Sheltair Aviation has acquired FlightLevel Aviation Lakeland at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (KLAL) in Florida, bringing Sheltair’s total FBO locations to 15 and the company’s property and real estate holdings and interest to 21 airports in North America. Sheltair Lakeland will operate out of a recently-constructed 3,200-square-foot terminal with approximately 54,000-square-feet of hangar and office […]
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Continental launches CamGuard evaluation
Continental Motors has teamed with Aircraft Specialties Lubricants (ASL) to evaluate the benefits of CamGuard, an aviation oil additive manufactured by ASL. The program will evaluate CamGuard in engines overhauled or repaired by Continental Motor Services at the former Mattituck facility in Fairhope, Ala. While CamGuard has been on the market for quite a while, […]
Texas governor proclaims Aviation Appreciation Month
Texas Governor Rick Perry has proclaimed November 2014 Aviation Appreciation Month. General aviation and commercial aviation supports hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state. The 51,000 certified pilots and more than 19,400 active aircraft flying the Texas skies contribute $59.5 billion to the state’s economy.
Latest issue of FAA Safety Briefing online
Now online is the November/December 2014 issue of FAA Safety Briefing, which focuses on winter operations. Articles cover some of the exciting opportunities that the winter flying season offers, as well as provide a review of several important cold weather safety strategies. Feature articles in this issue include: “Cross-Country Skiing – Aviation Style” – exploring the twists […]
Air BP teams with RocketRoute
Aviation fuel supplier Air BP has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with global flight planning business RocketRoute. The agreement was announced at the National Business Aviation Association 2014 (NBAA2014) meeting, held in Orlando, Florida. The collaboration will provide customers with a more efficient approach to flight preparation as information about fuel purchasing will be available within […]
West Star Aviation awarded ODA at all locations
West Star Aviation recently has been appointed a holder of an “Organization Designation Authorization (ODA)” by the FAA. The ODA allows West Star to manage its own certification projects and determine compliance with FAA procedures and guidelines, company officials explain.To receive the authorization, West Star had to complete a lengthy process to demonstrate to the FAA that […]
Historic airport continues to thrive
History is an important part of most airports. You often find plaques telling of notable events at the airport. If Souther Field/Jimmy Carter Regional Airport (ACJ) in Americus, Georgia, was to create such a plaque, it would need a surface the size of the Green Monster, the high left field wall at Fenway Park in […]
GA airplane shipments continue steady growth
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The third quarter general aviation aircraft shipment report, released Thursday by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), shows that total worldwide general aviation airplane shipments increased 5.7% to 1,678, and billings rose to $16 billion, up 4%. Piston-engine airplane shipments increased 9.2% to 806 in the first nine months of 2014, compared […]
Injured soldier gains new lease on life — in the air
The folks at Quicksilver Aeronautics say they are especially pleased to report the sale of a Special Light-Sport Aircraft, the Sport S2SE, to a different sort of customer — a war hero. While any aircraft delivery is satisfying, this one deserves extra attention, they say. “I met Jimmy Aguila recently. He called me to say he wanted […]