A top management panel featuring the senior executives of Wichita’s airframe manufacturers will close out the Wichita Aero Club’s year on Tuesday, Dec. 15. The luncheon, which will be held at the Wichita Airport Hilton, will feature the first annual Wichita Aero Club “On-Air Summit.” The event will be broadcast live over the Internet “The […]
LoPresti grand opening Dec. 5
LoPresti Aviation has slated its grand opening at its new location at Sebastian Municipal Airport (X26) in Florida for the first Saturday of December. The Dec. 5 celebrations will feature J.W. “Corkey” Fornof speaking about his life in the movie industry as a Hollywood aerial stunt pilot, camera man, aerial coordinator and an aerial director. […]
Acuwings expands to export
AcuWings, a family-owned business in Renton, Wash., is reaching the world — and business success — by exporting general aviation aircraft to other countries. The company, which started with a single aircraft five years ago, is now expanding its horizons beyond the Pacific Northwest and national borders. An increasing need for training aircraft, combined with […]
SimCom unveils MU-2 maintenance training
SimCom Training Centers now has available MU-2 Maintenance Training for aircraft owners, operators, mechanics and technicians. The week-long course will familiarize mechanics and technicians new to the MU-2 about type-specific inspection requirements and maintenance procedures, according to SimCom officials. Classroom training is combined with hands-on aircraft instruction by field service experts for the purpose of […]
HRL FBO joins Phillips 66 network
Gulf Aviation at Rio Grande Valley International Airport (HRL) in Harlingen, Texas, is joining the Phillips 66 Aviation network. Serving the Rio Grande Valley, the aviation company provides aviation support, complete aircraft maintenance and management, air charter arrangement, flight school and a host of on-site FBO services, including fueling the airlines that serve the Harlingen […]
Preparing for the end of 100LL
Here’s the bottom line: 100LL is going away. “Don’t fool yourself,” warned Alan Klapmeier, co-founder of Cirrus Aircraft. “The industry hoped 100LL would survive, but it is going away.” What does that mean for you? That’s what the industry and federal agencies are trying to figure out now. The demise of 100LL was a hot […]
Slidell Airport gets $675,000 upgrade
The Slidell Municipal Airport (ASD) in Louisiana recently completed several projects totaling $675,000. In October, work began on resurfacing the airport’s four old and deteriorating aprons, including the Fuel Pump Apron, North and South Terminal Aprons and the South Apron. Known as the Itinerant Apron Pavement Rehabilitation project, it consisted of patching, crack sealing and […]
Cessna chief: Realistic environmental solutions needed or GA may be stifled
The natural growth of the world’s general aviation industry may be stifled if industry and government fail to collaborate on environmental innovation, or arrive at solutions that ignore the global interoperability of the world’s transportation systems, according to Cessna Aircraft Company Chairman, President and CEO Jack Pelton. Pelton made his remarks at Les Respirations annual […]
Solar Impulse ready to soar
Reader Cody Jordan sent us an e-mail about the Solar Impulse project — a solar-powered jet that its designers hope will circumnavigate the globe in 2012. The story at Engadget.com, notes the Solar Impulse is captained by Bertrand Piccard — a real person, for all you Star Trek fans — and has “the wingspan of […]