VAN NUYS, Calif. — A $13.9 million contract to rehabilitate the main runway at Van Nuys Airport (VNY) in Southern California has been approved by the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners. The contract, awarded to Security Paving Company, Inc., is for VNY’s main runway, 16R/34L, which stretches 8,000 feet and is one of two […]
Going to NBAA? There’s an app for that
The new mobile app for this year’s National Business Aviation Association annual convention in Orlando, Florida, is now available. You can download the app for free. Known simply as NBAA, the annual convention, slated for Oct. 30-Nov. 1, is one of the biggest of the year, with more than 1,000 exhibitors and more than 100 […]
Video series explaining future air navigation systems released
Duncan Aviation recently released a series of videos explaining Future Air Navigation Systems (FANS). This four-par series briefs pilots and aircraft owners on the evolution of FANS, how FANS operates, certification and upcoming mandates. This resource is provided by Duncan Aviation in addition to the company’s ebook, Straight Talk About FANS 1/A, which was released […]
Michael Grana joins Banyan Aircraft Sales
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Michael Grana recently joined Banyan Air Service as aircraft sales associate. In his new role, he will be responsible for aircraft research and aircraft brokerage listings. Grana has five years of aircraft sales experience, has held several positions as a corporate pilot, and has assisted in corporate aircraft management. He is […]
FAA to ‘redefine aviation’
The FAA will make a variety of critical decisions regarding aviation-related issues over the next two to three years – decisions that will “define what aviation looks like in this country for the next 25, 30 or 40 years,” the FAA’s top official said Thursday at the Wichita Aero Club. FAA Acting Administrator Michael Huerta […]
Air Safety Institute releases passenger safety briefing video
The AOPA Foundation’s Air Safety Institute has released “Critical Information: The Passenger Safety Briefing” video, which covers items that should be part of every passenger safety briefing. ASI created the video in response to an NTSB safety recommendation for better preflight safety briefings of passengers in the event of pilot incapacitation after an accident, officials […]
Van’s to build ‘fly-away’ RV-12s
Van’s Aircraft is tentatively entering the OEM market with an initial run of 12 deluxe copies of its RV-12 LSA. According to a podcast interview with AVweb at AOPA Aviation Summit in Palm Springs, Calif., Van’s Aircraft founder and president Dick VanGrunsven said it was a market the company was thinking about when it launched […]
New film about seaplanes released
John Vigran recently completed a short film about seaplanes and flying around the San Francisco Bay Area for his friends at Seaplane Adventures in Mill Valley, California. He sent along a link, noting it he thought it might be of interest to our readers as the main charater in the firlm is a 1955 de […]
AOPA unveils details on new flying club network
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) released details at last week’s AOPA Aviation Summit in Palm Springs, Calif., on a long-term initiative to facilitate the growth of flying clubs. The initiative is one of the first projects of the new Center to Advance the Pilot Community, which is working to reverse the decline in […]