Live in the Atlanta area or planning to fly there between Jan. 29 and Feb. 5, 2019?
Then you’ll want to check out the FAA’s Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) for air traffic procedures for the area. That’s because Super Bowl LIII is Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Game time is 6:30 p.m. EST.
The FAA has published a webpage with information for Atlanta-area airspace and airports. The agency will update the webpage as additional information becomes available, officials note.
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WICHITA — Yingling Aviation has begun construction on a new 23,000-square-foot facility at Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (KICT) for avionics and maintenance.
The company also is adding another 50,000-square-feet of newly leased space that includes space for a paint hangar, a prep hangar, service, aircraft interiors, and office space. [Read more…]
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Just launched is a new aviation search engine called AeroSearcher, that “enables the easy search of three primary aviation search types: Aircraft for sale, aviation jobs, and aviation parts and products,” according to company officials.
The new site is not an aircraft classifieds service or an aviation jobs classified site or an aviation store. It does not store listings on the site, but is designed to “make finding any particular aviation listing far easier than ever before,” company officials add. [Read more…]
SALT LAKE CITY — American Autogyro International has restarted production of the SparrowHawk III Quickbuild kit.
Officials note that AAI also will provide enhanced support for the more than 100 SparrowHawk kits sold so far. [Read more…]
BIGFORK, Montana — uAvionix, which designs and manufactures communications, navigation, and surveillance (CNS) equipment for aircraft, has revealed plans to establish a location in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.
“This expansion reflects the company’s long-term business strategy and the strong growth the company has seen in both the unmanned and manned aviation markets,” uAvionix officials said in a prepared release. [Read more…]
PHOENIX, Arizona – William “Bill” R. Cutter, the force behind Cutter Aviation, passed away on Dec. 11, 2018. [Read more…]
As a part of its 80th anniversary year, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is joining forces with the D-Day Squadron to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
The D-Day Squadron is organizing a flight of restored C-47 and DC-3 aircraft across the North Atlantic next spring in a tribute to the veterans that took part in the invasion of Europe. [Read more…]
The National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center will celebrate 15 years of operation Dec. 15, 2018. Since opening, it has become one of the nation’s most popular museums, with nearly 20 million people visiting the center. The museum will commemorate this milestone with a day-long celebration with activities, expert talks, and musical performances. [Read more…]
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Air Safety Institute (ASI) has released another episode in its Accident Case Study video series.
The new video details the plight of a low-time, non-instrument rated pilot choosing to press on in worsening weather. Those decisions often end badly, and this time it cost a family of five their lives. [Read more…]
The U.S. Marines and Navy will bring approximately 500 tons of equipment and tools to Catalina Island the week of Dec. 17, 2018, to prepare for the January arrival of more than 100 Marines and Navy Seabees who will repair the aging main runway at the Catalina Island Conservancy’s Airport in the Sky. [Read more…]
