Joe Burdzy has joined Air Orlando Maintenance as Service Manager. He brings over 35 years of experience to the company, which is at Orlando Executive Airport (ORL) in Florida. His position encompasses all maintenance and parts functions including customer liaison, employee management and shop scheduling.
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Global Parts Group acquires Tulakes Aero assets
Global Parts Group of Augusta, Kan., distributors and producers of parts for business, general, and commercial aviation, has acquired the assets of Tulakes Aero of Bethany, Oklahoma and incorporated them into a new division of the Global Parts Group, named Global Parts Aero Structures. Originally founded as Jet Service Enterprises in 1975, Tulakes also offers manufacturing, […]
John Wayne Airport prepares to change runway designations
SANTA ANA, Calif. – For nearly half a century, John Wayne Airport (JWA) has operated two runways, a commercial runway – one left and one nine right (1L-19R) — and a general aviation runway – one right and one nine left (1R-19L). Runways can be used in both directions, and therefore have opposite 180° headings at each end […]
Power Flow celebrates 15 years of shipping tuned exhaust systems
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida — Power Flow is celebrating the anniversary of shipping tuned exhaust systems around the world for 15 years. The first shipment followed two years of development, flight testing and pursuit of the first STC. Since then the company has shipped more than 4,500 tuned exhaust systems for 15 different aircraft types and 73 models. The […]
Savvy Aviator introduces FEVA
Savvy Aviator has introduced FEVA — Failing Exhaust Valve Analytics — which provides advance warning of failing exhaust valves in piston aircraft engines equipped with a digital engine monitor. A decade ago, Savvy’s founder and CEO Mike Busch said he discovered a characteristic pattern in exhaust gas temperature (EGT) data that is predictive of a failing exhaust valve. […]
Giles elected chairman of Greenville Airport Commission
Jonathan P. Giles (pictured) has been elected chairman of the Greenville Airport Commission (GAC), owner and operator of the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina, while Jim Wall has been elected vice chairman of the commission. GMU is the busiest general aviation airport in South Carolina and is a self-sufficient entity with financial strength that doesn’t […]
AirVenture gets bigger and so does Sporty’s
Sporty’s will unveil a new display tent at this year’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, slated for July 28-Aug. 3. Even larger than last year, the 16,000-square-foot display will feature new products, as well as a headset demo station where pilots can compare comfort and fit of a variety of headsets side by side. Another area is set […]
FlightSafety promotes Bitgood to manager of Long Beach center
FlightSafety International has promoted Todd Bitgood to manager of its Learning Center in Long Beach, California. He succeeds Pete Nily, who has become a Regional Director of Training Operations. In his new role, Pete will assist FlightSafety’s Learning Centers and Marketing and Sales teams with training requirements and programs for customers who operate their aircraft under […]
FAA receives unleaded fuels proposals
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The FAA reports it has received 10 replacement fuel proposals from producers Afton Chemical Company, Avgas LLC, Shell, Swift Fuels and a consortium of BP, TOTAL and Hjelmco, for further evaluation in the Piston Aviation Fuels Initiative (PAFI), an industry-government initiative designed to help the general aviation industry transition to an unleaded aviation gasoline. […]