LINCOLN, NEB. — Duncan Aviation, the largest family-owned aircraft support facility in North America, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month. It was on Dec. 5, 1963, that Donald Duncan incorporated Duncan Beechcraft-Lincoln. From a family farm, selling surplus government airplanes and a car dealership in Clarinda, Iowa, to a Beechcraft distributer in Omaha, Neb., […]
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Wichita Aero Club scholarship fund gets $10,000 boost
The Wichita Aero Club has received a $10,000 grant to its scholarship fund from BBA Aviation’s Charitable Giving Program. BBA Aviation is the parent company of Signature Flight Support, which operates an FBO at Wichita Midcontinent Airport and at 64 other locations across the United States. Signature Flight Support is the world’s largest network of […]
GE Honda Aero Engine’s HF120 Turbofan Engine certified
The FAA has awarded Part 33 certification to GE Honda Aero Engine’s HF120 turbofan engine, certifying its airworthiness and setting the stage for the production of this all-new engine, which will power the new HondaJet. The HF120 engine’s airworthiness certification follows an extensive ground and flight test program that involved 13 engines. During its certification […]
Campbell joins FreeFlight Systems
WACO, Texas — FreeFlight Systems, a developer of avionics for NextGen, has named Doug Campbell West Coast Regional Sales Manager. Campbell brings more than 10 years of industry experience into this position, after serving as a regional sales manager at the Avidyne Corp. Campbell is a member of the FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) and a […]
Hayward Air Rally to celebrate 50th anniversary
The Hayward Air Rally is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2014 by staging a three-day Rally from Hayward, California, to Madison, Wisconsin, and then on to AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The Rally impound and briefing will be held on July 23, 2014. We will depart Hayward on the morning of July 24, and arrive in […]
Air Force museum poised to grow
DAYTON, Ohio – The world’s largest military aviation museum is about to get bigger. The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is set to expand its legacy with a new 224,000 square foot building to be constructed by Turner Construction Co. of Washington, D.C. The contract for the museum’s newest building, which will be […]
National Air and Space Museum marks anniversary of first flight
On Dec. 17, 2003, America looked back a century to celebrate the first successful flight of a powered airplane. Ten years after the Centennial of Flight, Orville and Wilbur Wright’s achievement at Kitty Hawk is still inspiring creativity and provoking discussion. In time for this year’s anniversary, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is […]
Stewart Systems finishes Copperstate Grand Champion
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – Dennis and Barb Crowley’s Just Aircraft Escapade won “Grand Champion” and “Custom Built Best Tube and Fabric” at this year’s Copperstate Fly-In at Casa Grande Airport. “The Crowleys covered and painted their Escapade using Stewart Systems non-hazardous waterborne system,” said Stewart Systems’ Marjie Stewart. In addition to covering the Grand Champion, […]
Overcoming the barriers of flight
For Kevin Coleman, growing up in an airport was a way of life. The 23-year-old aerobatic pilot comes from a family of airshow pilots, and considers himself lucky to have learned from an early age that making a career out of a hobby is achievable. As an ambassador in Sennheiser’s “Live Your Dream” program, Coleman, […]