WSI Corporation reports that its WSI Fusion Operations Management platform now supports flight tracking for Honeywell GDC Datalink customers. Using the Honeywell position reports, WSI Fusion is enabled with global contiguous flight tracking and monitoring of Honeywell datalink equipped aircraft. WSI Fusion is an operations management solution that fuses public and proprietary weather information, airspace […]
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FBO industry forecast calls for flat market
According to Aviation Business Strategies Group (ABSG) Principals John Enticknap and Ron Jackson, fuel sales in the FBO industry will remain relatively flat in 2014, with only half the marketplace seeing a relatively small increase in fuel sales volume. “The FBO Industry is currently operating in a very static marketplace,” Enticknap told a group of […]
New Orleans museum to host Able Flight benefit party
According to organizers, it’ll be a night of great music, great food and all for a great cause when friends, aviation celebrities and sponsors celebrate the successes of Able Flight pilots on May 30 at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. Special guests include Aviation Hall of Fame inductee Patty Wagstaff (others to be […]
Voting begins soon for FltPlan’s Pilot’s Choice Awards
Pilot voting starts Feb. 1 for FltPlan’s 2014 Pilots’ Choice Awards, which recognizes favorite United States FBOs, top U.S. FBOs by region, small and large FBO chains, Canadian, Caribbean and Mexican FBOs, ATC Center, ATC Tower, and customs and border protection. The 2014 Pilots’ Choice Awards survey is open to the group of over 140,000 […]
Kitfox makes ‘hard decision’ to not attend Sebring
Idaho-based Kitfox Aircraft will be not exhibiting at this week’s U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida, commonly known as the Sebring LSA Expo. The decision not the attend the show was a tough one, according to John McBean, Kitfox president. “Our decision to not attended the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo was a tough one, but […]
Sean D. Tucker to fly Vectren Dayton Air Show
DAYTON, Ohio — Airshow legend Sean D. Tucker will storm Dayton’s skies June 28-29 at the 2014 Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger. More than 80 million people have witnessed Tucker’s performances in his Oracle Challenger bi-plane. Tucker was bestowed with a 2007 Living Legend in Aviation Award and is a 2008 National Aviation […]
Polar Vortex impacts general aviation
You would have had to be living in an ice cave to miss all the media hype about the unusual cold weather gripping the United States in the first week of January. The weather phenomenon known as the “Polar Vortex” provided great fodder for dramatic images of frozen and barren highways, giving the impression that […]
Busy time ahead for GA’s alphabet groups
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the election year begins, Congress and the President are ratcheting up actions to gain an upper hand, which is putting issues affecting general aviation in both critical positions and on the back burner. This means a busy year for GA’s alphabet organizations, with both opportunities and potential problems. Ed Bolen, president […]
National Air and Space Museum offers rare, behind-the-scenes opportunity
The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will celebrate the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center’s 10th anniversary with an open house Saturday, Jan. 25. For one day only, the museum will give visitors a rare, behind-the-scenes look into spaces usually inaccessible to the public. The daylong event will also include demonstrations and hands-on activities for all […]