EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. — At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014, tens of thousands of attendees can share in building an airplane through the “One Week Wonder” project. The building project is focused on building a Zenith CH 750 kit aircraft (like the one pictured below) during the seven days of EAA AirVenture 2014, beginning […]
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Tickets still available for Bob Hoover tribute
The aviation world will assemble Feb. 21 at Paramount Studios in Hollywood to honor Bob Hoover, the legendary pilot who was called the “greatest stick and rudder pilot who ever lived,” by Jimmy Doolittle. Some individual tickets are still available for the celebration of Hoover’s legacy, according to organizers. Known as the “Gentleman Pilot,” Hoover […]
AAR partners with Spartan
TULSA, Okla. — AAR Aircraft Services (AAR) has reached an agreement with Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology to perform technician training and support in its Oklahoma City facility. Spartan will provide AAR employees with online and on location technical training for initial, recurrent, aircraft type specific and airline customer training. The agreement relieves AAR […]
Scholarship launched to honor former Cessna PR chief
WICHITA, Kan. — The Wichita Aero Club is creating a scholarship for college or post-graduate students in honor of former Cessna Public Relations Chief Dean Humphrey. The scholarship is the second created by the WAC and targeted at students who aspire to a career in aviation. The club’s other scholarship, named for former General Aviation Manufacturers […]
Latest FAA Safety Briefing now online
Now online is the January/February issue of FAA Safety Briefing, which explores the important role technology plays in keeping general aviation safe and efficient. Articles discuss the benefits of emerging technologies as well as the potential safety hazards of being too technologically focused. Feature articles in this issue include: “The (Lost) Art of Paying Attention” – […]
FAA administrator meets with GA leaders
Improving general aviation safety is a top priority for the FAA, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta told industry leaders when he met with them Jan. 27 to jump start efforts for this year’s flying season. Huerta reported that the general aviation fatal accident rate has flattened over the past six years, noting there were 259 fatal […]
Galaxy FBO opens at KCXO
CONROE, Texas — Galaxy FBO has opened its new FBO at the Lone Star Executive Airport (KCXO). The new facility occupies 15 acres at the south corner of the Lone Star Executive Airport, just at the end of Runway 14-32. The construction broke ground in October 2012. More than 13,000 truckloads of fill were imported […]
Video: The making of an FBO
Check out this time-lapse video of Galaxy FBO’s year-long construction process
New episode of Inside Airshows premieres
Tonight will see the premiere of the fourth episode of Inside Airshows on LiveAirshowTV.com, which features Michael Goulian performing at the Wings Over Houston Airshow.