Mercy Flight and Angel Flight SE are partnering with Stallion 51 Flight Operations to make your flying fantasy come true while helping others find the medical treatment they need. Mercy Flight Southeast volunteer pilots provide free air transportation to life-saving medical appointments for people who otherwise could not get there. While pilots donate their airplanes, […]
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Executive Flyers Aviation celebrates 50 years
BEDFORD, Mass. — Executive Flyers Aviation celebrated its 50th anniversary March 4. The family owned flight school and aircraft repair station has been in constant operation at the Laurence G. Hanscom Field Airport in Bedford, Mass., since 1964. The school has continued to evolve over the last half-century, incorporating the latest technological advances in flight […]
Flying robots help train athletes
PRINCETON, N.J. — A new flying robot is being developed to help athletes elevate their performance while helping to prevent sports injuries, including concussions, cardiac incidents, and heat-related illnesses. Borne out of a New Jersey flight academy, the AeroTrainer is an unmanned aerial video biotelemetry system designed to give athletes and teams, together with their […]
Honeywell’s Bateman receives award
Honeywell Aerospace’s Don Bateman has been recognized with the 2013 Elmer A. Sperry Award for Enhancing the Art of Transportation by developing technology that has eliminated accidents and saved thousands of lives. The Elmer A. Sperry board recognized Bateman, chief engineer technologist for Flight Safety Systems and Technology at Honeywell, for his development of Honeywell’s Ground […]
Google to manage Moffett Airfield
A Google subsidiary, Planetary Ventures, has been tapped to take over management of the 1,000-acre Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) a former U.S. Navy base located four miles from Google’s Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. The airport is the home of Hangar One, built in the 1930s to house the Navy’s 784-foot dirigible U.S.S. Macon. The airport […]
P52 installs AWOS
Belfort Instrument Co. has installed an AWOS AV at the Cottonwood Airport (P52) in Cottonwood, Arizona. The Belfort Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS AV) provides pilots with Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Wind Gusts, Temperature, Humidity, Dewpoint, Altimeter Setting, Density Altitude, and Visibility. The Cottonwood AWOS information will be available via VHF broadcast, telephone, as well […]
Top acts commit to Oshkosh 2014
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. — Some of the world’s top air show performers have made their commitments to flying at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 fly-in as part of the afternoon and night air show lineups. EAA AirVenture 2014 is July 28-Aug. 3 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. Among those pilots and aircraft […]
Women Of Aviation Week panel braves snowstorm
The night before Women Of Aviation Week opening day, the East Coast became covered in a thick blanket of snow. Despite snowy roads and flight cancellations, WOAW’s panel of guest speakers traveled to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s studio in Frederick, Md., for a Q&A session. The panel of guests, reflecting the Women Of […]
Legendary pilot Clay Lacy joins Endeavor Awards
Flying legend Clay Lacy has come aboard the Gala Host Committee of the Endeavor Awards celebrating Public Benefit Aviation. “Clay Lacy is a true pioneer in so many aspects of aviation, from air-to-air shooting of Hollywood action movies through helping to establish Public Benefit Aviation,” said Mark Wolper, President & Executive Producer of The Wolper […]