.com. The story notes […]
Talk about a ‘snowbird’
Warbird Adventures and Kissimmee Air Museum at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) in Florida, recently became the winter home for “Tondelayo,” a North American B-25 Mitchell, which will be in Florida until May The aircraft flew in the Doolittle Raid, America’s first military attack on Japan after Pearl Harbor. In the 345th Bomb Group, 5th Air […]