The US Flight Academy in Denton, Texas, has hired Jim Tardi as vice president, director of training. Tardi, who holds ATP, multi and commercial single engine ratings, is also a CFII and MEI instructor. Most recently, he was director of training at the Air Safety Flight Academy in Glendale, Ariz. Prior to that, he worked […]
High school orders Elite trainer
T. Wingate Andrews High School in High Point, North Carolina, has finalized an order for the Elite RC-1 Advanced Aviation Training Device from Elite Simulation Solutions. Scheduled to be delivered in April, the trainer, configured with eight aircraft types, will be used by the Magnet to provide expose students to the fundamentals of flight, instrument […]
Free podcast for turbine pilots
CAVU Companies has launched “Pilot Points,” a weekly audio podcast that focuses on turbine aircraft and pilot issues. Each session, which is five to 10 minutes long, “discusses one important topic in a light and easy to follow format,” according to company officials. Podcasts can be listened to online through a PC or downloaded to […]
Socata launches FAST
Daher Socata is launching Fly and Share your TBM (FAST), a TBM 850 co-ownership program. Designed for two or three co-owners, the program calls for the partners to agree on time sharing. There is no management fee and no commitment for a number of flight hours. For each one-third share of the single-turboprop business aircraft […]
STC awarded for night vision lighting
United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS), and partner Ahlers Aerospace, were awarded an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for their Night Vision Lighting modifications on the Bell 430. This modification incorporates externally mounted filters that improve day light readability. The design also reduces installation time and cost, according to company officials. The external filters allow the modified component […]
CAP helps fight floods on Red River
Volunteers from the Civil Air Patrol’s North Dakota and Minnesota wings are stepping forward to help fight the threatened flooding of the Red River. CAP members are filling and stacking hundreds of thousands of sandbags near the civic center in Fargo, N.D., as well as outside a radio station in the city. CAP aircrews also […]
Win some, lose some: Connecticut’s GA airports
It is one of those statements that seems to be true: Development pressure is causing smaller, general aviation airports in the state to disappear, reports the Connecticut Post. Except, it isn’t true, state officials say. Some longtime airfields, with either grass strips or paved runways, have given way to housing subdivisions, parking lots, an assisted-living […]
Growth continues at TLH
Development at Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH) is charging ahead. The city of Tallahassee late last month approved changes to the airport’s development plan to allow the Flightline Group to build a 100-room hotel. Also in the works is a regional service center for GA pilots, as well as a HondaJet dealership, one of five across […]
New airport for Missouri’s Lincoln County?
Studies continue to assess the feasibility of a new GA airport in Lincoln County, Missouri. The Lincoln County Industrial Development Authority (IDA) received a grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to conduct the study. If approved by MoDOT, Lincoln County Regional Airport would have a 4,300-foot runway. To read the full story: Lincolncountyjournal.com/news/view_sections.asp?idcategory=47&idarticle=3020