The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) has awarded its Seventh Annual Combs Gates Award to author and historian Sarah Bryn Rickman and her trilogy based on the Women Pilots of the Ferry Command. Rickman receive a $20,000 cash award in recognition of her research on women pilots during World War II, according to hall […]
‘Mama Bird’ turns 100 today
Evelyn Bryan Johnson, known affectionately as “Mama Bird” by her many flight students, turns 100 today. According to a report at AOPA.org, Johnson will be recognized today by Willard Scott on NBC’s Today Show. Johnson has logged more than 57,635 hours, qualifying her as the highest-time female pilot and the highest-time living pilot in the […]
GE Honda engine completes first run test
The first GE Honda HF120 engine has successfully started its initial test run at GE Aviation’s altitude test chamber in Evendale, Ohio, launching the test phase of the program. The GE Honda HF120 engine was launched in 2006 and selected to power Honda Aircraft’s advanced light jet, the HondaJet, and the Spectrum Aeronautical “Freedom” business […]
Cessna debuts ServiceDirect
Cessna Aircraft Co. has unveiled ServiceDirect, an option designed to provide a range of customer service options for Citation operators outside of the company’s service centers. This includes on-site maintenance operations and long-term logistics support, including Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) mechanic placement or contract support. With on-site placement support, Cessna recruits and manages independent maintenance […]
Jeppesen teams with SatcomDirect
Jeppesen and Satcom Direct have teamed to sell a bundled solution combining flight planning services and cockpit communications. The agreement enhances Jeppesen’s JetPlan flight planning service by providing direct cockpit communications capability via Satcom Direct’s FlightDeck Freedom (FDF) service, according to Jeppesen officials. FDF supports flight deck communications via Inmarsat, Iridium, and SITA VHF and […]
ATP to open two more training centers
ATP plans to open two new flight training centers near New York and Los Angeles. Camarillo, California (KCMA) — north of Los Angeles – will be ATP’s fourth training center in the Southern California area. Classes are expected to start this month. White Plains, New York (KHPN) will open in early 2010 for pilots from […]
A mixed bag of gloom and hope
By J. DOUGLAS HINTON, For General Aviation News The 2009 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Convention held last month in Orlando, Florida, might best be characterized as a mixed bag of gloom and hope. First day registrations were down 22% from last year, there were lots of empty display spaces in the convention hall and […]
Cessna recruiting for Special Olympics airlift
Cessna Aircraft Co. is recruiting Citation owners to help transport more than 2,000 athletes and coaches from across the nation to the 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games in Lincoln, Neb. Corporations and individual Citation owners and operators throughout the United States are needed to donate their Citation business jets, pilots and fuel for the […]
A runway success
Oregon’s Troutdale Airport recently got some positive press in the local newspaper, The Gresham Outlook. The story details the airport’s successes, noting there’s “considerably more to the facility near the mouth of the Sandy River than meets the eye.” The story notes the 85-year old airport is one of Oregon’s 10 busiest airports; home to […]