VERO BEACH, Fla. — Piper Aircraft has received Type Certificate validation from the European Aviation Safety Agency to incorporate the Garmin G1000 avionics suite into new twin-engine Piper Seminole aircraft models. The company recently made its first European delivery of a G1000 equipped Seminole to a European customer involved in pilot training. Prince Aviation, of […]
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Two students earn EAA/Daher-Socata scholarships
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. — Grace Huseth of Tucker, Ga., and Michael Keck of Oshkosh, Wis., have been named recipients of this year’s EAA/DAHER-SOCATA International Scholarships. The internship program is now in its eighth year. Each recipient receives a five-week internship at DAHER-SOCATA’s Tarbes facility in France, located in the shadow of the Pyrenees […]
NIAR to host ground vibration testing class
Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research is working with LMS to offer a ground vibration testing class June 17-20 at the National Center for Aviation Training. The four-day Master Class provides an overview of the challenges and associated solutions for dynamic testing of full aircraft structures. The master class rolls out an integrated […]
FAA and GA community launch weather safety campaign
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FAA and general aviation groups will launch an eight-month national safety campaign titled, “Got Weather? #GotWx,” to help general aviation pilots prepare for potential weather challenges they may encounter during the 2014 flying season. FAA Administrator Michael Huerta and GA leaders will kick-off the Got Weather? campaign this Sunday, May 4, […]
City officials visit Comp Air
TITUSVILLE, Florida — The Mayor of Titusville, Florida, Jim Tulley and Economic Development Director Laura Canady recently paid a visit to Comp Air Aviation to see first-hand the company’s manufacturing facility and the Privateer, an amphibian aircraft that has been under construction for the past several months. The mayor, a 28-year resident of Titusville, is […]
PS-28 Cruiser Wins Aerokurier Innovation Award
Czech Sport Aircraft’s PS-28 Cruiser has won the Aerokurier Innovation Award 2014 in the category of Aircraft Of The Future. The readers of Aerokurier recognised the PS-28 Cruiser as the most innovative aircraft of the future within its respective category, according to company officials, who received the award during Aero Friedrichshafen. Upon receiving the award, […]
Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame remembers Richard Bong
OSHKOSH, Wis. – The Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame (WAHF) is honoring the accomplishments of Richard Ira Bong, America’s Ace of Aces, in 2014. Bong, a native of Poplar, Wisconsin, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in December 1944. In collaboration with the Richard I. Bong Veteran’s Historical Center, Superior, Wisconsin, the celebration of […]
New ASTM standards cover UAS operations
ASTM International Committee F38 on Unmanned Aircraft Systems has approved seven new standards that cover all major facets of small unmanned aircraft systems operations, including design, construction, operation and maintenance requirements. The seven new ASTM standards, written for all UAS that are permitted to operate over a defined area and in airspace defined by a […]
Pacific Aviation Museum to commemorate The Battle of Midway
HONOLULU – Marking the 72nd anniversary of the turning point of World War II, Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor will present a special program June 7 featuring Curator and Author Burl Burlingame and the museum’s Restoration Manager Jim Martinelli. The presentation will begin at 2 pm in the Museum Theater, followed by an audience question […]