Becker Avionics has received TSO certification of its BXP6403 Mode S Transponder Class I and II series. The BXP6403 helps customers meet the future requirements of transponder technology by enhancing safety and situational awareness through the use of traffic information, according to company officials. The compact and lightweight single block Mode-S transponder is compatible with […]
Kissimmee Air Museum expands
Kissimmee Air Museum, located at Florida’s Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM), has expanded to include not only a new hangar, but also new exhibits and programs. Warbird Adventures has been offering T-6 flights from the Kissimmee Airport since 1998. It expanded its operation in 2006 by building its first new 10,000-square-foot hangar, which is now home […]
Groom Aviation Sales takes off
Groom Aviation LLC partners Randy Groom and Doug Brantner have formed Groom Aviation Sales LLC, which specializes in turbine aircraft sales. Before forming Groom Aviation, Groom was president of Beechcraft, and Brantner, a CPA, was formerly vice president of Hawker Beechcraft Services. Joining the new company are longtime King Air specialists Andy Biller and Blair […]
LSA stars in Neiman Marcus Christmas Book
Featured in this year’s Neiman Marcus Christmas Book is a “His & Hers Gift Package” that includes an ICON A5 amphibious Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) with custom trailer and Sport Pilot license training for two. Now in development, the ICON A5 is from a team of engineers and designers who helped create the Virgin Global […]
GATV debuts emergency maneuver training video
Pilots can see an introduction to Emergency Maneuver Training on General Aviation TV On-Line (GATV). Filmed over the ocean shoreline above Ft Pierce, Florida, in October, the video is meant to inform pilots about the availability and content of Emergency Maneuver Training. The video begins on the ground with a discussion about emergency maneuvers and […]
Sonex first kit to be evaluated by new FAA National Kit Evaluation Team
Sonex Aircraft, LLC recently hosted nine members of the newly-formed FAA National Kit Evaluation Team (NKET) for a practice evaluation of its Sonex Aircraft Complete Kit, which was selected to be the first in a series of Experimental-Amateur Built aircraft kits evaluated under the new Amateur-Built Orders and Advisory Circular. This practice evaluation helped prepare […]
Flight for the Human Spirit pilot earns his Sport Pilot ticket
A pilot who plans a 50 state tour in an LSA has passed an important milestone: Michael Combs recently earned his Sport Pilot’s license. Working with US Aviation in Denton, Texas, Combs did his flight training in his REMOS GX, dubbed “Hope One.” He completed his check ride in just over 43 hours of training. […]
First SkyCatcher arrives in Wichita
Cessna Aircraft’s first production 162 SkyCatcher has arrived in Wichita from Shenyang Aircraft Industry in China, according to a story in The Wichita Eagle, which notes the Light Sport Aircraft is being assembled at Cessna. It will be modified here to comply with the latest design changes, Cessna spokesman Bob Stangarone said. The second SkyCatcher […]
Safety survey yields unreliable data
Data from NASA’s National Aviation Operations Monitoring Service (NAOMS) project, a survey administered to pilots to track safety-related incidents, should not be used to measure rates or trends in safety in the National Airspace System, says a new report from the National Research Council. Deficiencies in several aspects of the survey design make the data […]