The Fun Fly Rally in California’s Central Valley is featured in a new report from Wired. Organized by officials with the Seagull Flying Club, the rally is part air race, part airborne scavenger hunt, in which pilots fly 166 miles from Tracy to Los Banos without modern navigational aids. The report notes: “It’s strictly old-school […]
Lycoming retains key certification
Lycoming Engines has retained its AS 9100 certification for another three years following a multi-day recertification audit by NSF, the international registrar of aerospace standards. The AS 9100 standard was developed in 1999 when the International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG), comprising major aerospace contractors from the Americas, Asia, and Europe, fostered initiatives for quality improvement […]
Self-fueling station now open at SLN
A 100LL avgas self-service fueling station is now open at Salina Municipal Airport (SLN) in Salina, Kan. Addition of the self-fueling station is part of the airport authority’s goal of “growing and sustaining general aviation operations” at the airport, according to officials. The self-fuel terminal has been open for a little more than a week […]
Tucson airport history online
Tucson Airport Authority’s (TAA) newest brochure, History of Tucson Airport Authority, is now available online. The brochure reflects back on aviation in Tucson when Charles “The Bird Man” Hamilton landed his Curtiss biplane on the bank of the Santa Cruz River and travels through the years to today’s modern airports operated by TAA, Tucson International […]
Plane Wax Weekend slated
The K-State, Salina chapter of Women in Aviation is holding a “Plane Wax Weekend” fundraiser at the Salina Airport (SLN) in Kansas Nov. 7 and 8. Funds will be used to defray expenses for the group’s members to go to the WAI conference in February in Orlando. For a minimum tax deductable donation of $150, […]
Insurance for Sport Pilots
Sport Pilots and Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) represent a huge area of growth for the aviation industry, while allowing many more individuals to take part in the thrill and enjoyment of flying, according to officials at Travers and Associates, a St. Louis-based aviation insurance agency. “It’s important that your aviation insurance program be aligned with […]
Sporty’s Private Pilot Course upgraded
Major revisions to numerous segments, including ATC/Communication, weather and basic attitude instrument flying have been made to Sporty’s Complete Private Pilot Course. More than 60 upgrades have been made to the course in the last year – part of Sporty’s “always up to date” promise. “Many of these updates came from feedback we received directly […]
Bottom of bizjet market predicted in 2010
In the 18th edition of its annual Business Aviation Outlook issued at the NBAA convention this week, Honeywell forecasts delivery of about 11,000 new business jets from 2009 through 2019, generating estimated sales of $200 billion. For 2009, Honeywell Aerospace forecasts deliveries of 750-800 new business jets, down from 1,139 in 2008. Deliveries in 2010 […]
Could Wichita become the next Detroit?
That’s the question addressed in a new report from Aviation Week, which looks at the future of business aviation, as well as chronicles how the recent economic crisis forced Wichita’s three business jet producers, Cessna, Hawker Beechcraft and Bombardier’s Learjet, to cut 12,000 jobs, or nearly 30% of the local aerospace workforce, in less than […]