Aviation Training Academy (ATA) has launched its new online training program directed at FBOs, corporate flight departments, municipalities, fueling agents, line service technicians, and mechanics. New regulations, under the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS), were adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). They mandate that employers must have their employees trained on the […]
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Bakersfield Flying Club hosts local kids
By MICKEY CUSHINE On July 26, the Bakersfield Flying Club in Bakersfield, California, provided a club tour and free simulator rides to more than 20 children from the Society of Disabled Children as part of that group’s STEM program. All of the children and their families were able to tour the Meadows Airport in the […]
Jeff Baum to be inducted in Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame
WATERTOWN, Wis. — Jeff Baum, founder of Wisconsin Aviation, the state’s largest FBO, will be inducted into the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame in October. Baum is one of Wisconsin’s most successful aviation entrepreneurs and business operators — and has been for the past 32 years, according to Hall of Fame officials. Wisconsin Aviation, which […]
UAV Navigation to compete at Reno
UAV Navigation, a developer of flight control avionics and motion processing solutions, will sponsor a plane at the Reno National Championship Air Races and Air Show from Wednesday Sept. 9-15. Guillermo Parodi, UAV Navigation’s CEO and co-founder, will once again pilot the aircraft. Plane #36, call sign ‘N-A-RUSH’, is a Cassutt Special III, a single-seat […]
Beatles at the Ridge Fly-In slated at ARG
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. — The sky is the limit at this year’s Beatles at the Ridge music festival, thanks to a fly-in scheduled at Walnut Ridge Regional Airport (ARG). The airport will welcome air travelers to the only airport The Beatles ever visited in Arkansas (September of 1964) and to the music festival on Saturday, […]
Michael Goulian teams with Bremont
Bremont Watch Co. has entered a partnership with aerobatic airshow performer Michael Goulian. Bremont Co-Founders Nick and Giles English have a passion for the sky that was passed down to them from their late father, Euan, an aeronautical engineer and display pilot. On the other side of the Atlantic, the same passion was being passed […]
GA rally held in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE — Governor Susana Martinez, U.S. Senator Tom Udall and Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry joined the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and hundreds of manufacturing workers, local officials, business leaders and aviation enthusiasts at Cutter Aviation for a general aviation (GA) jobs rally Tuesday. The event included remarks from leaders of GAMA members in New […]
Win a chance to fly a DC-3
The Historic Flight Foundation will make 12 people “Pilots for a Day,” giving them a chance to fly a restored 1930s-era DC-3 on Tuesday, Aug. 27. To get a chance to fly the DC-3 and get a behind-the-scenes look at the Historic Flight Foundation, you have until Friday, Aug. 16, to visit the foundation’s website or […]
Kids Airbridge program takes off in October
Using aviation as the motivator, the Kids Airbridge initiative aims to encourage kids in North America and Africa to study aviation history, geography, science, and art as well as to learn how to collaborate to complete common academic assignments centering on aviation. During a crowd-funding campaign ending Aug. 23, the public is invited to suggest […]